LIFE 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Archaea, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Reductionism
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Textbook- biology, 10th edition by campbell and reece, chapters 1-24. Lab- 3 hours/ week in the yates building labs are mandatory and meet every week. Labs begin this week read exercise 1 before lab. Our course in 2016fa-life-102-001 eid login and password. Office hours- 10:30- 11:30 e328- zoology and anatomy iclickers. Register for mastering biology, linked to our course. Your full group meets twice for 1 hour min. Sign the roster to verify, turn in at group exam. Focus on the way things work in biology. Molecules- and the chemical context of living things. Genes- what are they and what do they do. Evolution why do people say it is so integral to all biology. Biology is a broad multidisciplinary science -- levels of inquiry. Emergent properties- new properties emerge at each level of the biological hierarchy. Reductionism- is the reduction of complex systems to simpler components. Systems biology- approach study the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems.
