All Biology 1001A Textbook Readings

What Is a Virus? Characteristics if Viruses Viruses Infect Bacterial, Animal, and Plant Cells by Similar Pathways Treating and Preventing Viral Infections Viruses May Have Evolved from Fragments of Cellular DNA or RNA Viroids and Prions are Infective Agents Even Simpler in Structure than Viruses

The Cycle of Cell Growth and Division: An Overview Mitosis and the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Formation and Action of the Mitotic Spindle Cell Cycle Regulation

DNA Structure DNA Replication Repair of Damage in DNA Proofreading Depends on the Ability of DNA Polymerases to Reverse and Remove Mismatched Bases A Mismatch Repair Mechanism Corrects Replication Errors That Escape Proofreading Excision Repair Mechanisms Correct Various Kinds of DNA Damage Repl...

Repair of Damage in DNA Proofreading Depends on the Ability of DNA Polymerases to Reverse and Remove Mismatched Bases A Mismatch Repair Mechanism Corrects Replication Errors That Escape Proofreading Excision Repair Mechanisms Correct Various Kinds of DNA Damage

Mechanism of Genetic Recombination Genetic Recombination Occurs in Eukaryotes during Meiosis Random Segregation Random Fertilization Meiosis Occurs at Different Times in Different Organismal Life Cycles Diploid multicellular Haploid multicellular Meiosis Produces Four Genetically Different Da...

The Beginnings of Genetics: Mendel’s Garden Peas Later Modifications and Additions to Mendel’s Hypotheses Multiple Alleles, More Than Two Alleles of a Gene Are Present in a Population Incomplete Dominance, Products of Dominant Alleles Do Not Completely Compensate for those of Recessive Alleles...

Sex-Linked Genes Chromosomal Mutations That Affect Inheritance Females Are XX and Males Are XY In Both Humans and Fruit Files Human Sex Determination Depends on the SRY Gene Sex-Linked Genes Show a Different Pattern of Inheritance from Autosomal Genes Inactivation of One X Chromosome Evens Out ...

Variation in Natural Populations Evolutionary Biologists Describe and Quantify Phenotypic Variation Phenotypic Variation Can Have Genetic and Environmental Causes Population Genetics Evolution Is a Change in Allele Frequencies Population Often Contain Substantial Genetic Variation Genetic Stru...

The Agents of Microevolution Gene Flow Introduces New Alleles into Populations Genetic Drift Reduces genetic Variability within Populations Mutations Are Random and Create Genetic Novelty Natural Selection Shapes Genetic Variability by Favoring Some Traits over Others Non-random Mating Inbreed...

CONFLICT AND COOPERATION Kin Selection and Altruism Degrees of Relatedness

Life’s Diversity Linnaeus Developed the System of Binomial Nomenclature Linnaeus Devised the Taxonomic Hierarchy to Organize Information about Species Phylogenetic Trees Systematists Adapted Linnaeus’ Approach to a Darwinian Worldview A Phylogenetic Tree Depicts the Evolutionary History of ...

What Is a Species? The Morphological Species Concept Is a Practical Way to Identify Species The Biological Species Concept Is Based on Reproductive Isolation The Phylogenetic Species Concept Focuses on Evolutionary History Many Species Exhibit Substantial Geographical Variation Maintaining Rep...

Species Interactions and Community Ecology The CO1 Gene: Barcode of Life Symbiosis: Close Associations Some Perils of Mutualism Types of Defence Eternal Vigilance: Always Be Alert Avoid Detection: Freeze-Movement Invites Discovery Thwarting Attacks: Take Evasive Action Spines and Armor: Be Da...

Sources of Data for Phylogenetic Analyses The Analysis of Homologous Characters Sheds Light on Evolutionary Relationships Morphological Characters Provide Abundant Clues to Evolutionary Relationship Behavioral Characters Are Useful When Animal Species Are Not Morphologically Distinct Molecular S...