Syllabus for 7.014 Spring 2007 Date Lecture Section Number Problem Set Due Speaker Topic Reading W 2/7 1 #1 (W,Th) PC The Biosphere pp. 1-13, 146-150, 445-458 Life and the Evolution of Earth's AtmosphereC&E HandoutF 2/9 2 PC Carbon and Energy Metabolism pp. 125-128, bottom 529-531 Redox Handout M 2/12 3 #2 (M,T) GW Biochemistry I pp. 18-26,37-38, 45-54; Chem Review 1.1 - 1.5; Large Molecules, sections 1- 2W 2/14 4 #3 (W,Th) GW Biochemistry II pp. 38-45, 54-58; Large Molecules, sections 3.1,3.2 and 4F 2/16 5 PS1(1-5) GW Biochemistry IIII pp. 87-91 Large Molecules, section 3.4M 2/19 President’s Day T 2/20 6 GW Biochemistry IV pp. 106-119 W 2/21 7 #4 (W,Th) GW Biochemistry V pp. 125-131 F 2/23 8 Biochemistry VI pp. 131-139 M 2/26 9 #5 (M,T) GW GW DNA as Genetic Material pp. 145-154, 213-217 W 2/28 10 #6 (W,Th) GW Molecular Biology I pp. 217-227 F 3/2 11 PS2 (6-10) GW Molecular Biology II pp. 222-227 M 3/5 12 #7 (M,T) GW Molecular Biology III pp. 227-228 W 3/7 EXAM I (lectures (1-10) F 3/9 13 GW Molecular Biology IV pp. 236-244 M 3/12 14 #8 (M,T) GW Molecular Biology V pp. 244-246, 288-290 W 3/14 15 #9 (W,Th) GW Gene Regulation pp. 269-273 F 3/16 16 PS3 (11-15) GW Bacterial Genetics I pp. 233-235, 250-254 M 3/19 17 #10 (M,T) GW Bacterial Genetics II pp. 259-269 W 3/21 18 #11 (W,Th) PC Productivity pp. 1057-1062 F 3/23 19 PS4 (16-19) PC Regulation of Productivity pp. 1088 M 3/26 W 3/28 F 3/30 Spring Break M 4/2 20 #12 (M,T) PC Limiting Factors and Biogeochemical Cycles pp. 1107-1115 W 4/4 21 #13 (W,Th) GW Mendelian Genetics pp. 187-194 F 4/6 EXAM II (lectures 11-20) M 4/9 22 #14 (M,T) GW Mitosis and Meiosis pp. 164-182 W 4/11 23 #15 (W,Th) GW Diploid Genetics pp. 194-198, 202-208; PedigreesF 4/13 24 5 (20-24) GW Recombinant DNA I pp. 315-325; Cloning into plasmidsM 4/16 Patriot’s Day W 4/18 25 #16 (W,Th) GW Recombinant DNA II pp. 324-325, 346 F 4/20 26 GW Recombinant DNA III pp. 228-230, 326-329, 394-396 M 4/23 27 #17 (M,T) GW Immunology I pp. 364-374 W 4/25 28 #18 (W,Th) 6 (25-28) RT Immunology II pp.374-384; Humoral Immunology (pdf)F 4/27 EXAM III (lectures 21-29) M 4/30 29 #19 (M,T) PC Population Growth I pp. 1037-1039, 1042-1044 W 5/2 20 #20 (W,Th) PC Population Growth II Humans as the World's Greatest Evolutionary Force (pdf) F 5/4 31 MP Molecular Evolution TBA M 5/7 32 #21 (M,T) MP Genomics TBA W 5/9 33 #22 (W,Th) PC Communities I pp. 1040-1042, 1044-1053 F 5/11 34 7 (29-34) PC Communities II pp. 1062-1067 M 5/14 35 #23 (M,T) PC Communities III TBA W 5/16 36 #24 (W,Th) PC Ecological Applications
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