bio1903 Extra Credit Readings
   

Chapter1Exploring Life
Chapter2The Chemical Context of Life
Chapter3Water and the Fitness of the Environment
Scientists prove how geckos stick, unlock secrets to making artificial gecko glue EurekAlert 8/26/02
Sticking with gecko glue HERO June 2003
Chapter4Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
GM fuels ethanol debate Chicago Tribune 2/6/06
Chapter5The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
New risk from trans fat Consumer Reports on Health Oct 05
Chapter6A Tour of the Cell
Chapter7Membrane Structure and Function
Cramps Backpacker Sept 04
Chapter8An Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter9Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
Chapter10Photosynthesis
Vitamin A: "Magic Bullet" That Can Backfire Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter Feb 05
Chapter11Cell Communication
Chapter12The Cell Cycle
Chapter13Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05
Chapter14Mendel and the Gene Idea
Chapter15The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
The Effect of Female Hormone Fluctuations on the Incidence of Trisomy in Humans FGCU 98
Chapter16The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Telomerase's New Talent Science Now 8/17/05
Chapter17From Gene to Protein
Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03
Chapter18The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
Chapter19Eukaryotic Genomes
Stem Cell Research Basics: Early Stem Cells U of Kansas Medical Center 2006
Chapter20DNA Technology and Genomics
Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01
Chapter21The Genetic Basis of Development
Chapter22Descent with Modification
Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005
Chapter23The Evolution of Populations
Looks Matter Science News 10/1/05
Chapter24The Origin of Species
Origin of the Kaibab Squirrel Creation Research Society Quarterly 6/5/89
Chapter25Phylogeny and Systematics
Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04
Chapter26The Tree of Life
Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04
Chapter27Prokaryotes
Swamp Gas Mystery Solved Science Now 8/24/05
NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter28Protists
Sheep bacteria widen diet of cattle Science News 6/6/98
Chapter29Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
Chapter30Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Nutty and fungi-ble taxol sources Science News 4/15/00
Yes, We'll Have No Bananas Common Dreams NewsCenter 7/19/03
Chapter31Fungi
Same-sex fungi can mate The Scientist 4/26/05
Mycorrhizae, Voles, Owls, Trees and Man Daniel B. Wheeler 97
Biggest living thing; Huge mushroom in Oregon Extreme Science
The Magic of Mycorrhizal Fungi Mother Earth News Jun/Jul 03
Chapter32An Introduction to Animal Diversity
Strange Creatures - A Burgess Shale Fossil Sampler National Museum of Natural History
Chapter33Invertebrates
Ligula intestinalis a tapeworm contraceptive Biologist Dec 02
Gullible male fireflies supply 'femmes fatales' with a lifesaving chemical Cornell U. Sep 1, 97
Chapter34Vertebrates
Is it true turtles breathe through their butts? The Straight Dope 11/16/01
Fat Birds Great Moments in Science 2006
Chapter35Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
Maple sap flow SUNY Plant Physiology
Chapter36Transport in Vascular Plants
Dutch Elm Disease Colorado State U. 8/24/04
Chapter37Plant Nutrition
Brazil Is Satisfying Its Fuel Needs From Sugar Cane New York Times 4/10/06
Chapter38Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
Chapter39Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
Digitalis Molecule of the Month Sep 96
Chapter40Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
Osteoporosis: Calcium matters--but how? Nutrition Health Review 1996
Chapter41Animal Nutrition
Beyond Botox Time 5/19/03
Why is, um, fecal matter brown? The Straight Dope 2/27/87
the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine 10/3/05
Chapter42Circulation and Gas Exchange
Chapter43The Immune System
A Shot against Pandemic Flu Science News 4/8/06
Chapter44Osmoregulation and Excretion
Chapter45Hormones and the Endocrine System
FDA Approves New Drug Therapy For Osteoporosis FDA 8/18/1995
Chapter46Animal Reproduction
Pregnancy test NLM/NIH Medical Encyclopedia 11/30/04
Chapter47Animal Development
Chapter48Nervous Systems
Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine 10/29/98
The Truth About Lie Detectors (aka Polygraph Tests) Psychology Matters
Chapter49Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
Magnetic Beaks Help Birds Navigate National Geographic News 11/24/04
Whales led astray by magnetism BBC News 5/13/05
Chapter50An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
Cook County, Ill., Wetlands Are Focus of National Debate Chicago Tribune 06/15/03
Chapter51Behavioral Ecology
Red Knot Migration and Horseshoe Crab Conservation in the Delaware Bay Wildlife Conservation Society
Pheromones, in context APA Online Oct 02
Birds may find way with cognitive map Science news 11/22/97
Chapter52Population Ecology
Cooperative breeders and Allee effect University Paris-Sud
On Brazilian Ethanol and the Ecological Footprint Bioscience Jan 06
Chapter53Community Ecology
Wildland Fire in Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park 12/22/04
Chapter54Ecosystems
The U.S. Ban on DDT Environmental Defense 4/4/05
Chapter55Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - Severity of Decline and its Causes BigMarineFish.com 2004
Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones Science News 6/4/05

Bio1151 updated: Aug 01, 2006. Author: Peter Chen.