
2.1 Protein Synthesis
DNA –> ?RNA –> Protein. ? Seems simple but…

2.2 Gene Regulation
Genes are like lights, they have switches…

2.3 DNA Replication and DNA Technology
Open up the tool kit of the?geneticist?and find out the amazing things we can now do with DNA…

2.4 The Cell Cycle
When it works our cells grow and divide, when it doesn’t we die…

2.5 Gregor Mendel and Meiosis
The basic rules of inheritance were first written down by a 19th century monk…

2.6 Beyond Mendel
There is a lot more to genetics than one dominant and one recessive allele…

2.7 Evolution Theory
Charles Darwin gets more credit for evolution than he probably deserves…

2.8 Hardy Weinberg Theory
Two?mathematicians long ago developed equations to measure the rates of genetic change in a population…

2.9 Microevolution
Small gradual changes can really add up if given enough time…

2.10 Speciation
What is a species? ?It turns out that’s one of the hardest questions in biology…

2.11 Phylogeny and Trends in Evolution
The tree of life was one of Darwin’s most important ideas…

2.12 Prokaryotes and the Origins of Cells
There are more bacterial cells in and on your body than their are human cells…

2.13 Protista and the Origin’s of Eukaryotes
Too diverse to be a kingdom by any logical measure but they sure are fun to look at…

2.14 The Evolution of Fungus and Plants
Why did the fungi leave the party? ?There wasn’t mushroom…

2.15 Global Homeostasis
It’s time to go back and review where we began, ecology and changing planet