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Syllabus

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Chapter Materials

 

Chapter 2: The Chemical Basis of Life I
Chapter 3: The Chemical Basis of Life II
Chapter 4: General Features of Cells
Chapter 5: Membrane Structure, Synthesis, and Transport
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Chapter 7: Cellular Respiration, Fermentation, and Secondary Metabolism
Chapter 9: Cell Communication
Chapter 11: Nucleic Acid Structure, DNA replication, and Chromosomes Structure
Chapter 12: Gene Expression Chapter 13: Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 14: Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer Chapter 15: Cell Division
Chapter 16: Simple Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 17:  Complex Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 18: Viral and Bacterial Genetics Chapter 20: Genetic Technology
Chapter 21: Genomes, Proteomes, and Bioinformatics Chapter 22: Origin and History of Life
Chapter 23: Intro to Evolution Chapter 24: Population Genetics
Chapter 25: Origin of Species and Macroevolution 
Chapter 26: Taxonomy and Systematics 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scientific American Biology Blog

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