| Below is the Bio1151 lecture schedule. See bio1151 full schedule for a complete list of labs/exams, holidays, and assignment dates. |
| 6/07 |
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life |
| 6/08 |
Chapter 2 The Chemical Context of Life
Chapter 2 xtra credit Scientists prove how geckos stick, unlock secrets to making artificial gecko glue EurekAlert 8/26/02 |
| 6/09 |
Chapter 3 Water and the Fitness of the Environment, 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
Chapter 3 xtra credit Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005
Chapter 3 xtra credit How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04
Chapter 4 xtra credit Fava Beans, Levodopa, and Parkinson's Disease Kathrynne Holden |
| 6/10 |
Chapter 5 The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
Chapter 5 xtra credit How to Use Glycogen Loading to Avoid Getting Fat or Flat Ori Hofmekler
Chapter 5 xtra credit The Benefits And Risks Of Honey Consumption ArticlesBase 10/25/06
Chapter 5 xtra credit State bans trans fats Los Angeles Times 7/26/08 |
| 6/14 |
Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell, 7 Membrane Structure and Function
Chapter 7 xtra credit Cramps Backpacker Sept 04 |
| 6/15 |
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter 8 xtra credit Thermostable DNA Polymerases Colorado State University 12/27/99 |
| 6/16 |
Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration, 10 Photosynthesis
Chapter 9 xtra credit An Introduction to Probiotics National Institutes of Health Aug 2008
Chapter 9 xtra credit Cellulosic ethanol output could explode Reuters 1/9/09
Chapter 9 xtra credit New Risks for Nexium and Other Proton Pump Inhibitors Wall Street Journal 5/11/10
Chapter 10 xtra credit Spinach Power Adds Muscle to Batteries New York Times 11/11/04
Chapter 10 xtra credit Carotenoids: The Anti-Aging Antioxidants Antioxidants for Health and Longevity 2009
Chapter 10 xtra credit Algae: Biofuel Of The Future? ScienceDaily 8/19/08 |
| 6/17 |
TEST 1; chaps 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 (HS 2301) |
| 6/21 |
Chapter 11 Cell Communication
Chapter 11 xtra credit Nobel prize for work that led to Viagra discovery Independent News 10/13/98 |
| 6/22 |
Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle
Chapter 12 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03
Chapter 12 xtra credit Proto-Oncogenes and Normal Cell Growth National Cancer Institute 09/01/06
Chapter 12 xtra credit Proto-oncogenes to Oncogenes to Cancer Nature Education 2008 |
| 6/23 |
Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Chapter 13 xtra credit Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
Chapter 13 xtra credit The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05 |
| 6/24 |
Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea |
| 6/28 |
Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 15 xtra credit The Effect of Female Hormone Fluctuations on the Incidence of Trisomy in Humans FGCU 98 |
| 6/29 |
Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 16 xtra credit Telomerase's New Talent Science Now 8/17/05
Chapter 16 xtra credit The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009: how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase Nobel Foundation 10/5/09 |
| 6/30 |
Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein
Chapter 17 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03 |
| 7/01 |
TEST 2; chaps 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 (HS 2301) |
| 7/06 |
Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression |
| 7/07 |
Chapter 19 Viruses, 20 Biotechnology
Chapter 19 xtra credit Hunting Fossil Viruses in Human DNA New York Times 1/11/10
Chapter 20 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 20 xtra credit Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01
Chapter 20 xtra credit Cloners create world's first copy-cat NewScientist 2/15/2002 |
| 7/08 |
Chapter 21 Genomes and Their Evolution
Chapter 21 xtra credit Spot Your Genes – An Overview Of The Microarray Science Creative Quarterly August 04
Chapter 21 xtra credit Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent New York Times 3/29/10 |
| 7/12 |
Chapter 22 Descent with Modification, 23 The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 22 xtra credit Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005
Chapter 22 xtra credit Ancient Walking Whales National Geographic News 9/19/01
Chapter 23 xtra credit Looks Matter Science News 10/1/05 |
| 7/13 |
Chapter 24 The Origin of Species
Chapter 24 xtra credit Kaibab National Forest Celebrates Special Squirrel Kaibab National Forest 116/09 |
| 7/14 |
Chapter 25 The History of Life on Earth, 26 Phylogeny and The Tree of Life
Chapter 25 xtra credit Nanodiamond Find Supports Comet Extinction Theory National Geographic News 1/5/09
Chapter 26 xtra credit Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04 |
| 7/15 |
TEST 3; chaps 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 (SRC 3663) |
| 7/19 |
Chapter 28 Protists
Chapter 28 xtra credit Sheep bacteria widen diet of cattle Science News 6/6/98
Chapter 28 xtra credit Unraveling the secrets of red tide MIT news 8/30/07 |
| 7/20 |
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land |
| 7/21 |
Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants, 31 Fungi
Chapter 30 xtra credit CAN THIS FRUIT BE SAVED? Popular Science 06/19/05
Chapter 31 xtra credit Same-sex fungi can mate The Scientist 4/26/05
Chapter 31 xtra credit Mycorrhizae, Voles, Owls, Trees and Man Daniel B. Wheeler 97
Chapter 31 xtra credit Biggest living thing; Huge mushroom in Oregon Extreme Science |
| 7/22 |
Chapter 32 An Introduction to Animal Diversity
Chapter 32 xtra credit Strange Creatures - A Burgess Shale Fossil Sampler National Museum of Natural History |
| 7/26 |
Chapter 33 Invertebrates
Chapter 33 xtra credit Ligula intestinalis a tapeworm contraceptive Biologist Dec 02
Chapter 33 xtra credit The humble leech's medical magic BBC News Online 7/2/04
Chapter 33 xtra credit How Box Jellyfish Avoid Banging Into Things ScienceDaily 4/2/07 |
| 7/27 |
Chapter 34 Vertebrates
Chapter 34 xtra credit Is it true turtles breathe through their butts? The Straight Dope 11/16/01
Chapter 34 xtra credit Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues Minnesota Sea Grant 3/6/09
Chapter 34 xtra credit Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found National Geographic 10/1/09 |
| 7/28 |
Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 27 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 27 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
Chapter 27 xtra credit Row over ancient bacteria BBC News Online 6/7/01 |
| 7/29 |
TEST 4; chaps 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34 (HS 2301)
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