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BIO 251 Biology I with Lab – Course Overview and Study Guide

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Introduction to Biomolecules

Monomers & Polymers

Proteins

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles

Biological Membranes

Introduction to Membrane Transport

Passive vs. Active Transport

Osmosis

Introduction to Energy

ATP

Enzymes

Introduction to Metabolism

Introduction to Cellular Respiration

Glycolysis

Krebs Cycle

Electron Transport Chain

Chemiosmosis

Review of Aerobic Cellular Respiration

Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration

Introduction to Photosynthesis

Leaf & Chloroplast Anatomy

Pigments of Photosynthesis

Stages of Photosynthesis

Light Reactions of Photosynthesis

Calvin Cycle

Introduction to Cell Division

Introduction to the Cell Cycle

Interphase

Phases of Mitosis

Cytokinesis

Cell Cycle Regulation

Genes & Alleles

Life Cycle of Sexual Reproducers

Introduction to Meiosis

Meiosis I

Meiosis II

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

Mutations

Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression

Prokaryotic Gene Regulation via Operons

The Lac Operon

The 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

Introduction to Polymerase Chain Reaction

Gel Electrophoresis

DNA Fingerprinting

Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Evidence of Evolution

Evolution of Populations

Genetic Variation

Genetics and Allele Frequencies

The Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Natural Selection

Genetic Drift

Gene Flow

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

Cladistics