3credit hour(s)Prerequisite:BIO 2410 + BIO 2492. Corequisite:BIO 2592. Focuses on comparative botany and zoology. Topics covered are plant structure and growth, transport, nutrition, reproduction and development in plants. Introduction to animal form and function, animal nutrition, circulation and gas exchange, immune system function and evolution, control of the internal environment, chemical signaling, reproduction and development, nervous systems, sensory and motor mechanisms.