Lecture 01. Introduction to the Study of Biology

Course introduction:
a) Syllabus of "Origins, inheritance and the evolution of life forms," scope of the course: lecture and lab
b) Your expectations and mine. Bio 107 will be treated as a university level course and will require efforts on your part. Introductory biology is essentially a language course and the demands of study time are rigorous.
c) Introducing the 107 staff
d) Exams: two midterms and a final, these are not cumulative and are multiple choice
e) Grading: weighting 40% for the lab, 60% for the lecture exams
f) Introducing the text and laboratory manual
g) A word of caution - no cheating or plagiarism

I. The fitness of the earth for life
A. "The ecological theater and the evolutionary play." G. E. Hutchinson, 1965
1. Constraints of the Earth's environments provide the stage upon which the evolutionary play is performed.
2. Organisms adapt to the physical environment as well as other organisms of......

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