7.013 | Spring 2013 | Undergraduate

Introductory Biology

Readings

These are proposed readings. The assigned pages per lecture closely follow the lectures but are not the exact replicas of the lectures. All readings are from the required course textbook:

Campbell, N. A., J. B. Reece, et al. Campbell Biology. 9th ed. Benjamin Cummings, 2010. ISBN: 9780321558237.

LEC # TOPICS READINGS
1 Introduction 1 Chapter 1, pp. 4–25.
2 Biochemistry 1 Chapter 2, pp. 30–43; Chapter 7, pp. 125–9, and Chapter 4, pp. 58–76.
3 Biochemistry 2 Chapter 5, pp. 77–89.
4 Biochemistry 3 Chapter 8, pp. 142–60.
5 Genetics 1 Chapter 14, pp. 262–70.
6 Genetics 2 Chapter 12, pp. 228–37, and Chapter 13, pp. 248–57.
7 Genetics 3 Chapter 12, pp. 257–60, and Chapter 14, pp. 267–70.
8 Genetics 4 Chapter 12, pp. 275–81.
EXAM I
9 The Cell Chapter 6, pp. 94–121, and Chapter 25, pp. 507–10.
10 Molecular Biology 1 Chapter 16, pp. 305–19.
11 Molecular Biology 2 Chapter 17, pp. 331–4.
12 Molecular Biology 3 Chapter 16, pp. 320–2; Chapter 17, pp. 334–6, and Chapter 18, pp. 357–72.
13 Molecular Biology 4 Chapter 17, pp. 328–31, and pp. 337–46.
14 Recombinant DNA 1 Chapter 20.
15 Recombinant DNA 2
16 Recombinant DNA 3
17 Recombinant DNA 4
18 Cell Biology 1 Chapter 17, pp. 342–4.
19 Cell Biology 2 Chapter 11, pp. 206–22.
20 Cell Biology 3 Chapter 12, pp. 238–43, and Chapter 11, pp. 223–4.
EXAM II
21 Development 1 Chapter 47, pp. 1025–41.
22 Development 2 Chapter 47, pp. 1024–41. (cont.)
23 Stem Cells Chapter 42, pp. 912, and Chapter 20, pp. 412–7.
24 Immunology 1 Chapter 43.
25 Immunology 2 Chapter 43. (cont.)
26 Neurobiology 1 Chapter 48, pp. 1045–9.
27 Neurobiology 2 Chapter 48, pp. 1050–7.
28 Neurobiology 3 Chapter 49, pp. 1076–8.
29 Cancer 1  
EXAM III
30 Cancer 2 Chapter 17, p. 346.
31 Cancer 3 Chapter 12, pp. 240–2, and Chapter 18, pp. 373–6.
32 Virology 1 Chapter 12, pp. 242–3, and Chapter 21, pp. 432.
33 Virology 2 Chapter 19.
34 Prion Diseases Chapter 19, pp. 388–91; Chapter 26, pp. 550–1; Chapter 20, p. 417; Chapter 23, p. 472; Chapter 43, pp. 949–50, and Chapter 7, p. 130.
35 Future of Biology 1 Chapter 21.
36 Future of Biology 2

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