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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 542 - Physiology at the Limit

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the Department of Biological Sciences.
(Undergraduates enroll in BIOL 442 ; graduates enroll in BIOL 542.) Survey of biochemical and physiological adaptations of organisms under extreme environmental conditions or performance. Topics include adaptive responses to hypoxia, high-altitude, deep-sea diving, outer space, micro-gravity, exercise, flight, swimming, salt stress, and extreme temperatures. Examples from vertebrates and invertebrates.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.) Double Numbered with: BIOL 442