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Biology: The Science of Life

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<p>Get the complete background and professional guidance to explore in depth the fundamental principles of how living things work taught by an award-winning professor at Duke University who has specially adapted his acclaimed introductory biology course.</p>

Syllabus

01: The Scope of “Life”
02: More on the Origin of Life
03: The Organism and the Cell
04: Proteins—How Things Get Done in the Cell
05: Which Molecule Holds the Code?
06: The Double Helix
07: The Nuts and Bolts of Replicating DNA
08: The Central Dogma
09: The Genetic Code
10: From DNA to RNA
11: From RNA to Protein
12: When Mistakes Happen
13: Dividing DNA Between Dividing Cells
14: Mendel and His Pea Plants
15: How Sex Leads to Variation
16: Genes and Chromosomes
17: Charles Darwin and “The Origin of Species”
18: Natural Selection in Action
19: Reconciling Darwin and Mendel
20: Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
21: What Are Species and How Do New Ones Arise?
22: More on the Origin of New Species
23: Reconstructing Evolution
24: The History of Life, Revisited
25: From Cells to Organisms
26: Control of Gene Expression I
27: Control of Gene Expression II
28: Getting Proteins to the Right Place
29: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
30: How Cells Talk—Signals and Receptors
31: How Cells Talk—Ways That Cells Respond
32: From One Cell to Many in an Organism
33: Patterns of Early Development
34: Determination and Differentiation
35: Induction and Pattern Formation
36: Genes and Development
37: Homeostasis
38: Hormones in Animals
39: What is Special about Neurons?
40: Action Potentials and Synapses
41: Synaptic Integration and Memory
42: Sensory Function
43: How Muscles Work
44: The Innate Immune System
45: The Acquired Immune System
46: Form and Function in Plants I
47: Form and Function in Plants II
48: Behavior as an Adaptive Trait
49: Energy and Resources in Living Systems
50: How Energy is Harnessed by Cells
51: Enzymes - Making Chemistry Work in Cells
52: Cellular Currencies of Energy
53: Making ATP - Glycolysis
54: Making ATP - Cellular Respiration
55: Making ATP - The Chemiosmotic Theory
56: Capturing Energy from Sunlight
57: The Reactions of Photosynthesis
58: Resources and Life Histories
59: The Structure of Populations
60: Population Growth
61: What Limits Population Growth?
62: Costs and Benefits of Behavior
63: Altruism and Mate Selection
64: Ecological Interactions Among Species
65: Predators and Competitors
66: Competition and the Ecological Niche
67: Energy in Ecosystems
68: Nutrients in Ecosystems
69: How Predictable Are Ecological Communities?
70: Biogeography
71: Human Population Growth
72: The Human Asteroid
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Stephen Nowicki

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