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This is the place for discussions of this class
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A syllabus includes general information about a class | 1 | 1 | by 26 Aug 2007 18:57Jump! |
Can you think of anything that could improve this site? | 1 | 0 | |
This site introduces and explains each AP Biology lab. Visit the site and work through the activities before each lab. | 1 | 1 | by 07 Sep 2007 11:15Jump! |
Items that do not fit into any one chapter | 2 | 2 | by 16 Nov 2007 21:53Jump! |
Some things are just fun to know | 2 | 2 | by 19 Nov 2007 00:35Jump! |
Suggestions on how to study, take tests, make better grades, etc. | 3 | 3 | by 14 Mar 2008 13:21Jump! |
Unit 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Discussions of topics raised in Unit 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry
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This chapter is a review of Basic Chemistry | 6 | 15 | by 27 Aug 2007 16:55Jump! |
The unique properties of water make life on Earth possible | 7 | 19 | by 29 Aug 2007 16:43Jump! |
Living organisms are made up of chemicals based mostly on the element carbon | 7 | 17 | by 31 Aug 2007 15:30Jump! |
Small organic molecules join together to form carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, the building materials of life | 7 | 16 | by 06 Sep 2007 13:45Jump! |
Unit 2: The Cell
Discussion of topics raised in Unit 2: The Cell
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The cell is the basic unit of structure and function for all organisms. Everything an organism does occurs, fundamentally, at the cellular level. | 8 | 19 | by 05 Dec 2007 16:29Jump! |
The ability of the cell to discriminate in its chemical exchanges with its environment is fundamental to life. The plasma membrane and its component molecules make this selectivity possible. | 8 | 9 | by 23 Sep 2007 18:04Jump! |
Cells communicate with each other, most often by chemical signals. This chapter discusses the main mechanisms by which cells receive, process, and respond to chemical signals from other cells | 9 | 26 | by 17 Oct 2007 01:37Jump! |
Omnis cellula e cellula | 8 | 17 | by 17 Oct 2007 01:49Jump! |
Sex and all that stuff | 8 | 8 | by 12 Oct 2007 09:38Jump! |
Unit 3: Cell Energetics
A discussion of the topics raised in Unit 3, Cell Energetics
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The concepts of metabolism presented in this chapter concern how energy and matter flow through the chemical processes of life | 7 | 20 | by 01 Nov 2007 15:15Jump! |
Cells harvest the chemical energy stored in organic molecules and use it to generate ATP, the molecule that drives most cellular work. | 9 | 17 | by 13 Nov 2007 02:25Jump! |
Photosynthesis nourishes almost the entire living world, directly or indirectly, by capturing light energy and converting it into chemical energy stored in the bonds of sugar and other organic molecules. | 10 | 18 | by 06 Nov 2007 16:05Jump! |
Unit 4: Heredity
A discussion of the topics raised in Unit 4: Heredity
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Modern genetics began in an abbey garden, where a monk, Gregor Mendel, documented a particulate mechanism of inheritance | 6 | 6 | by 13 Nov 2007 10:01Jump! |
This chapter describes the chromosomal basis for the transmission of genes from parents to offspring | 9 | 19 | by 28 Nov 2007 21:30Jump! |
Unit 5: Molecular Biology
A discussion of the topics raised in Unit 5, Molecular Biology
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This is the story of how biologists deduced that DNA is the genetic materials, how Watson and Crick discovered its structure, and how cells replicate and repair it. | 6 | 14 | by 08 Feb 2008 16:15Jump! |
The DNA inherited by an organism leads to specific traits by dictating the synthesis of proteins | 5 | 5 | by 15 Jan 2008 10:09Jump! |
Experiments with bacteria and viruses have been instrumental in working out the molecular mechanisms of replication, transcription and translation | 6 | 14 | by 08 Feb 2008 16:19Jump! |
The human genome includes 25,000 genes. Managing so much DNA requires that the genome be elaborately organized. | 6 | 6 | by 27 Jan 2008 22:51Jump! |
The Human Genome Project was complete in 2003. New DNA techniques have launched a revolution but also raise difficult social and ethical problems | 6 | 6 | by 10 Feb 2008 15:28Jump! |
In this chapter, we examine the basic mechanisms that guide development and differentiation from zygote to mature organism | 6 | 6 | by 18 Feb 2008 14:18Jump! |
In which we use plasmids to add several genes to E. coli | 2 | 2 | by 05 Mar 2008 10:48Jump! |
Unit 6: Evolutionary Biology
A discussion of the topics raised in Unit6, Evolutionary Biology
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