BIOLOGY 111

PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I

 

Lecture syllabus  

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Chemical context of Life

Chapter 3 Water

Chapter 4 Carbon

Chapter 5 Large Biological Molecules

Monosaccharide subunits

1,4 glucose linkage

Amylopectin

Amylose

Cellusose

Cellulose microfibril

Chitin

Di- and Triglycerides

Fatty acids

Chapter 6 Tour of the Cell

Chapter 7 Membrane Structure and Function

Chapter 8 Metabolism

Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration

Chapter 10 Photosynthesis

Chapter 11 Cell Communication

Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle

Chapter 13 Meiosis

Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea

Chapter 15 Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

Chapter 16 Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein

Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression

Chapter 19 Viruses

Chapter Genomes and their Evolution21

Final Exam Schedule

Chapter 22 Descent with Modification

Chapter 24 Origin of Species

Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea

Chapter 28 Protists

Protozoa summary

Chapter 31 Fungi

Final exam topics