Stephen t. abedon
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Bio 113, Bio 114, and Micro 509 Students, Please Read This: Links to PowerPoint lectures are presented below for your perusal. Note, however, that these are large files. Exam questions are predominantly drawn from PowerPoint presentations, though more so for Micro 509 and with greater book involvement for Bio 113 and Bio 114. Please don’t use the fact that exam questions come predominantly from PowerPoints as incentive to blow off reading your text. By reading your text you will gain an understanding of the material that may otherwise elude you were you to base your studies solely on PowerPoints.
For both biology and microbiology students, to do well on exams you will be expected not only to know the details of vocabulary but also to have a relatively strong understanding of concepts and relationships between concepts. Often, though, I find that what students describe as “difficult” exam questions are difficult mostly because students don’t know their vocabulary rather than because the question is conceptually difficult. Please, if you don’t understand the meaning of a word (or of a symbol), then I invite you to ask a question during the exam. I will gladly answer your question unless I feel that you should have known the answer from your studies.
Note that memorization of vocabulary will come much easier if you actually understand the material, and that understanding will come much easier if you decide to enjoy rather than fight the material. In addition to being reasonably enthusiastic, gaining an understanding of material will require that you read your text, attend lectures, study the material you are being explicitly held responsible for, and to do all of the above well prior to sitting down to study for an exam. Above all, don’t assume that you can get away with not knowing or not understanding significant chunks material.
1. Biology 113 Schedule (unit 1, unit2, unit 3), Lab Schedule (see also www.phage.org/biology.htm), & Grades
2. Biology 114 Schedule (unit 4, unit5, unit 8), Lab Schedule (see also www.phage.org/biology.htm), & Grades
3. Microbiology 509 Schedule (part 1, part 2, part 3), Lab Schedule, and Grades
4. Biochemistry (click here for lecture notes)
Below, click on
chapter name for powerpoint presentation.
Biology 113 schedule (approximate)
(for Winter, 2007)[*]
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Wednesday |
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Friday |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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3 |
5 |
recitation & ch. 7 |
6 |
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4 |
7 |
8 |
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5 |
9 |
10 |
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6 |
11 |
recitation & ch. 13 |
12 |
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7 |
13 |
14 |
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8 |
15 |
16 |
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9 |
17 |
recitation & ch. 18 |
18 |
exam & chs. 18 |
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10 |
19 |
20 |
ch. 20 & recitation |
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11 |
21 |
Final exam |
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0. Introduction to Bio 113 (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 1
1a. Exploring Life (sections 1.1,
1.2, and 1.6) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing)
week 1
2. The Chemical Context of Life (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 1
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 1
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) (see also “Organic Chemistry Primer”) week 1
1b. “What is Science?” I (lecture,
section 1.5) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing)
week 1
1c. “What is Science?” II (first lab, section 1.5) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing)
week 1
5a. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (carbohydrates) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
5b. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (lipids) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
5c. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (proteins) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
5d. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (nucleic acids) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
6. A Tour of the Cell (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
7. Membrane Structure and Function
(PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing)
week 3
8. An Introduction to Metabolism (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 3 & 4
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 4 & 5
10. Photosynthesis (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 5
11. Cell Communication (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 5
12. The Reproduction of Cells (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 5
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 6
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 6 & 7 (practice Mendelian Genetics Problems)
15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 7 & 8 (practice Mendelian Genetics Problems)
16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 8
17. From Gene to Protein (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 8
18. The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 9
19. Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution (through section 19.2) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 10
20. DNA Technology and Genomics (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 10
Biology 114 schedule (approximate)
(for Spring, 2007)[†]
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Tuesday |
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Thursday |
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ch. 22 |
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3 |
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5 |
6 |
exam & ch. 26 |
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4 |
7 |
8 |
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5 |
