Reading assignments include sections from the online MIT Biology Hypertextbook, numerous scientific articles, class handouts, online resources, and sections from the required text.

 

Freeman, Scott. Biological Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 0130819239.

 

Table for Readings

 

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction	p. vi Chapter 1 pp. 90-94
2	Biochemistry 1	Chapter 2 Chem Review 1.1, 1.2 (Bio Hypertext) pp. 70-77
3-5	Biochemistry 2 Biochemistry 3 Biochemistry 4	Chapter 3 Chem Review 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 Large Molecules 1.0, 2.0, 3.1,3.2, 3.4, 4.0, Chapter 6
6	Genetics 1	Chapter 10, pp. 194-201
7	Genetics 2	Chapter 10, pp. 201-214
8	Genetics 3	Chapter 8.2 (pp. 159-164) and pp. 176-191
9	Human Genetics	Chapter 17.2, pp. 339-342 Pedigrees
10	Molecular Biology 1	pp. 59-61, Chapter 11, 12
11	Molecular Biology 2	Chapter 13, pp. 252-259
	Quiz 1, Lectures 1-10
12	Molecular Biology 3	Chapter 13, pp. 259-271, 244-246
13	Gene Regulation	Chapter 14
14	Protein Localization	Protein Trafficking. pp. 95-103
15-18	Recombinant DNA 1 Recombinant DNA 2 Recombinant DNA 3 Recombinant DNA 4	Spencer, Charlotte A. Genetic Testimony: A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 013142338X.
	Quiz 2, Lectures 11-17
19	Cell Cycle/Signaling	pp. 164-168, 864-867
20	Cancer	Weinberg, R. A. "How Cancer Arises." Sci Am. 275, no. 3 (September 1996): 62-70. ———. "Finding the Anti-oncogene." Sci Am. 259, no. 3 (September 1998): 44-51.
21	Virology/Tumor Viruses	Chapter 26, pp. 501-507 Viruses (PDF)
22-23	Immunology 1 Immunology 2	Chapter 46 Humoral Immunology (PDF)
24	AIDS	Chapter 26.2, pp. 507-516 AIDS (PDF)
25	Genomics	Lander, E. S., and R. A. Weinberg. "Genomics: Journey to the Center of Biology." Science 287, no. 5459 (March 10, 2000): 1777-82.
	Quiz 3, Lectures 18-24
26	Nervous System 1	Chapter 42, pp. 806-817
27	Nervous System 2	Chapter 42, pp. 817-822
28	Nervous System 3	Chapter 42, pp. 822-827
29-30	Stem Cells/Cloning 1 Stem Cells/Cloning 2	pp. 346, 406-407, 364-367 Essay on p. 826 Growth and Differentiation, a Case of Hematopoiesis (PDF)
31	Molecular Medicine 1	NCI Gleevec Article pp. 330
32	Molecular Evolution	Genetics and Geneology, Why Y? The Family Lemba (PBS Nova) The Family Cohanim (PBS Nova) Did Thomas Jefferson Father Slave Children? (PBS Nova)
33	Molecular Medicine 2	Essay: pp. 782-783 The Cholesterol Quartet Familial Hypercholesterolemia
34	Human Polymorphisms and Cancer Classification
35	Future of Biology