Lecture Schedule Summer Session 2020


Dr. Alan Shabel
is the instructor for the Summer Session of Biology 1B.

Office Hours: To be announced.

E-mail: shabel@berkeley.edu

Lecture Outlines and other course related materials will be available on bCourses and/or TopHat.


Related Evolution Links:
UC Museum of PaleontologyUnderstanding Evolution (UCMP)Defending Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools


Biology 1B HomeOrganismal DiversityEvolutionEcology


DateLectureLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell (10th-12th editions)
M / Jun 22IntroductionThe evolution of ecosystems1.1-1.3
T / Jun 23Diversity 1Prokaryotes 27.4-27.6
W / Jun 24Diversity 2Endosymbiosis and Eukarya28.1-28.3, 6.5
Th /Jun 25Diversity 3An algal garden28.4-28.6
F / Jun 26Diversity 4From water to land29.1-29.3
M / Jun 29Diversity 5Evolution of seeds30.1-30.2
T / Jun 30Diversity 6Flower power30.3-30.4, 38.1-38.2
W / Jul 1Diversity 7Plant-animal symbioses39.5
Th / Jul 2Diversity 8Plant morphology35.1-36.6
F / Jul 3Independence Day Holiday
M / Jul 6Diversity 9A fungus among us31.1-31.5
T / Jul 7Diversity 10Animals and microbiomes19.1-19.3, 32.2-32.4, 34.6
W / Jul 8Diversity 11Diversity conclusion and review
Th / Jul 9Diversity 12Exam #1
F / Jul 10Evolution 1In the light of evolution22.1
M / Jul 13Evolution 2Explanatory power 22.2-22.3
T / Jul 14Evolution 3Molecular basis of evolution23.1-23.2
W / Jul 15Evolution 4Natural selection23.3-23.4
Th / Jul 16Evolution 5Speciation24.1-24.4
F / Jul 17Evolution 6Phylogenetic systematics26.1-26.6
M / Jul 20Evolution 7Evolution and ecology52.5
T / Jul 21Evolution 8Deep time and the fossil record25.1-25.4
W / Jul 22Evolution 9Macroevolution, ecology, development25.5-25.6, 32.1, 34.1
Th / Jul 23Evolution 10Planet of the apes34.7
F / Jul 24Evolution 11Evolution conclusion and review
M / Jul 27Evolution 12Exam #2
T / Jul 28Ecology 1The Biosphere52.1
W / Jul 29Ecology 2Biomes and habitats52.2-52.3
Th / Jul 30Ecology 3Ecology of species52.4, 53.1
F / Jul 31Ecology 4Population dynamics53.2-53.3, 53.5
M / Aug 3Ecology 5Life history and competition53.4, 54.1
T / Aug 4Ecology 6Predation and mutualism54.2
W / Aug 5Ecology 7Community ecology54.3-54.5
Th / Aug 6Ecology 8Ecosystems and microbes55.1-55.3
F / Aug 7Ecology 9Biogeochemistry55.4
M / Aug 10Ecology 10The Meghalayan Age53.6, 56.1-56.4, 55.5
T / Aug 11Ecology 11Ecology conclusion and review
W / Aug 12Ecology 12Exam #3