Fundamentals of Biology

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This resource index gives users access to most of the course resources in a single location.

Biochemistry

TITLES	LECTURE VIDEO CLIPS	HELP SESSION VIDEOS	PRACTICE PROBLEM SETS	USEFUL LINKS
Types of Organisms, Cell Composition	Types of Organisms, Cell Composition, Excerpt 1 Types of Organisms, Cell Composition, Excerpt 2	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Plant, Animal, and Bacteria Cell Models Cell Cams
Covalent Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds	Covalent Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds Covalent Bonds	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	20-Second Story about Hydrogen Bonding How Geckos Stick Hydrophobic Interactions Green Basilisk Lizard Ice Water and Hot Water movies
Macromolecules: Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid	Macromolecules: Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid, Excerpt 1 Macromolecules: Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid, Excerpt 2	Lipids, Carbohydrates, and Nucleic Acids Practice Problem	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Phospholipids Lipids Chirality Carbohydrates Building Blocks of DNA Chargaff’s Ratio
Proteins, Levels of Structure, Non-Covalent Forces	Proteins, Levels of Structure, Non-Covalent Forces, Excerpt 1 Proteins, Levels of Structure, Non-Covalent Forces, Excerpt 2	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	StarBiochem 3-D Protein Viewer Protein folding Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Structure of Proteins Gecko Locomotion videos
Biochemical Reactions, Enzymes, and ATP	Biochemical Reactions, Enzymes, and ATP	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Introduction to Thermodynamics and Protein Folding Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions ATP and Coupled Reactions
Respiration and Fermentation	Glycolysis, Respiration, and Fermentation	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Glycolysis Cellular Respiration How Glycolysis Works “Cell Respiration” – Cellular Respiration Song The ATP Cycle
Chemiosmotic Principle, Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Photosynthesis Shedding Light on Photosynthesis What is Photosynthesis?

Exam 1

EXAM	EXAM AND SOLUTIONS
Exam 1	Exam (PDF) Solutions (PDF)

Molecular Biology

TITLES	LECTURE VIDEO CLIPS	HELP SESSION VIDEOS	PRACTICE PROBLEM SETS	USEFUL LINKS
DNA Structure, Classic Experiments	DNA Structure and Classic experiments, Excerpt 1 DNA Structure and Classic experiments, Excerpt 2	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Hershey and Chase Experiment Meselson and Stahl Experiment “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids” (The original Watson and Crick paper)
DNA Replication	DNA Replication	Explanation of 5’ and 3’, C terminus, and N terminus	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Replication: Mechanism of Replication (Basic), 3-D Animation Library Replication: Mechanism of Replication (Advanced), 3-D Animation Library
Transcription, Translation	Transcription and translation, Excerpt 1 Transcription and translation, Excerpt 2	Transcription and Translation	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968 Transcription Animation (Basic) Transcription Animation (Advanced) Translation Animation (Basic) Translation Animation (Advanced) Triplet Code Animation
Alternative Approaches to Molecular Biology	Alternative Approaches to Molecular Biology	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Telomere Replication Elizabeth Blackburn Part 1: The Roles of Telomeres and Telomerase RNA Splicing—Removing Introns after RNA Transcription RNA Splicing—An Introduction HIV / AIDS Replication Animation Video
Gene Regulation and the Lac Operon	Gene Regulation	The lac operon	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	lac operon

Exam 2

EXAM	EXAM AND SOLUTIONS
Exam 2	Exam (PDF) Solutions (PDF)

Genetics

TITLES	LECTURE VIDEO CLIPS	HELP SESSION VIDEOS	PRACTICE PROBLEM SETS	USEFUL LINKS
Mendel’s Laws	Mendel’s Laws, Excerpt 1 Mendel’s Laws, Excerpt 2	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	StarGenetics - Mendelian Genetics Virtual Lab
Linkage and Recombination, Genetic Maps	Linkage and Recombination, Genetic maps	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Virtual Genetics Lab Animal Cell Meiosis How Cells Divide Dihybrid Crosses and Linked Genes
Pedigrees	Human Genetics	Pedigrees	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Pedigree Analysis, Example 1 Pedigree Analysis, Example 2 Pedigree Analysis, Example 3
Biochemical Genetics	Genetics 3 Human Genetics	Complementation Complementation (Part II)	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Complementation Test Epistasis: Gene Interaction and Phenotype Effects

Exam 3

EXAM	EXAM AND SOLUTIONS
Exam 3	Exam (PDF) Solutions (PDF)

Recombinant DNA

TITLES	LECTURE VIDEO CLIPS	HELP SESSION VIDEOS	PRACTICE PROBLEM SETS	USEFUL LINKS
Development of Recombinant DNA	Overview of Recombinant DNA, Excerpt 1 Overview of Recombinant DNA, Excerpt 2	None	None	History of Genentech
Basic Mechanics of Cloning	Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, Excerpt 1 Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, Excerpt 2 Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, Excerpt 3	None	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Cloning in a Plasmid Vector Key Steps of Molecular Cloning
Constructing and Screening a Recombinant DNA Library	Constructing and Screening a Recombinant DNA Library	Genomic and cDNA Libraries	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome Construction of a DNA Library Library Generation
cDNA Libraries and Expression Libraries	cDNA Libraries and Expression Libraries	Transformation and Protein Expression	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	Isolation and use of cDNA clones Techniques of Molecular Biology
Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Sequencing, PCR	Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Sequencing, PCR, Excerpt 1 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Sequencing, PCR, Excerpt 2	Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)	Problems (PDF) Solutions (PDF)	DNA Sequencing Jonathan Weissman: DNA Sequencing Biology Animation Library PCR Virtual Lab

Exam 4

EXAM	EXAM AND SOLUTIONS
Exam 4	Exam (PDF) Solutions (PDF)

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