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BIO-157 General Biology I: Comprehensive Study Guide (Chapters 1–21, Excluding Chapter 11)

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Introduction to Biology

Characteristics of Life

Life's Organizational Hierarchy

Scientific Method

Experimental Design

Atoms- Smallest Unit of Matter

Isotopes

Introduction to Chemical Bonding

Covalent Bonds

Ionic Bonding

Hydrogen Bonding

Introduction to Water

Properties of Water- Cohesion and Adhesion

Properties of Water- Thermal

Properties of Water- The Universal Solvent

Acids and Bases

pH Scale

Carbon

Introduction to Biomolecules

Monomers & Polymers

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Nucleic Acids

Lipids

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles

Endosymbiotic Theory

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

Enzyme Activation Energy

Enzyme Inhibition

Introduction to Metabolism

Introduction to Cellular Respiration

Glycolysis

Pyruvate Oxidation

Krebs Cycle

Electron Transport Chain

Chemiosmosis

Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration

Introduction to Photosynthesis

Pigments of Photosynthesis

Stages of Photosynthesis

Light Reactions of Photosynthesis

Calvin Cycle

Review of Photosynthesis

Introduction to the Cell Cycle

Interphase

Phases of Mitosis

Cytokinesis

Cell Cycle Regulation

Review of the Cell Cycle

Cancer

Genes & Alleles

Homologous Chromosomes

Life Cycle of Sexual Reproducers

Introduction to Meiosis

Meiosis I

Meiosis II

Mitosis & Meiosis Review

Genetic Variation During Meiosis

Introduction to Mendel's Experiments

Genotype vs. Phenotype

Punnett Squares

Mendel's Experiments

Mendel's Laws

Monohybrid Crosses

Test Crosses

Dihybrid Crosses

Punnett Square Probability

Incomplete Dominance vs. Codominance

Epistasis

Non-Mendelian Genetics

Pedigrees

Autosomal Inheritance

Sex-Linked Inheritance

X-Inactivation

The Griffith Experiment

The Hershey-Chase Experiment

Chargaff's Rules

Discovering the Structure of DNA

Meselson-Stahl Experiment

Introduction to DNA Replication

DNA Polymerases

Leading & Lagging DNA Strands

Steps of DNA Replication

DNA Repair

Telomeres

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

Post-Translational Modification

Review of Transcription vs. Translation

Mutations

Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression

Prokaryotic Gene Regulation via Operons

The Lac Operon

Glucose's Impact on Lac Operon

The Trp Operon

Review of the Lac Operon & Trp Operon

Introduction to Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

Eukaryotic Chromatin Modifications

Eukaryotic Transcriptional Control

Eukaryotic Post-Transcriptional Regulation

Eukaryotic Post-Translational Regulation

Viruses

Introduction to DNA-Based Technology

Introduction to DNA Cloning

Steps to DNA Cloning

Introduction to Polymerase Chain Reaction

The Steps of PCR

Gel Electrophoresis

Southern Blotting

DNA Fingerprinting

Introduction to DNA Sequencing

Dideoxy Sequencing

Genomes

Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Evidence of Natural Selection

Evidence of Evolution

Evolution of Populations

Genetic Variation

Genetics and Allele Frequencies

The Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Non-Random Mating

Natural Selection

Genetic Drift

Gene Flow

Putting it All Together

Introduction to Speciation

The Biological Species Concept

Allopatric and Sympatric Speciation

Origin of Life

The Fossil Record

History of Life on Earth

Extinctions

Adaptive Radiation

Evolution of Complexity

Introduction to Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Building Phylogenetic Trees