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2.1 Atoms, Ions, and Molecules
Christelle Sabatier
2.2 Covalent Bonds and Other Molecular Interactions
2.3 Water
2.4 Carbon
3.1 Synthesis of Biological Macromolecules
Melissa Hardy
3.2 Carbohydrate Structure and Function
3.3 Nucleic Acid Structure and Function
Melissa Hardy and Christelle Sabatier
3.4 Protein Structure and Function
3.5 Lipid Structure and Function
3.6 Career Connection - Dietitians and Nutritionists
Hannah Nelson and Christelle Sabatier
3.7 Chapter 3 Summary
4.1 Cell Types and Compartments
4.2 Plasma Membrane Structure and Components
4.3 Passive Membrane Transport
4.4 Active Membrane Transport
5.1 Digestive Processes in Animals
5.2 Nutrient Absorption in Animals
5.3 Celiac Disease
5.4 Nutritional Requirements of Plants
5.5 Identifying Limiting Nutrients
Dawn Hart
5.6 Nitrogen Fixers and Native Growing Practices
5.7 Career Connections - Soil Scientist
1. 7.1 Forms of Energy
7.2 Photosynthesis - Overview
7.3 Photosynthesis - Light-Dependent Reactions
7.4 Photosynthesis - Calvin Cycle
8.1 Plant Organs and Tissues
2. 8.2 Roots to Shoots
3. 8.3 Stomatal Conductance and Leaves
4. 8.4 Impact of Environmental Change on Plant Physiology
5. 9.1 Nutrition - Differentiating between energy and matter
9.2 Nutrition and Energy Production
6. 9.3 Decoding Nutrition Labels
7. 9.4 Measuring Metabolic Rate
8. 9.5 Metabolism in extreme environments
10.1 Glycolysis
10.2 Pyruvate Oxidation and the Citric Acid Cycle
10.3 Oxidative Phosphorylation
11.1 Introduction to Homeostasis
11.2 Impact of Temperature on Cell Function
11.3 Thermoregulation
11.4 Heat Conservation and Dissipation
The Central Dogma
Prokaryotic Transcription
Eukaryotic Transcription
mRNA Processing
The Genetic Code
The Protein Synthesis Machinery
The Mechanism of Protein Synthesis
The Endomembrane System
9. Building and using phylogenetic trees
Elizabeth Dahlhoff and Erica Kosal
10. Transcriptional regulation of the lac operon
Michelle McCully
11. Causal loop diagrams
12. Protein structure & function
13. Career Connection - Structural Chemist
Hannah Nelson
Types of hormones
How Hormones Work
14. Case Study: How Insulin Regulates Blood Glucose Levels
Case Study: Regulation of Insulin Production
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