FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS OF INSECTS - ENT 503

Laboratory Schedule and Assignment
Deadlines

                                           Reading
Week   Laboratory                     (Reserved)        *Deadlines
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1      No Lab                                     Registration,
                                                  First Day of
                                                  Classes 
2      The Insect Head and Thorax

3      The Insect Digestive System

4      The Female Reproductive System

5      The Male Reproductive System                         

6      Nervous, Circulation, and                       Lecture Exam
        Respiratory System; Striated
        Muscle

7      Basic Laboratory Techniques      Clark & Switzer     Lab Practical;
        and Procedures                  3-13, 57-64         2/22 Academic 
                                                            Difficulty Report
                                                            Due

8     Developmental Changes in                         Abbreviated Lab 
        Total Protein,                                 Report Due from
        Lipid and Carbohydrate                         Week #7

9 & 11 Protein Characterization:        Clark & Switzer     On Week #11 Lab
        Chromatography,                 15-55, 67-85;  Report Due from
        Radiometric Assay and           Hendee 181-216,     Week #8; 3/24,
        Electrophoresis of Juvenile          311-326        Last Day to 
        Hormone Esterase (No lab                       Withdraw Without
       week 10)                                        Grade

12     Lipid Characterization:                          Abbreviated Lab
        Chromatography of                              Report Due from 
        Radiolabeled Juvenile                          weeks #'s 9 & 11;
        Hormone and Its Metabolites                         Lecture Exam on                                                  week #12

13     Insect Respiration                              Abbreviated Lab                                                  Report from 
                                                  Week #12

14    PCR

15     Insect Behavior                                 Abbreviated Lab
                                                       Report Due from
                                                       Week #14

16    No lab                                      Lab Report Due                                                   from Week #13

17/18  Final Examination                          Lab Report Due
                                                  from Week #15
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*    Laboratory reports are due at the beginning of the laboratory period or
     final exam as indicated.