| Chapter | 1 | Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life |
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| Chapter | 2 | The Chemical Context of Life Scientists prove how geckos stick, unlock secrets to making artificial gecko glue EurekAlert 8/26/02 Sticking with gecko glue HERO Jun 2003 |
| Chapter | 3 | Water and the Fitness of the Environment Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005 How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04 |
| 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 The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts Fall 01 Carb-Loading Conundrum Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness Hers Apr 04 |
| 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 |
| Chapter | 10 | Photosynthesis A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06 |
| Chapter | 11 | Cell Communication U.S. discoverers of Viagra principle get Nobel Prize CNN 10/12/98 |
| Chapter | 12 | The Cell Cycle Centrosome cycle studies reveal promising candidates for anti-cancer drug design Breast Cancer Res. 2003 |
| 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 | Regulation of Gene Expression |
| Chapter | 19 | Viruses |
| Chapter | 20 | Biotechnology Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05 Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01 Cloners create world's first copy-cat NewScientist 2/15/2002 |
| Chapter | 21 | Genomes and Their Evolution |
| Chapter | 22 | Descent with Modification Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005 The Ancestry of Whales Science Express 9/19/01 |
| 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 | The History of Life on Earth Nanodiamond Find Supports Comet Extinction Theory National Geographic News 1/5/09 |
| Chapter | 26 | Phylogeny and The Tree of Life Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04 |
| Chapter | 27 | Bacteria and Archaea NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03 Wind of change on farms as cows help to save the Earth Times Online 9/8/08 |
| Chapter | 28 | Protists Sheep bacteria widen diet of cattle Science News 6/6/98 Unraveling the secrets of red tide MIT news 8/30/07 |
| Chapter | 29 | Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land |
| Chapter | 30 | Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants CAN THIS FRUIT BE SAVED? Popular Science 06/19/05 |
| 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 The humble leech's medical magic BBC News Online 7/2/04 |
| Chapter | 34 | Vertebrates Is it true turtles breathe through their butts? The Straight Dope 11/16/01 Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues Minnesota Sea Grant 3/6/09 |
| Chapter | 35 | Plant Structure, Growth, and Development Maple sap flow SUNY Plant Physiology Grass Growth and Response to Grazing Colorado State University Extension 1/06 |
| Chapter | 36 | Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants Dutch Elm Disease Colorado State U. 8/24/04 |
| Chapter | 37 | Soil and 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 Women Can Smell Genetic Differences ABC News 1/22/09 Women attracted to men who smell like dad New Scientist 1/21/02 |
| Chapter | 44 | Osmoregulation and Excretion |
| Chapter | 45 | Hormones and the Endocrine System FDA Approves New Drug Therapy For Osteoporosis FDA 8/18/1995 Oxytocin increases trust in humans Nature 6/2/05 Spy Moth Cyborg On/Off Switch Perfected Technovelgy 12/10/2008 |
| Chapter | 46 | Animal Reproduction Pregnancy test NLM/NIH Medical Encyclopedia 11/30/04 |
| Chapter | 47 | Animal Development |
| Chapter | 48 | Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling |
| Chapter | 49 | 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 | 50 | Sensory and Motor Mechanisms Superloud moth jams bat sonar Science News 1/31/09 |
| Chapter | 51 | Animal Behavior Red Knot Migration and Horseshoe Crab Conservation in the Delaware Bay Wildlife Conservation Society Pheromones, in context APA Online Oct 02 Fat Birds Great Moments in Science 11/25/03 Pavlovian salmon The Independent 1/10/2004 |
| Chapter | 52 | An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere Wildland Fire in Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park 12/22/04 |
| Chapter | 53 | Population Ecology |
| Chapter | 54 | Community Ecology Parasitoid Turns Its Host Into A Bodyguard ScienceDaily 6/9/08 |
| Chapter | 55 | Ecosystems The U.S. Ban on DDT Environmental Defense 4/4/05 |
| Chapter | 56 | 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 Vanishing Before Our Eyes Time 4/26/00 |
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Biology 1152. Updated: Jul 25, 2009. | |