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BIOL 2107
Fall '23 CRN86772

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Schedule
Lectures: (1)
- Lecture 1
- Lecture 2
- Lecture 3
- Lecture 4
- Lecture 5
- Lecture 6 -Quiz 1
- Lecture 7
- Lecture 8
- Lecture 9
- TEST 1
- Lecture 10
- Lecture 11
- Lecture 12
- Lecture 13
- Lecture 14
- Lecture 15 -Quiz 2
- Lecture 16
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- Quiz 1 Grades
- Quiz 2 Grades
- Quiz 3 Grades
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- Test 1 Grades
- Test 2 Grades
- Grade Summary
Lectures: (2)
- Lecture 17
- Lecture 18
- TEST 2
- Lecture 19
- Lecture 20
- Lecture 21
- Lecture 22
- Lecture 23 -Quiz 3
- Lecture 24
- Lecture 25
- Lecture 26
- FINAL
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- Quiz 1 Answers
- Quiz 2 Answers
- Quiz 3 Answers
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- Test 1 Answers
- Test 2 Answers
Courses

BIOL 2107 Principles of Biology I

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BIOL 4564/6564 Advanced Genetics

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BIOL 4905 Biotech. - ON LINE

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BIOL 4905 Biotech. Laboratory

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BIOL 8510/8710 Concepts in Mol. Genetics

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BIOL 8620 Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes

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BIOL 8700 Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes

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BIOL 8970 Instruments in Biotechnology

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Resources
General Resources
- Biology Department
- ABCore facility

Schedule: Fall '23 -REVISED 12/01/2023

#	Date	Lecture Description	Chapter(s)
1	Aug. 21st	Course Overview / "Meaning of Life"	1 (prts), 3 (prts)
2	Aug. 23rd	Scientific Method	1.3
3	Aug 28th	History of Life / Origins of Evolutionary Thought	1.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 21.3, 21.4
4	Aug. 30th	Origins & Mechanisms of Evolution cntd.	1.2. 19.1, 19.2, 23
* *	Sep. 4th	LABOR DAY - NO LECTURE
5	Sep. 6th	Speciation	22, 20.1 - 20.8
6	SEP. 11th	QUIZ 1: Phylogenies	20.1 - 20.8
7	Sep. 13th	Who are the PROkaryotes?	20.1 - 20.8, 40.4, 4
8	Sep. 18th	Origins of the EUkaryotes	20.1 - 20.8, 24, 25
9	Sep. 20th	Cell Division I	9
* *	SEP. 25th	TEST I	* *
10	Sep. 27th	Cell Division II	9 (prts), 10
11	Oct. 2nd	Mendelian Genetics I	10 (prts), 11, 12 (prts)
12	Oct. 4th	Mendelian Genetics II	11
13	Oct. 9th	Sex Linked Inheritance	12
	Oct. 10th	Mid-term point -last day to add / drop
14	Oct. 11th	Sex-Linkage II	12
15	OCT. 16th	QUIZ 2: Hardy-Weinberg	21
16	Oct. 18th	Chemistry -Basics	2
17	Oct. 23rd	Carbon Chemistry Biomacromolecules	2, 5 (prts)
18	Oct. 25th	Enzymes & Energetics	5 (prts) 6 (prts)
* *	OCT. 30th	TEST II	* *
19	Nov. 1st	Cell Metabolism	6, 7 (prts)
20	Nov. 6th	Cell Metabolism -Respiration	7
21	Nov. 8th	Photosynthesis	8
22	Nov.13th	Central Dogma: Replication	13, 14, 18 (prts)
23	NOV. 15th	QUIZ 3:	13, 14
	Nov. 20th - Nov. 25th	Thanksgiving Break
24	Nov. 27th	Central Dogma: Transcription
25	Nov. 29th	Central Dogma: Translation	15
26	Dec. 4th	Gene Regulation - insights.	15
**	DEC. 6th	Final Examination 4:15pm -6:45pm PLEASE CHECK	Lectures 18 - 26

This information is given as a guide to the student attending the Bio2107 lectures -as a means to review some of the information. It is not meant to replace the lecture. No emphasis as to what will be required of the student is given in this text. Indeed information that is given in the these transcripts may make little sense if the student has not first attended the relevant lecture.