Description
In this course students will learn about basic cellular and molecular processes including prokaryote and eukaryote structure and reproduction. Students will review transcription, translation, DNA structure, mitosis and meiosis. These processes will then be studied in the context of their function in protists, fungi and plants, including tissue structure and function. Plant diversity and reproduction and a brief overview of animal reproduction and diversity will be studied. Evolutionary mechanisms, speciation and phylogenetic processes will be included. The course will include an introduction to ecological principles. This course serves as the foundation for the next three core courses in the Biological Sciences curriculum. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours, recitation 1 hour. Students majoring in the Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Forensic Science, and Health Science must take both lecture and lab in the same semester. Students not in these majors may take only the lecture portio