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Introduction
1. Hypothesis Testing
2. Types of Data
3. Reporting Scientific Work
4. Spotlight on Homeostasis
5. Levels of Organization of Living Things
6. Atoms
7. Chemical Bonds
8. Water
9. Buffers, pH, Acids, and Bases
10. Absolutely Necessary Chemistry Summary
11. Carbohydrates
12. Lipids
13. Proteins
14. Nucleic Acids
15. Biological Macromolecule Practice Questions
16. Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
17. The Plasma Membrane and the Cytoplasm
18. Ribosomes
19. The Cytoskeleton
20. Flagella and Cilia
21. The Endomembrane System
22. Nucleus
23. The Endoplasmic Reticulum
24. The Golgi Apparatus
25. Vesicles and Vacuoles, Lysosomes, and Peroxisomes
26. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
27. Extracellular matrix and intercellular junctions
28. Summary Table of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells and Functions
29. The Production of a Protein
30. DNA Replication
31. DNA Repair
32. Binary Fission: Prokaryotic Cell Division
33. Mitosis: Eukaryotic Cell Division
34. Control of the Cell Cycle
35. Cancer and the Cell Cycle
36. DNA Structure
37. How DNA is arranged in a cell
38. Genes Direct the Production of Proteins
39. Transcription: from DNA to RNA
40. Eukaryotic RNA Processing
41. Translation: From RNA to Protein
42. The Genetic Code
43. Prokaryotic versus Eukaryotic Gene Expression
44. Gene Regulation
45. Review of Protein Synthesis
46. How Mutations Occur
47. Genetic disorders
48. Do all gene mutations affect health and development?
49. Types of mutations
50. Changes in number of genes or chromosomes
51. Multifactorial Disorders and Genetic Predispositions
52. Genetics and statistics
53. Energy
54. Metabolic Pathways
55. Activation Energy
56. Enzymes
57. Changes in Enzyme Activity
58. Feedback Inhibition in Metabolic Pathways
59. Enzymes and Disease
60. From Mouth to Molecule: Digestion
61. Metabolism
62. An Overview of Cellular Respiration
63. Glycolysis
64. The Citric Acid Cycle
65. Oxidative Phosphorylation
66. Metabolism without Oxygen: Fermentation
67. Metabolism of Molecules Other Than Glucose
68. Anaerobic Cellular Respiration in Prokaryotes
69. The Energy Cycle
70. Structure of the Plasma Membrane
71. Membranes are Selectively Permeable
72. Passive Transport: Diffusion
73. Passive Transport: Facilitated Transport
74. Passive Transport: Osmosis
75. Active Transport
76. Cell Communication
77. Overview of Meiosis
78. Meiosis I
79. Meiosis II
80. Comparing Meiosis and Mitosis
81. Errors in Meiosis
82. Introduction to Genetics
83. Pedigrees and Punnett Squares
84. Black fur color: a dominant trait
85. Yellow fur color: a recessive trait
86. Epistasis: the relationship between black, brown, and yellow fur
87. Brindle color: partial dominance and epistasis
88. Incomplete dominance: when traits blend
89. White spotting: When there's more than two alleles
90. Hemophilia: a sex-linked disorder
91. Overall phenotypes: putting it all together
92. Additional complexity
93. It's not all in the genes
94. Manipulating Genetic Material
95. Cloning
96. Genetic Engineering
97. Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture
98. Genomics and Proteomics
99. Applying Genomics
100. Proteomics
101. Bacterial Transformation Lab
102. Gel Electrophoresis and DNA Fingerprinting
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MHCC Biology 112: Biology for Health Professions by Lisa Bartee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.