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BIOL 1406 Course Syllabus and Study Guide: Foundations of Biology

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Introduction to Biology

Characteristics of Life

Life's Organizational Hierarchy

Scientific Method

Natural Selection and Evolution

Introduction to Chemical Bonding

Acids and Bases

pH Scale

Carbon

Functional Groups

Introduction to Biomolecules

Monomers & Polymers

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Nucleic Acids

Lipids

Microscopes

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles

Biological Membranes

Introduction to Membrane Transport

Passive vs. Active Transport

Osmosis

Simple and Facilitated Diffusion

Active Transport

Introduction to Energy

Laws of Thermodynamics

Chemical Reactions

ATP

Enzymes

Introduction to Metabolism

Introduction to Cellular Respiration

Glycolysis

Krebs Cycle

Electron Transport Chain

Chemiosmosis

Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration

Introduction to Photosynthesis

Pigments of Photosynthesis

Stages of Photosynthesis

Light Reactions of Photosynthesis

Calvin Cycle

Introduction to the Cell Cycle

Phases of Mitosis

Cytokinesis

Cell Cycle Regulation

Introduction to Meiosis

Meiosis I

Meiosis II

Mitosis & Meiosis Review

Introduction to Mendel's Experiments

Genotype vs. Phenotype

Punnett Squares

Mendel's Experiments

Mendel's Laws

Monohybrid Crosses

Dihybrid Crosses

Introduction to DNA Replication

DNA Polymerases

Steps of DNA Replication

DNA Repair

Central Dogma

Introduction to Transcription

Steps of Transcription

Eukaryotic RNA Processing and Splicing

Introduction to Types of RNA

Genetic Code

Introduction to Translation

Steps of Translation

Mutations

Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression

Prokaryotic Gene Regulation via Operons

The Lac Operon

The Trp Operon

Introduction to Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

Viruses