Outline for Week 2

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Outline for Week 2

• Announcements and QA from Week 1
• Literature Searching/Assignment 1
• Evolution and Functional Morphology Lecture
• Functional Morphology/ WI fish species exercise
• Petromyzontide through Hiodontidae
• Cyprinidae
• Catostomidae through Cottidae
• Go home and shower, you smell of fish and ethanol

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Lingering Questions from Week One What is the
diet of White Perch? Fishbase.org opportunistic
predators, zooplankton, zoobenthos (midges),
rainbow smelt, fish GonadsOn Tuesday, show
class gonads (male and female) of white
perch. Red muscle vs white muscle Function Red
denser than white What happens at point of
exhaustion? (lactic acid and muscles
hardening/muscle density) What is tasty?
Others?
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Lateral Line