Biology 291 - Cell Struct & Function

Spring
2016
01
4.00
Ethan Graf
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Amherst College
BIOL-291-01-1516S
MERR 403
egraf@amherst.edu
BCBP-291-01,BIOL-291-01

(Offered  as BIOL 291 and BCBP 291)  An analysis of the structure and function of cells in plants, animals, and bacteria. Topics to be discussed include the cell surface and membranes, cytoskeletal elements and motility, cytoplasmic organelles and bioenergetics, the interphase nucleus and chromosomes, mitosis, meiosis, and cell cycle regulation. Four classroom hours and three hours of laboratory per week.


Requisite: BIOL 191 and completion of, or concurrent registration in, CHEM 161.  Limited to 24 students. Spring semester. Professor Graf.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.
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