LSC Foundation of Life:Chemistry,Cells and Genetics - Brossura

Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.

1 Introduction

Unit 1 Chemistry

2 The Chemical Basis of Life: Atoms, Molecules, and Solutions

3 The Chemical Basis of Life: Macromolecules

Unit 2 Cell

4 General Features of Cells

5 Membrane Structure and Transport

6 System Biology of Cell Organization

7 Enzymes, Metabolism and Cellular Respiration

8 Photosynthesis

9 Cell Communication and Regulation of the Cell Cycle

10 Multicellularity

Unit 3 Genetics

11 Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA Replication

12 Gene Expression at the Molecular Level

13 Gene Regulation

14 Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer

15 Eukaryotic Chromosomes, Mitosis, and Meiosis

16 Simle Patterns of Inheritance

17 Complex Patterns of Inheritance

18 Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses

19 Developmental Genetics

20 Genetic Technology

21 Genomes, Proteomes, and Bioinformatics