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Newton Copp
Professor of Biology
Contact Information Courses Research Interests Education Selected Publications and Works in Progress
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Contact Information
Joint Science Department
- Keck Science Center
- 925 N. Mills Ave.
- Claremont CA, 91711
- Tel: 909 607-2932/621-8298
- E-mail: ncopp@jsd.claremont.edu
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Courses
Human Physiology - Biology 131
Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Structures - Science 69
Discovery, Innovation, and Risk: Energy - Science 68
Introduction to Neuroscience
Animal Behavior - Biology 154 (in some years with Professor Guthrie)
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Research Interests
General: Animal behavior and its neural control
Specific: Sensory control and motor output in defensive turning behavior of the crayfish
Modulation of claw closure in the crayfish
Aggregation behavior of ladybird beetles
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Education
Ph. D. - Zoology - University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976
M.A. - Zoology - University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974
B.A. - Occidental College, 1971
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Selected Publications and Works in Progress
Copp, N. H. and M. Jamon. Kinematics of defensive turning behavior in freely moving crayfish. (In manuscript)
Copp, N. H. and M. Jamon. Kinematics of defensive turning behavior in restrained crayfish. (In preparation)
Copp, N. H. and A. Zanella. 1993. Discovery, Innovation and Risk: Case studies in science and technology. MIT Press:Cambridge. 425pp.
Copp, N. H. and D. Watson. 1988. Visual and tactile control of turning behavior in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. J. comp. Physiol.
Copp, N. H. (ladybird beetles)
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