Biology : the science of life /
An intensive lecture course that explores all aspects of biology, providing the background and guidance to explore in depth the fundamental principles of how living things work.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, Va. :
Teaching Company,
c2004.
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| Series: | Great courses (DVD).
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. |
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Table of Contents:
- 12 videodiscs
- 1 course guidebook - 3 transcript books (Lectures 1-24; lectures 25-48; lectures 49-72)
- Disc 1 : Lecture 1. The Scope of "life"
- lecture 2. More on the origin of life
- lecture 3. The organism and the cell
- lecture 4. Proteins--how things get done in the cell
- lecture 5. Which molecule holds the code?
- lecture 6. The double helix
- Disc 2 : Lecture 7. The nuts and bolts of replicating DNA
- lecture 8. The central dogma
- lecture 9. The genetic code
- lecture 10. From DNA to RNA
- lecture 11. From RNA to protein
- lecture 12. When mistakes happen.
- Disc 3 : Lecture 13. Dividing DNA between dividing cells
- lecture 14. Mendel and his pea plants
- lecture 15. How sex leads to variation
- lecture 16. Genes and chromosomes
- lecture 17. Charles Darwin and "The origin of species"
- lecture 18. Natural selection in action
- Disc 4 : Lecture 19. Reconciling Darwin and Mendel
- lecture 20. Mechanisms of evolutionary change
- lecture 21. What are species and how do new ones arise?
- lecture 22. More on the origin of new species
- lecture 23. Reconstructing evolution
- lecture 24. The history of life, revisited.
- Disc 5 : Lecture 25. From cells to organisms
- lecture 26. Control of gene expression I
- lecture 27. Control of gene expression II
- lecture 28. Getting proteins to the right place
- lecture 29. Genetic engineering and biotechnology
- lecture 30. How cells talk--signals and receptors
- Disc 6 ; Lecture 31. How cells talk--ways that cells respond
- lecture 32. From one cell to many in an organism
- lecture 33. Patterns of early development
- lecture 34. Determination and differentiation
- lecture 35. Induction and pattern formation
- lecture 36. Genes and development.
- Disc 7 : Lecture 37. Homeostasis
- lecture 38. Hormones in animals
- lecture 39. What is special about neurons?
- lecture 40. Action potentials and synapses
- lecture 41. Synaptic integration and memory
- lecture 42. Sensory function
- Disc 8 ; Lecture 43. How muscles work
- lecture 44. The innate immune system
- lecture 45. The acquired immune system
- lecture 46. Form and function in plants I
- lecture 47. Form and function in plants II
- lecture 48. Behavior as an adaptive trait.
- Disc 9 : Lecture 49. Energy and resources in living systems
- lecture 50. How energy is harnessed by cells
- lecture 51. Enzymes--making chemistry work in cells
- lecture 52. Cellular currencies of energy
- lecture 53. Making ATP--glycolysis
- lecture 54. Making ATP--cellular respiration
- Disc 10 ; Lecture 55. Making ATP--the chemiosmotic theory
- lecture 56. Capturing energy from sunlight
- lecture 57. The reactions of photosynthesis
- lecture 58. Resources and life histories
- lecture 59. The structure of populations
- lecture 60. Population growth.
- Disc 11 : Lecture 61. What limits population growth?
- lecture 62. Costs and benefits of behavior
- lecture 63. Altruism and mate selection
- lecture 64. Ecological interactions among species
- lecture 65. Predators and competitors
- lecture 66. Competition and the ecological niche
- Disc 12 ; Lecture 67. Energy in ecosystems
- lecture 68. Nutrients in ecosystems
- lecture 69. How predictable are ecological communities?
- lecture 70. Biogeography
- lecture 71. Human population growth
- lecture 72. The human asteroid.