Lecture Schedule Summer Session 2021


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

Office Hours: Professor Shabel will generally hold office hours during the designated lecture time. See bCourses for specific days and time for each week.

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 HomeEvolutionOrganismal DiversityEcology


DateLectureLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell (10th-12th editions)
M / Jun 21IntroductionThe evolution of ecosystems1.1-1.3
T / Jun 22Evolution 1In the light of evolution22.1
W / Jun 23Evolution 2Explanatory power of evol. theory 22.2-22.3
Th / Jun 24Evolution 3Molecular basis of evolution23.1-23.2
F / Jun 25Evolution 4Natural selection23.3-23.4
M / Jun 28Evolution 5Speciation24.1-24.4
T / Jun 29Evolution 6Phylogenetic systematics26.1-26.6
W / Jun 30Evolution 7Evolution and ecology52.5
Th / Jul 1Evolution 8Deep time and the fossil record25.1-25.4
F / Jul 2Evolution 9Macroevolution, ecology, development25.5-25.6, 32.1, 34.1
M / Jul 5Independence Day holiday
T / Jul 6Evolution 10Planet of the apes34.7
W / Jul 7Evolution 11Evolution conclusion and review
Th / Jul 8Evolution 12Exam #1
F / Jul 9Diversity 1Prokaryotes27.4-27.6
M / Jul 12Diversity 2Endosymbiosis and Eukarya28.1-28.3, 6.5
T /Jul 13Diversity 3Algal garden28.4-28.6
W / Jul 14Diversity 4From water to land29.1-29.3
Th / Jul 15Diversity 5Evolution of seeds30.1-30.2
F / Jul 16Diversity 6Flower power30.3-30.4, 38.1-38.2
M / Jul 19Diversity 7Plant-animal symbioses39.5
T / Jul 20Diversity 8Plant morphology35.1-36.6
W / Jul 21Diversity 9A fungus among us31.1-31.5
Th / Jul 22Diversity 10Animals and microbiomes19.1-19.3, 32.2-32.4, 34.6
F / Jul 23Diversity 11Diversity conclusion and review
M / Jul 26Diversity 12Exam #2
T / Jul 27Ecology 1Biosphere52.1
W / Jul 28Ecology 2Biomes and habitats52.2-52.3
Th / Jul 29Ecology 3Ecology of species52.4, 53.1
F / Jul 30Ecology 4Population dynamics53.2-53.3, 53.5
M / Aug 2Ecology 5Life history and competition53.4, 54.1
T / Aug 3Ecology 6Predation and mutualism54.2
W / Aug 4Ecology 7Community ecology54.3-54.5
Th / Aug 5Ecology 8Ecosystems and microbes55.1-55.3
F / Aug 6Ecology 9Biogeochemistry55.4
M / Aug 9Ecology 10The Meghalayan Age53.6, 56.1-56.4, 55.5
T / Aug 10Ecology 11Ecology conclusion and review
W / Aug 11Ecology 12Exam #3