Reading assignments include sections from the online MIT Biology Hypertextbook, scientific articles, online resources, class handouts, and sections from the required text.
Purves, Orians, Heller, and Sadava. Life: The Science of Biology. 7th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates; Gordonsville, VA: W.H. Freeman and Co., 2004. ISBN: 0716798565.
Readings List
| LeC # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 1. |
| 2 |
Introduction (cont.) |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 4. |
| Foundations |
| 3 |
Biochemistry 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 2. |
| 4 |
Biochemistry 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 3.
Chemistry Review 1.1, 1.2 (Hypertext) |
| 5 |
Biochemistry 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 6.
Chemistry Review 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
Large Molecules 1.0, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.0
(Hypertext) |
| 6 |
Genetics 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 9 and 10. |
| 7 |
Genetics 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 9 and 10. |
| 8 |
Genetics 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 9 and 10. |
| 9 |
Genetics 4 |
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| 10 |
Molecular Biology 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 11. |
| 11 |
Molecular Biology 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 12 and 14. |
| 12 |
Molecular Biology 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 12 and 14. |
| How To - 1 |
| 13 |
Recombinant DNA 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 16.
Cloning into Plasmids
Molecular Techniques |
| 14 |
Recombinant DNA 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 16.
Cloning into Plasmids
Molecular Techniques |
| 15 |
Recombinant DNA 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 339-350 and 357-361. |
| 16 |
Cell Biology 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 248-249, Chapter 15, pp. 815-818, 167-169, p. 184, p. 401. |
| 17 |
Cell Biology 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 248-249, Chapter 15, pp. 815-818, 167-169, p. 184, p. 401. |
| 18 |
Cell Biology 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 248-249, Chapter 15, pp. 815-818, 167-169, p. 184, p. 401. |
| Formation |
| 19 |
Steps in Development |
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| 20 |
Cell Type and Position |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 20. |
| 21 |
Fertilization and Fertility |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 43. |
| 22 |
Morphogenesis |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 19. |
| How To - 2 |
| 23 |
Stem Cells |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 396-397. |
| 24 |
Cloning |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 393-395. |
| Systems |
| 25 |
Nervous System 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 44. |
| 26 |
Nervous System 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 44. |
| 27 |
Nervous System 3 |
What Controls Nerve Growth? |
| 28 |
Cancer 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 350-355.
Weinberg, R. A. "How Cancer Arises." Sci Am. 275, no. 3 (September 1996): 62-70.
———. "Finding the Anti-oncogene." Sci Am. 259, no. 3 (September 1998): 44-5. |
| 29 |
Cancer 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 350-355.
Weinberg, R. A. "How Cancer Arises." Sci Am. 275, no. 3 (September 1996): 62-70.
———. "Finding the Anti-oncogene." Sci Am. 259, no. 3 (September 1998): 44-5. |
| 30 |
Cancer 3 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 355-357.
NCI Gleevec Article |
| 31 |
Immunology 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 18. |
| 32 |
Immunology 2 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. Chapter 18. |
| 33 |
Virology 1 |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. pp. 257-263.
Viruses (PDF)
AIDS (PDF) |
| 34 |
Virology 2 |
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| 35 |
Prion Disease |
Purves, et. al. 7th ed. p. 343. |
| 36 |
Future of Biology |
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Final Exam |
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