Biology 1

(Fundamental Biological Concepts)

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This page contains a complete list of lecture topics for the semester. To obtain a lecture outline for a topic, click on it. Each outline is a Microsoft Word document that you should save to your computer. For success in this course, I highly recommend that you print out the lecture outlines, bring them to class, and take notes on them during lecture.

 

Lecture topics:

Introduction to Biology (chapter 1)

Chemistry (chapter 2)

Water (chapter 2)  

Organic Chemistry (chapter 3)

Carbohydrates (chapter 3)

Lipids (chapter 3)

Proteins (chapter 3, 5, 6)

Nucleic acids (chapter 3 and 14)

Cells and Membranes (chapters 4, 5, and 15)

Energy and Metabolism (chapters 5 and 6)         

Photosynthesis (chapter 8)

Respiration (chapter 7)

Signal transduction (chapter 9) 

Chromsomes (chapters 10 and 13)                          

Mitosis (chapters 10 and 14)         

Meiosis (chapter 11) 

Genetics (chapters 12 and 13)        

Eukaryotic genes (chapter 15)                                   

Bacteria and viruses (chapters 4, 27, and 28)   

Genomes (chapters 16 and 18)               

DNA technology (chapter 17)                                       

Evolution (chapters 20, 21, and 22)