General Biology

General Biology
Course covers:
Life: An Overview; Basic Chemistry, redox, PH, Biopolymers: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, Protein Structure, Biological Membranes, Bacterial Cells; Animals Cells and Organelles, Energy, Thermodynamics and Enzymes 1, Enzymes 2, Metabolism I: ATP, Redox and Glycolysis, Metabolism II: TCA Cycle; Oxid, Phos., Photosynthesis: Light and Dark Reactions, Signaling, Genes to Proteins: An Overview, Techniques in Molecular Biology, Microbial Genetics and Evolution - Chromosomes, Plasmids, and Phage, DNA Replication and the PCR, Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Reproduction of Cells, Chromosomes, Checkpoints, and Cancer, Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycle, Gregor Mendel and Two of Biology's Three Laws, Recombination, Linkage and Mapping, Transcription, The Genetic Code and Traslation, Prokaryotic Gene Regulation, Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Regulation, Human Genetics and Epigenetics, GMOs and Organismal Cloning, Stem Cells and Aging, Midterm II, Multicellularity: Cell Shape and Function, Tissue Specialization, Homeostasis, Intercellular and Physiological Communication: Hormones, Receptors, and the Endocrine System, Reproductive System, Fertilization and Embryogenesis, Developmental Strategies and Mechanisms, Digestive System, Circulatory and Respiratory Systems, Immune System, Excretory System and Kidney Function, Nervous System, Cell and Tissue Dysfunction, Cancer and Experimental Stratefies to Develp Anti-Cancer Therapeutics, Bio-Engineered Animals and Models of Human Disease
Course covers:
Introduction/Fungi, Algae, Mosses, Lower Vascular Plants, Ferns and Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Cells, Tissues, Roots, Structure and Development, Shoots, Primary Structure, Shoots, Secondary Structure, Plant Growth Substances, Flowering, Water Relations, Water Relations, Mineral Nutrition, Presidents Day, Mineral Nutrition, Fruit Development, Discussion of Midterm, Darwin and The Origin, Explanatory Power, Mendel, Hardy, and Weinberg, Mutation and Selection, Genetic Drift and Gene Flow, Sex and Sexual Selection, Biological Species, Modes of Speciation, Macroevolution, Phlogenetic Systematics, Molecular Phylogenetics, Precambrian and Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, Generalizations About the Fossil Record, Review, Control of Onchocerciasis: What we will study in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Population Growth, Dynamics of Populations, Demography, Organism Interactions and Competition, Ecological Studies, Communities, Island Biogeography, Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems, San Francisco Bay, Microevolution & Natural Selection, Humans and the Environment, Course Review