BIOL 296 - Topics in Integrative Science:

Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring, offered when interest expressed and departmental resources permit

Spring 2015 topic:

BIOL 297: Topics in Biology: The Smell of Sex (4). The use of pheromones to coordinate reproduction is a widespread biological phenomenon in animals. This course explores the fundamental bases of pheromone biology, from pheromone synthesis pathways and genetics to the evolution of mate searching behaviors and neural networks. Students create independent experiment-based projects involving field and laboratory analyses of pheromone-driven behaviors. Parker. Spring 2015