Lab Investigations in Organismal Biology

 

 

Billerbeck

978-1-878437-12-9

$30

Table of Contents

With biology content focusing upon populations, evolution and diversity, this lab manual incorporates both activities and information in an engaging and thoughtful manner, leading students through an introductory study of organismal biology.

 

 

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Laboratory Activities:

Estimating Population Sizes

Testing for Habitat Preferences

Studying Population Demographics

Observing Population Growth

Measuring Community Biodiversity

Exploring the Genetic Basis of Phenotype

Testing for Environmental Effects on Phenotype

Simulating Natural Selection

Simulating Genetic Drift

Distinguishing Between Selection & Drift

Exploring Plant Evolution & Diversity

Exploring Animal Evolution & Diversity

Appendices:

A - Metric System

B -Graphing

C -Statistics