Biology, the science of life
By: Stephen Nowicki.
Series: Great courses
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chantilly, VA
Language: eng
Subjects: Biology.
Notes: "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: v.1. The Scope of "Life"; title: More on the Origin of Life; title: The organism and the cell; title: Proteins-how things get done in the cell; title: Which molecule holds the code?; title: The doulble helix; title: The nuts and bolts of replicating DNA; title: The central dogma; title: The genetic code; title: from DNA to RNA; title: From RNA to protein; title: When mistakes happen; title: v.2. Dividing DNA between dividing cells; title: Mendel and his pea plants; title: How sex leads to variation; title: Genes and chromosomes; title: Charles Darwin and "The origin of species"; title: Natural selection in action; title: Reconciling Darwin and Mendel; title: Mechanisms of evolutionary change; title: What are species and how do new ones arise?; title: More on the origin of new species; title: Reconstructing evolution; title: The history of life, revisited; title: v.3. From cells to organisms; title: Control of gene expression I; title: Control of gene expession II; title: Getting proteins to the right place; title: Genetic engineering and biotechnology; title: How cells talk-singals and receptors; title: How cells talk-ways that cells respond; title: From one cell to many in an organism; title: Patterns of early development; title: Determination and differentiation; title: Induction and pattern formation; title: Genes and development; title: v.4. Homeostasis; title: Hormones in animals; title: What is special about neurons?; title: Action potentials and synapses; title: Synaptic integration and memory; title: Sensoedry function; title: How muscles work; title: The innate immune system; title: The acquired immune system; title: Form and function in plants I; title: Form and fucntion in plants II; title: Behavior as an adaptive trait; title: v.5. Energy and resources in living systems; title: How energy is harnessed by cells; title: Enzymes-making chemistry work in cells; title: Cellular currencies of energy; title: Making ATP-glycolysis; title: Making ATP-cellular respiration; title: Making ATP-the chemiosmotic theory; title: Capturing energy from sunlight; title: The reactions of photosynthesis; title: Resources and life histories; title: The structure of populations; title: Population growth; title: v.6. What limits population growth?; title: Costs and benefits of behavior; title: Altruism and mate selection; title: Ecological interactions among species; title: Predators and competitors; title: Competition and the ecological niche; title: Energy in ecosystems; title: Nutrients in ecosystems; title: How predictabe are ecological communities?; title: Biogeography; title: Human population growth; title: The human asteroid?