Biology 201, Foundations in Biology II

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The Prokaryotic Domains

The Eukarya (1)

 The Kingdom Plantae

Animal Development

Metazoa (Through Protostomates)

Metazoa (Through Deuterostomates)

Ecology--Population Dynamics

Ecology--Ecosystems

Ecology--Energetics

Ecology--Ecosystem Dynamics

Ecology--Endangered Species Act and Biogeochemical Cycling

Ecology--Greenhouse Warming, Ozone Depletion, and Pollution

Tissues

Animal Behavior

Excitable Tissues and Muscle Contraction

The Nervous System and Senses

Cardiovascular

Leukocytes and Immunity

Reproductive

Digestive

Respiratory

Urinary

Fetal Pig Dissection

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Important Links

Animal Histology Slides at:

http://faculty.palomar.edu/ggushansky/histology/index.htm

Information regarding a number of invertebrate species can be found at:

http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates

A Sand Dollar's Early Embryology at:

http://vimeo.com/2156713

Answers to Global Warming Skeptics at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm

Key to the Pigeon Skeleton at:

http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~jcondit/current/skeletal_system/Skeleton.swf

Human Muscle Keys at:

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/muscle/arm/shldrp.htm

Amazing List of Anatomy/Physiology Web Sites at:

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap1int.htm and

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap2int.htm

More Anatomical/Medical Animations at:

http://www.virtualcardiaccentre.com/animations.asp and

http://pennhealth.com/health_info/animationplayer/

Two Excellent Anatomy Web Pages at:

http://faculty.nhmccd.edu/rchute/ and

http://getbodysmart.com/

Sheep Brain Dissection Websites/Information at:

http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/neuropsychology/Syllabus/Labs/DISSECTION.pdf

http://www.psychology.uoguelph.ca/learnmatl/sheep_labman/

http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep/

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/brshpx.htm

 http://daphne.palomar.edu/rmorrissette/Physio/Labs/BrainDissection.htm

Pretty Good Source for Reviewing Fetal Pig Dissection at:

http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html 

MIT Video Courses at:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/index.htm

USAF's Public Health Information and Resources Agency

http://usaf.phsource.us/PH/ZD/index.htm

CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPDx)

http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/default.htm

Animations of How Drugs Work in the Brain

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/mouse.cfm

The World's Greatest Science Blog at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

The Guttmacher Institute--Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health

http://www.guttmacher.org/

The Encyclopedia of Life

http://www.eol.org/

The Tree of Life Web Site at:

http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

Great Microbiology Web Site at:

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/themicrobialworld/homepage.html

Great Zoology Blog at:

http://www.scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/  

Evo-Devo in Sixty Seconds

http://www.60secondscience.com/archive/what-is-evodevo.php

Horse Evolution Discussed at:

http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/the-branching-bush-of-horse-evolution/

A Link to Detailed Human Cadaver Dissection Videos

http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/courses/gross/

Link to Sheep Heart Dissection

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z3UHpvEJMns

Links to Human Skeletal Anatomy

http://daphne.palomar.edu/cfrancis/bonepage.htm

http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm

http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/skeleton.pdf

A link to the Anatomy Models Used in Class

http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/Models/model%20index.htm

An Excellent Presentation of Mendelian and Molecular Genetics at:

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

Get Information On Any Species at:

http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/ispecies/

Testing a Theory--The Cambrian Radiation (Explosion)

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/radiation_signature/

Let Intellectual Freedom Ring:

Closing Arugments in Dover, Pa Trial

Even Religious Universities Won't Touch the Stuff

ID Meeting its Maker

Creationist (Intelligent Design) Arguments Addressed at:

http://talkorigins.org/origins/outline.html#arguments

The Problem With Non-scientists Talking About Evolution

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/advice_to_a_historian/

In Their Own Words: Intelligent Design Isn't Science

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/contributing_to_behes_sense_of_martyrdom/

If The Truth Won't Work, Dazzle Them With Cow "Manure"

http://www.uncommondescent.com/index.php/archives/659

Fifteen Answers to Creationist Nonsense (from Scientific American) at:

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers/wackononsense.pdf

Thirty-four Unconvincing Arguments for Existence of God at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/34_unconvincing_arguments_for.php#more

A Religions Discussion at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/09/representative_theological_arg.php

Compare Creation Myths at:

http://www.magictails.com/creationlinks.html

U. C.  Berkeley's Evolution web page.  Resources for teaching as well general evolutionary knowledge

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

Some Frank Evolutionary Discussions at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/ 

A Number of Evolutionary Concepts Discussed at:

http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/evolution.html

"Show Me the Science" an  Editorial from NY Times Addresses ID, By Daniel Dennett, Tufts University

Show Me the Science

Pastafarianism is Coming to an Evolutionary Theory Near You at:

http://www.venganza.org

Read the trial transcript of Clarence Darrow's questioning of noted "Creation Scientist" William Jennings Bryan at the famous Scopes Trail in Dayton, Tennesse in 1925

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day7.htm

Evolutionists address proponents of Intelligent Design at the following links:

http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/19/boing_boings_250000_.html

An Analogy for Theory, and an Application of that Analogy to Evolutionary Theory and Intelligent Designers

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/puzzling_over_theory/#continue

A Great Website on Molecular Genetics

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

A List of Biblical Contradictions

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html#order

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