BIOL1406
GENERAL BIOLOGY I- FALL 2005
INSTRUCTOR: Shilpa Phanse
shilpa.phanse@hccs.edu
Course Title: Biol.1406 General Biology I
CRN: 12496
Credit Hours: 4
Class Time: Tue. - Thu.
Text Book: BIOLOGY: Seventh Edition
Neil A. Campbell & Jane B. Reece
Laboratory Manual: Biology: A Laboratory Experience
Wan H. Ooi & Larry E.Brown, 6th Edition?
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Date FALL-2005 |
Lecture Schedule |
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8/30-9/1 |
Chp.1 Exploring Life |
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Chp.2 The Chemical Context of Life |
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9/5 |
Labor Day |
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9/6-9/8 |
Chp.3 Water and the Fitness of the Environment |
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9/13-9/15 |
Chp.4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life |
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9/20-9/22 |
Chp.5 The Structure and Function of Macromolecules |
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9/27-9/29 |
Chp.6 A Tour of the Cell
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9/29 |
Lecture Exam 1
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10/4-10/6 |
Chp.7 Membrane Structure and Function |
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Chp.8 An Introduction to Metabolism |
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10/11-10/13 |
Chp.9 Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy |
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10/18-10/20 |
Chp.10 Photosynthesis |
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10/25-10/27 |
Chp.11 Cell Communication |
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10/27 |
Lecture Exam 2
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11/1-11/3 |
Chp.12 The Cell Cycle |
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Chp.13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles |
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11/8-11/10 |
Chp.14 Mendel and the Gene Idea |
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Chp.15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance |
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11/10 |
Last day for student/administrative withdrawal |
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11/15-11/17 |
Chp.16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance |
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11/22-11/24 |
Chp.17 From Gene to Protein |
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11/22 |
Lecture Exam 3 |
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11/24-11/27 |
Thanksgiving |
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11/29-12/1 |
Chp.18 The Genetics of Viruses & Bacteria |
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Chp.19 Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation & Evolution |
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12/6-12/8 |
Chp.20 DNA Technology and Genomics |
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12/9 |
Instruction ends
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12/15 |
FINAL EXAM
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LAB SCHEDULE FOR BIOL.1406
GENERAL BIOLOGY I: FALL 2005
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Laboratory Schedule |
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9/8 |
Ex.2: Chemicals: The Basis of Life |
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9/15 |
Ex.3: Biological Fluids |
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9/22 |
Ex.4: Biomolecules: Carbohydrates and Lipids |
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9/29 |
Ex.5: Biomolecules: Proteins and Nucleic acids |
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9/29 |
Lecture Exam 1 |
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10/6 |
Ex.1: The Compound Microscope |
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10/6 |
Ex. 6:Cell Morphology |
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10/13 |
Ex.7: Diffusion and Osmosis |
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10/13 |
Ex.8: Osmotic Relationships of Cells |
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10/20 |
Ex.9: Enzymes: Biological Catalysts |
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10/27 |
Lecture Exam 2
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10/27 |
Ex.10: Fermentation |
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11/3 |
Laboratory Exam 1 |
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11/3 |
Ex.11: Photosynthesis |
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11/10 |
Ex.12: Mitosis: Nuclear Division in Plant and Animal Cells |
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Ex.13: Meiosis: Gamete Production |
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11/17 |
Ex.14: Genetics: Mendelian Inheritance |
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11/17 |
Ex.15: Genetics: Human Heredity |
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Ex.16: Genetics: Statistical Analysis of Data |
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11/22 |
Lecture Exam 3 |
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11/22 |
Ex.17: The Molecular Structure of DNA |
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Ex.18: DNA Extraction and Spooling |
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Electrophoresis |
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12/1 |
Ex.20: DNA Replication, |
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Ex.21: Protein Synthesis |
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12/8 |
Laboratory Exam II |
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12/8 |
Ex.22: Genetic Engineering |
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Ex.23: Genetics: Gene Frequency |
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12/15 |
FINAL EXAM |
