Exploration of recent and classic studies in sensory biology. Actual topics are chosen by students at the start of the semester. Usually includes vision, hearing, smell, taste, pheromones, electroreception, magnetoreception, bioluminescence, touch, time, and music. Prerequisites: Bio 201L, or Bio 201L and 202L, or the equivalent, and one course in Neuroscience, or consent of instructor.
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