Biological Science

<p></p> <ol> <li>Biology: The Study of Life</li> </ol> <ul> BioSkills </ul> <h3>UNIT 1: THE MOLECULAR ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE</h3> <ol> <li>Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life</li> <li>Protein Structure and Function</li> <li>Nucleic Acids and an RNA World</li> <li>An Introduction to Carbohydrates</li> <li>Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 2: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION</h3> <ol> <li>Inside the Cell</li> <li>Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolism</li> <li>Cellular Respiration and Fermentation</li> <li>Photosynthesis</li> <li>Cell–Cell Interactions</li> <li>The Cell Cycle</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 3: GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION</h3> <ol> <li>Meiosis</li> <li>Mendel and the Gene</li> <li>DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair</li> <li>How Genes Work</li> <li>Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation</li> <li>Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria</li> <li>Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes</li> <li>The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology, Genomics, and New Frontiers</li> <li>Genes, Development, and Evolution</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 4: EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES </h3> <ol> <li>Evolution by Natural Selection</li> <li>Evolutionary Processes</li> <li>Speciation</li> <li>Phylogenies and the History of Life</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 5: THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE </h3> <ol> <li>Bacteria and Archaea</li> <li>Diversification of Eukaryotes</li> <li>Green Algae and Land Plants</li> <li>Fungi</li> <li>An Introduction to Animals</li> <li>Protostome Animals</li> <li>Deuterostome Animals</li> <li>Viruses</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 6: HOW PLANTS WORK</h3> <ol> <li>Plant Form and Function</li> <li>Water and Sugar Transport in Plants</li> <li>Plant Nutrition</li> <li>Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses</li> <li>Flowering Plant Reproduction and Development</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 7: HOW ANIMALS WORK </h3> <ol> <li>Animal Form and Function</li> <li>Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals</li> <li>Animal Nutrition</li> <li>Gas Exchange and Circulation</li> <li>Animal Nervous Systems</li> <li>Animal Sensory Systems</li> <li>Animal Movement</li> <li>Chemical Signals in Animals</li> <li>Animal Reproduction and Development</li> <li>The Immune System in Animals</li> </ol> <h3>UNIT 8: ECOLOGY </h3> <ol> <li>An Introduction to Ecology</li> <li>Behavioral Ecology</li> <li>Population Ecology</li> <li>Community Ecology</li> <li>Ecosystems and Global Ecology</li> <li>Biodiversity and Conservation Biology</li> </ol> <p></p>