Welcome to the General Biology (BIOL 1130) web page!

Instructor: Dr. Dana Nayduch

Term: Summer Term B 2008

Meeting times and place: M-F 11AM-12:40 PM – Biology Room 1119

On this site you will find helpful tools for success in BIOL 1130. Under each chapter, you will find links to other web sites or links to media that will help you understand key concepts.

• Course Syllabus

• GRADES (in MS Excel format) You will be able to access your grades here after you are assigned your random 4 digit code (given to you when you handed in your 1^st exam):

• Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4)
• Exam 2 (Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14, Galapagos)
• Exam 3 (Chapters 15, 17)
• Exam 4 (Chapters 10-12 and cumulative section)

FINAL EXAM sample cumulative questions

Please be sure to view the supplements on the web site for your text book as well, and use the practice quizzes to test your knowledge. Visit http://www.essentialbiology.com for more information.

Powerpoints and supplements

• click on the chapter number for a link to the fill-in powerpoints for lectures – the link is available when the chapter is highlighted in PINK.
• All chapter notes for the semester are posted.
• click on the other links below the chapters for supplemental links, animations and images. To see movies in the powerpoints, it’s possible that you must open the ppt file in your browser to be able to click on the links.

Chapter 1 (with some intro from chapters 13 and 14)	Chapter 13 --Outline for Galapagos film *note – you do not need to read the book’s section on Hardy-Weinberg equillibrium
Chapter 2 Covalent bond movie; Ionic bond movie	Chapter 14
Chapter 3 Macromolecules Fats Protein Structure: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary	Chapter 15 (abbreviated) Chapter 17 – part I Chapter 17 – part II
Chapter 4 · Key terms/study guide · Cell membrane · endomemembrane Transport   · Junctions: Anchoring, Communicating, Tight	Chapter 10 **we will skip pp. 189 on (viruses) See the second animation on this site “Protein Synthesis” Other movies: · DNA Replication · DNA replication Overview · Transcription PRINT AND BRING TO CLASS: transcription/translation example
Chapter 8 Campbell book Mitosis and Meiosis movies. These are VERY GOOD (link here) Mitosis overview Meiosis overview · Mitosis (overview, early prophase, late Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, cytokinesis) · Meiosis I (interphase , Pro, Met, Ana, Tel) · Meiosis II · Crossing over	Chapter 11 Chapter 11: page 200-201 pages 208-211 Cloning Plants/Animals Check out these links: · FDA report on Animal Cloning and Food Safety NY times article on FDA approving cloned animals for human consumption Stem cells and therapeutic cloning for humans (be sure to see other links on this site too – very good!) National Institutes of Health – Stem cell policy in the U.S. ES causes cancer? We are mainly covering the topics of regeneration and stem cells.
Chapter 9 Crossing over Chapter 9 objectives Chapter 9 practice problems	Chapter 12 - pages 220-230 View these movies: Cloning genes Restriction enzymes Cloning a gene (another good movie) Check out these links: Gene therapy information interactive tool that mimics cloning a gene interactive tool that mimics DNA profiling (crime scene and paternity test) Print out these images full size: Recombinant DNA RFLP problem DNA fingerprinting Cloning a gene Paternity test (picture from lecture) DNA testing available at Rite Aid!