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Class 01 | Chapter 1 The Nature of Science and the Characteristics of Life |
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Class 02 | Chapter 2 Understanding and Organizing the Diversity of Life,
3 Major Groups of Living Organisms
Chapter 3 xtra credit Stem Cell Research Basics: Early Stem Cells U of Kansas Medical Cente 2006 |
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Class 03 | Chapter 4 Biodiversity
Chapter 4 xtra credit Steps Taken to Help Eagle Leave Endangered List New York Times 2/14/06 |
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Class 04 | Chapter 39 The Biosphere (pp. 652-662), 40 Why Organisms Live Where They Do |
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Class 05 | Chapter 41 Growth of Populations (pp. 682-688), 42 Interactions among Organisms (pp. 696-703)
Chapter 41 xtra credit Bald eagle soaring off endangered list CNN.com (A.P.) 2/14/06
Chapter 42 xtra credit Intracellular symbioses in insects U. of York
Chapter 42 xtra credit The Nutritional Symbiosis of Buchnera and Aphids U. of Connecticut 03
Chapter 42 xtra credit Buchnera sp. U. of Missouri-Rolla |
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Class 06 | Chapter 43 Communities of Organisms (pp. 710-713,715-717) |
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Class 07 | Chapter 44 Ecosystems (pp. 724-727,728-732), 45 Global Change (pp. 743-747)
Chapter 45 xtra credit The Wind and the Fury Science News 9/17/05 |
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Class 08 | Chapter 5 Chemical Building Blocks (pp. 90-98), 6 Cell Structure and Compartments (pp. 106-117)
Chapter 5 xtra credit Will low-fat foods sway biotech sceptics? New Scientist 3/19/05
Chapter 5 xtra credit A Better French Fry New York Times 8/18/05 |
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Class 09 | Chapter 7 Energy and Enzymes (pp. 124-133) |
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Class 10 | Chapter 8 Photosynthesis and Respiration, 10 Cell Division
Chapter 10 xtra credit Telomerase's New Talent Science Now 8/17/05 |
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Class 11 | Chapter 24 The Form and Function of Life, 35 Behavior (pp. 586-591)
Chapter 35 xtra credit Reduce Fear of Flying Behavioral Associates |
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Class 12 | Chapter 36 Reproduction
Chapter 36 xtra credit Why sex matters? [book review]. BioScience Mar.02 |
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Class 13 | Chapter 12 Patterns of Inheritance (pp. 206-212), 13 Chromosomes and Human Genetics
Chapter 13 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04 |
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Class 14 | Chapter 14 DNA (pp. 243-248) |
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Class 15 | Chapter 15 From Gene to Protein, 17 DNA Technology
Chapter 15 xtra credit X-inactivation profile Nature 3/17/05
Chapter 17 xtra credit Adenosine deaminase: Segregation for Three Alleles University of Virginia 12/10/99 |
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Class 16 | Chapter 18 Harnessing the Human Genome (pp. 304-310), 20 Evolution of Populations
Chapter 18 xtra credit CRYPTOCHROME: Role in Circadian Photoreception Annual Review of Biochemistry Jul 00
Chapter 20 xtra credit Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005 |
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Class 17 | Chapter 21 Adaptation and Speciation
Chapter 21 xtra credit Snapping Shrimp Stun Prey with Flashy Bang National Geographic News 10/3/01 |
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Class 18 | Chapter 22 The Evolutionary History of Life (pp. 370-381) |
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Class 19 | Chapter 23 Human Evolution |
