Textbook: "Biological Science": Scott Freeman: Prentice Hall: First Edition
EXAMS: 3 hour exams; 1 final (3 hours) You can drop the lowest grade of the 3 hour exams, and then count the final as 50%; or if your final exam turns out to be your lowest grade, then final counts 40%
date | topic | lecture notes |
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1) Wed. Jan. 8 | Chapter 1 Cells, and taxonomy, and kinds of evolutionary selection. | cells & taxonomy |
2) Fri. Jan. 10 | Chapter 2 A little biological chemistry, and the origin of life. | biological chemistry |
3) Mon. Jan. 13 | Chapter 3 Proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules. | proteins |
4) Wed. Jan. 15 | Chapter 4 Membranes and ion pumps. | nucleic acids |
5) Fri. Jan. 17 | Chapter 5 Procaryotes vs. eucaryotes: organelles, cytoskeleton, motor proteins. | membranes |
Mon. Jan 20 Martin Luther King Holiday | ||
6) Wed. Jan 22 | Chapter 6 Biochemical energy coupling: ATP, mitochondria, Krebs cycle. | prokaryotes, eukaryotes, organelles |
7) Fri. Jan 24 | Chapter 7 Photosynthesis (A SAMPLE TEST WILL BE GIVEN OUT) | energy coupling |
8) Mon. Jan 27 | Chapter 8 Cell division; cell cycle, mitosis, cytokinesis, cancer. | mitochondria |
9) Wed. Jan 29 | Chapter 9 Meiosis. | photosynthesis |
10) Fri. Jan. 31 | FIRST TEST | |
11) Mon. Feb. 3 | Chapter 10 Genes, Mendel and all that. | mitosis & cell cycle |
12) Wed. Feb. 5 | Chapter 11 DNA base sequences, protein amino acid sequences/ genetic code. | meiosis |
13) Fri. Feb. 7 | Chapter 12 DNA replication, mutations, and DNA repair. | genes, Mendel |
14) Mon. Feb. 10 | Chapter 13 RNA transcription: m-RNA, t-RNA, r-RNA, & protein synthesis | |
15) Wed. Feb. 12 | Chapter 14 Operons: how gene transcription is controlled in bacteria. | genes are DNA |
16) Fri. Feb. 14 | Chapter 15 Transcription factors: Gene control in embryonic cell differentiation | how DNA codes for proteins |
17) Mon. Feb. 17 | Chapter 16 Base sequencing: Genomics, and all that... | |
18) Wed. Feb. 19 | Chapter 17 Genetic engineering and biotechnology (sticking genes into cells). | DNA synthesis, RNA transcription & translation |
19) Fri. Feb. 21 | Chapter 18 Embryonic development in multicellular animals. | control of transcription |
20) Mon. Feb. 24 | Chapter 19 Development in higher plants. | review for second test |
21) Wed. Feb. 26 | SECOND TEST | |
22) Fri. Feb. 28 | Chapter 21 The evidence and details of Darwinian evolution (& questionnaire) | evolution |
23) Mon. Mar. 3 | Chapter 22 & 23 Some evolutionary processes, esp. separation of species. | |
24) Wed. Mar. 5 | Chapter 24 Evolutionary history of life. | more evolution, speciation |
25) Fri. Mar. 7 | Chapter 25 (procaryotes) Bacteria and Archaea. (whatever they are!) | evolutionary history |
Spring Vacation | ||
26) Mon. Mar. 17 | Chapter 26 Viruses, and some of the diseases they cause | viruses |
27) Wed. Mar. 19 | Chapter 27 One celled eucaryotes (="Protists", although I dislike the word) | protists |
28) Fri. Mar. 21 | Chapter 28 Multicellular plants | plants |
29) Mon. Mar. 24 | Chapter 29 Fungi: Mushrooms, molds, yeasts, slime molds, etc. (some quite weird!) | fungi |
30) Wed. Mar. 26 | Chapter 30 The family tree of multicelluar animals | multicellular animals |
31) Fri. Mar. 28 | Chapter 30 Multicellular animals; and review for the upcoming test. | review questions |
32) Mon. Mar. 31 | THIRD TEST | |
33) Wed. April 2 | Chapter 42 The mechanism of nerve impulse propagation. | nerve impulses |
34) Fri. April 4 | Chapter 43 Mechanisms of synaptic transmission, many drugs and nerve gas! | synapses and nerve gas |
35) Mon. April 7 | Chapter 43 Sensory organs, such as the eye and ear. | sensory nerves |
36) Wed. April 9 | Chapter 44 Hormones, pheromones, and other signalling molecules. | hormones and pheromones |
37) Fri. April 11 | Chapter 45 Animal reproduction. | animal reproduction |
38) Mon. April 14 | Chapter 46 Immunity, vaccination, allergies, and autoimmune diseases. | the immune system |
39) Wed. April 16 | Chapter 46 Even more about the immune system! | |
40) Fri. April 18 | Good Friday holiday | |
41) Mon. April 21 | Chapter 47 Animal behavior, and maybe some Sociobiology. | animal behavior and sociobiology |
42) Wed. April 23 | Chapter 48 Population ecology, Chapter 51 Ecosystems. |