| Chapter | 1 | Exploring Life |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter | 2 | The Chemical Context of Life |
| Chapter | 3 | Water 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 |
| Chapter | 4 | Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life GM fuels ethanol debate Chicago Tribune 2/6/06 |
| Chapter | 5 | The Structure and Function of Macromolecules New risk from trans fat Consumer Reports on Health Oct 05 |
| Chapter | 6 | A Tour of the Cell |
| Chapter | 7 | Membrane Structure and Function Cramps Backpacker Sept 04 |
| Chapter | 8 | An Introduction to Metabolism |
| Chapter | 9 | Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy |
| Chapter | 10 | Photosynthesis Vitamin A: "Magic Bullet" That Can Backfire Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter Feb 05 |
| Chapter | 11 | Cell Communication |
| Chapter | 12 | The Cell Cycle |
| Chapter | 13 | Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05 The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05 |
| Chapter | 14 | Mendel and the Gene Idea |
| Chapter | 15 | The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance The Effect of Female Hormone Fluctuations on the Incidence of Trisomy in Humans FGCU 98 |
| Chapter | 16 | The Molecular Basis of Inheritance Telomerase's New Talent Science Now 8/17/05 |
| Chapter | 17 | From Gene to Protein Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03 |
| Chapter | 18 | The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria |
| Chapter | 19 | Eukaryotic Genomes Stem Cell Research Basics: Early Stem Cells U of Kansas Medical Center 2006 |
| Chapter | 20 | DNA Technology and Genomics Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01 |
| Chapter | 21 | The Genetic Basis of Development |
| Chapter | 22 | Descent with Modification Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005 |
| Chapter | 23 | The Evolution of Populations Looks Matter Science News 10/1/05 |
| Chapter | 24 | The Origin of Species Origin of the Kaibab Squirrel Creation Research Society Quarterly 6/5/89 |
| Chapter | 25 | Phylogeny and Systematics Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04 |
| Chapter | 26 | The Tree of Life Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04 |
| Chapter | 27 | Prokaryotes Swamp Gas Mystery Solved Science Now 8/24/05 NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03 |
| Chapter | 28 | Protists Sheep bacteria widen diet of cattle Science News 6/6/98 |
| Chapter | 29 | Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land |
| Chapter | 30 | Plant 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 |
| Chapter | 31 | Fungi 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 |
| Chapter | 32 | An Introduction to Animal Diversity Strange Creatures - A Burgess Shale Fossil Sampler National Museum of Natural History |
| Chapter | 33 | Invertebrates Ligula intestinalis a tapeworm contraceptive Biologist Dec 02 Gullible male fireflies supply 'femmes fatales' with a lifesaving chemical Cornell U. Sep 1, 97 |
| Chapter | 34 | Vertebrates Is it true turtles breathe through their butts? The Straight Dope 11/16/01 Fat Birds Great Moments in Science 2006 |
| Chapter | 35 | Plant Structure, Growth, and Development Maple sap flow SUNY Plant Physiology |
| Chapter | 36 | Transport in Vascular Plants Dutch Elm Disease Colorado State U. 8/24/04 |
| Chapter | 37 | Plant Nutrition Brazil Is Satisfying Its Fuel Needs From Sugar Cane New York Times 4/10/06 |
| Chapter | 38 | Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology |
| Chapter | 39 | Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals Digitalis Molecule of the Month Sep 96 |
| Chapter | 40 | Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function Osteoporosis: Calcium matters--but how? Nutrition Health Review 1996 |
| Chapter | 41 | Animal 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 |
| Chapter | 42 | Circulation and Gas Exchange |
| Chapter | 43 | The Immune System A Shot against Pandemic Flu Science News 4/8/06 |
| Chapter | 44 | Osmoregulation and Excretion |
| Chapter | 45 | Hormones and the Endocrine System FDA Approves New Drug Therapy For Osteoporosis FDA 8/18/1995 |
| Chapter | 46 | Animal Reproduction Pregnancy test NLM/NIH Medical Encyclopedia 11/30/04 |
| Chapter | 47 | Animal Development |
| Chapter | 48 | Nervous 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 |
| Chapter | 49 | Sensory and Motor Mechanisms Magnetic Beaks Help Birds Navigate National Geographic News 11/24/04 Whales led astray by magnetism BBC News 5/13/05 |
| Chapter | 50 | An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere Cook County, Ill., Wetlands Are Focus of National Debate Chicago Tribune 06/15/03 |
| Chapter | 51 | Behavioral 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 |
| Chapter | 52 | Population Ecology Cooperative breeders and Allee effect University Paris-Sud On Brazilian Ethanol and the Ecological Footprint Bioscience Jan 06 |
| Chapter | 53 | Community Ecology Wildland Fire in Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park 12/22/04 |
| Chapter | 54 | Ecosystems The U.S. Ban on DDT Environmental Defense 4/4/05 |
| Chapter | 55 | Conservation 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. |