9 |
10 |
recitation & lab (exam next day) |
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6 |
11 |
12 |
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7 |
13 |
14 |
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8 |
15 |
ch. 50? and recitation |
16 |
exam |
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9 |
17 |
ch. 51 |
18 |
ch. 52 |
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10 |
19 |
ch. 53 |
20 |
ch. 54 |
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11 |
21 |
Final exam |
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22. Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 1
23. The Evolution of Populations (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 1 & 2 (practice Hardy-Weinberg Problems)
24. The Origin of Species (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 2
25. Phylogeny and Systematics (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 3
26. The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 3
27. Prokaryotes (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 4
28. Protists (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 4
29. Plant Diversity I:
30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 5
31. Fungi (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 6
32. An Introduction to Animal
Diversity (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing)
week 6
33. Invertebrates (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 6 & 7
34a. Vertebrates (sea squirts through birds) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 7
34b. Vertebrates (mammals) (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 7
50. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 7-8
We will be covering
chapter 51 out of order, on Thursday rather than Tuesday:
51. Behavioral Ecology (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 9
We will be covering
chapter 52 out of order, on Tuesday rather than Thursday:
52. Population Ecology (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 9
53. Community Ecology (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 10
54. Ecosystems (PDF for printing) (PowerPoint for viewing) week 10
1a. Introduction: Themes in the
Study of Life (click here for lecture notes)
week 1
1b. What is Science?—a lecture from your first lab period[‡] (click here for lecture notes) week 1
2. The Chemical Context of Life (click here for lecture notes) week 1
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment (click here for lecture notes) week 1
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life (click here for lecture notes) (see also “Organic Chemistry Primer”) week 1
5a. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (carbohydrates) (click here for lecture notes) week 2
5b. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (lipids) (click here for lecture notes) week 2
5c. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (proteins) (click here for lecture notes) week 2
5d. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules (nucleic acids) (click here for lecture notes) week 2
6. An Introduction to Metabolism (click here for lecture notes) week 2
7. A Tour of the Cell (click here for lecture notes) week 3 & 4
8. Membrane Structure and Function (click here for lecture notes) week 4
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy (click here for lecture notes) week 4 & 5
10. Photosynthesis (click here for lecture notes) week 5
11. Cell Communication (click here for lecture notes) week 5
12. The Reproduction of Cells (click here for lecture notes) week 5
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles (click here for lecture notes) week 6
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea (click here for lecture notes) week 6 & 7 (practice Mendelian Genetics Problems)
15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance (click here for lecture notes) week 7 & 8 (practice Mendelian Genetics Problems)
16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance (click here for lecture notes) week 8
17. From Gene to Protein (click here for lecture notes) week 8
18. Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria (click here for lecture notes) week 9
19. The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes (click here for lecture notes) week 10
20. DNA Technology (click here for lecture notes) week 10
22. Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life (click here for lecture notes) week 1
23. The Evolution of Populations (click here for lecture notes) week 1 & 2
24. The Origin of Species (click here for lecture notes) week 2
25. Phylogeny and Systematics (click here for lecture notes) week 3
26. Early Earth and the Origin of Life (click here for lecture notes) week 3
27. Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity (click here for lecture notes) week 4
28. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity (click here for lecture notes) week 4
29. Plant Diversity I: The Colonization of Land (click here for lecture notes) week 5
30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants[§] (click here for lecture notes) week 5
31. Fungi (click here for lecture notes) week 6
32. Introduction to Animal
Evolution (click here for lecture notes)
week 6
33. Invertebrates (click here for lecture notes) week 7
34. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity (click here for lecture notes) week 7
50. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere (click here for lecture notes) week 7
51. Behavioral Biology (click here for lecture notes) week 8
52. Population Ecology (click here for lecture notes) week 9
53. Community Ecology (rough but functional) (click here for lecture notes) week 9 & 10
54. Ecosystems (rough but functional) (click here for lecture notes) week 10
Microbiology 509 schedule (approximate) (for Spring, 2007)[**]
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Wednesday |
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t.b.a. |
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t.b.a. |
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4 |
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11 |
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