General Biology
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 418
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 418
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The laboratory component for General Biology I and II is intended for science majors and students needing a two-semester sequence of a laboratory-based science course. The laboratory exercises cover topics ranging from biological chemistry, cell biology, and genetics, to plant and animal diversity, evolution, and ecology. In addition, students are introduced to basic laboratory skills and procedures such as using the microscope, learning to pipette properly, making solutions, and using electrophoresis equipment.
Lab Safety Rules
Maintaining a Lab Notebook
Chapter 1 Scientific Method
Chapter 2 Microscopy
Chapter 3 The Metric System
Chapter 4 Basic Laboratory Techniques
Chapter 5 Acids, Bases, and pH
Chapter 6 Biomolecules
Chapter 7 Making Solution and Performing Serial Dilutions
Chapter 8 Enzymes
Chapter 9 Diffusion and Osmosis
Chapter 10 Cellular Respiration
Chapter 11 Mitosis
Chapter 12 Meiosis
Chapter 13 Genetics
Chapter 14 Extracting DNA from Cheek Cells
Chapter 15 Catechol Oxidase: An Independent Investigation
Chapter 16 Evolution
Chapter 17 Population Genetics
Chapter 18 Viruses
Chapter 19 Bacteriology
Chapter 20 Photosynthesis
Chapter 21 Classification
Chapter 22 Protists
Chapter 23 Fungi and Lichens
Chapter 24 Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants
Chapter 25 Gymnosperms
Chapter 26 Angiosperms
Chapter 27 Embryology
Chapter 28 Invertebrates
Chapter 29 Vertebrates
Chapter 30 Vertebrate Tissues
Chapter 31 Fetal Pig and Sheep Brain Dissection Instructions
Chapter 32 Pond Ecology
Writing a Formal Lab Report
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