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In-Depth General Biology

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1. Biology: The Science of Life

  1. The Inorganic Chemistry of Life
  2. Physics of Life
  3. Water and Living Things
  4. Carbon and Organic Chemistry
  5. Carbohydrates
  6. Lipids
  7. Proteins
  8. Nucleic Acids
UNIT 2. The Cell: Building Block of Life
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  1. Cell Theory and Origin of Life on Earth
  2. Structure of Eukaryotic Cells
  3. Cell Membrane
  4. Cell Communication
  5. Metabolism: An Introduction
  6. Heterotrophic Metabolism
  7. Photosynthesis and Autotrophic Metabolism
  8. Life of Cell
UNIT 3. Genetics: Genes and Information Flow
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  1. Meiosis and Sex
  2. Mendelian Genetics
  3. Chromosome Theory of Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
  4. DNA Structure and Replication
  5. Gene Expression
  6. Gene Regulation
  7. Epigenetics
  8. Genomics
  9. Biotechnology and Bioengineering
UNIT 4. Evolution: Change, Space and Time
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  1. An Introduction to Evolution
  2. Population Genetics and Microevolution
  3. Phenotypic and Gene Evolution
  4. Evo-Devo
  5. Species and Their Origins
  6. Macroevolution
  7. Paleontology: Life through Time
  8. History of Life on Earth
  9. Human Evolution
  10. Systematics
UNIT 5. Diversity of Life on Earth
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  1. Viral Agents: The Frontier of Life
  2. Prokaryotes I: Form, Function and Archaea
  3. Prokaryotes II: Bacteria
  4. Protists I: Biology, Ecology and Amoebozoa
  5. Protists II: Excavata and Archaeplastida
  6. Protists III: SAR, Cryptista and Haptista
  7. Land Plants I: How Plants Conquered Earth
  8. Land Plants II: Seeds and Flowers
  9. Fungi
  10. Introduction to Metazoans
  11. Basal Animals
  12. Spiralian Animals
  13. Ecdysozoan Animals
  14. Deuterostomes
UNIT 6. How Living Things Work I: Plants
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  1. General Plant Anatomy
  2. Roots, Soil and Nutrition
  3. Leaves and Transpiration
  4. Stems and Transport
  5. Flowering Plants Reproduction
  6. Plant Development and Growing
  7. Plant Irritability
UNIT 7. How Living Things Work II: Animals
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  1. General Animal Anatomy and Physiology
  2. Covering and Tegument
  3. Movement and Support
  4. Nervous System I: Glial Cells and Synapsis
  5. Nervous System II: Structure and Regulation
  6. Nervous System III: Sensory Systems
  7. Blood Circulation
  8. Gas Interchange
  9. Digestion and Nutrition
  10. Defense
  11. Hormonal Regulation
  12. Osmorregulation and Excretion
  13. Animal Reproduction
  14. Animal Development
UNIT 8. Ecology: Environment and Life
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  1. Introduction to Ecology
  2. Populations
  3. Communities
  4. Ecosystems and Energy Flow
  5. Biogeography
  6. Earth's Biosphere I: Pinciples and Terrestrial Biomes
  7. Earth's Biosfere II: Aquatic Biomes
  8. Conservation Biology
Appendix
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  • A1. Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  • A2. Microscopes
  • A3. Geologic Time Scale
  • A4. Cells
  • A5. Measures Used in Biology
  • A6. Statistics Primer
  • A7. Suffixes, Preffixes and Etimologies Commonly Used in Biology
  • A8. Classification of Living Things and Tree of Life
  • A9. Landmark Biologists
Glossary
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Other Resources
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