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ISBN: 978-1-877462-71-9
Pages: 408


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Some activities consist of two or more pages.

Title page

ISBN

Preface-note to teacher-acknowledgement

Contents

Getting the Most From This resource

Using the activities

Resources information

Using BIOZONE's Website

HSC course

VCE course

Queensland course

South Australia Course

Western Australia course

CONCEPT MAP

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The Chemistry of Life 11

The biochemical nature of the cell

Role of water

Organic molecules

Amino acids

Proteins

Packaging macromolecules

Modification of Proteins

Nucleic acids

Lipids

Monosaccharides and disaccharides

Carbohydrate chemistry

Polysaccharides

Biochemical tests

Review of cell ultrastructure

Cell fractionation

The Role of membranes in cells

Enzymes

How enzymes work

Enzyme reaction rates

Enzyme cofactors

Enzyme inhibitors

Key Terms: Mix and Match

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Cellular Energetics 42

The role of ATP in cells

Cellular respiration

The biochemistry of respiration

Anaerobic pathways

Photosynthesis

The biochemistry of photosynthesis

Pigments and light absorption

Factors affecting photosynthesis

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Principles of Homeostasis 53

Detecting changing states

Principles of homeostasis

Maintaining homeostasis

Nervous regulatory systems

Hormonal regulatory systems

The endocrine system

Cell signalling

Signal transduction

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Homeostasis and Adaptation 64

The homeostatic role of blood

Blood vessels

Control of blood glucose

Temperature regulation

Hypothermia

Breathing in humans

Gas transport in humans

Adaptations for diving

Homeostasis during exercise

The effects of altitude

Waste products in humans

The urinary system

The physiology of the kidney

Control of urine output

Renal dialysis

Kidney transplants

Key Terms: Mix and Match

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Control and Coordination87

Transport and effects of auxins

Photoperiodism in plants

Auxins, gibberellins and ABA

Responses to temperature in plants

The mammalian nervous system

The human brain

Neurone structure and function

Reflexes

Transmission of nerve Impulses

Chemical synapses

The basis of sensory perception

Hearing

The structure of eye

The physiology of vision

Sensory systems

Pheromones

Key Terms: Crossword

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Pathogens and Disease109

Infection and disease

Transmission of disease

Patterns of disease

Bacterial diseases

Cholera

Tuberculosis

Protozoan diseases

Malaria

Viral diseases

HIV and AIDS

Replication in HIV

Impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Epidemiology of AIDS

Emerging diseases

Prion diseases

The role of health statistics

The control of disease

Antimicrobial drugs

New medicines

Resistance in pathogens

Plant diseases

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Defence and the Immune System 140

Targets for defence

Blood group antigens

The body's defences

Blood clotting and defence

The action of phagocytes

Inflammation

Fever

Acquired immunity

Vaccines and vacinnation

The immune system

Antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies

Autoimmune diseases

Allergies and hypersensitivity

Plant defence mechanisms

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Non-Infectious Disease162

Health vs disease

Smoking and the lungs

Cardiovascular disease

Atheroscelrosis

Risk Factors for CVD

Diagnosing heart problems

Correcting heart problems

Alzheimer's disease

Deficiency diseases

Obesity and malnutrition

Type 2 diabetes

Inherited metabolic disorders

Cancer

Breast cancer

Herceptin - a modern monoclonal

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The Genetic Code 182

Genomes

Prokaryotic chromosomes

Eukaryote chromosome structure

Karyotypes

Human karyotype exercise

DNA molecules

Creating a DNA molecule

The genetic code

The simplest case: genes to proteins

Gene expression in prokaryotes

Transcription

Post-Transcriptional Modification

Translation

DNA replication

Review of DNA replication

Meselson and Stahl's experiment

Does DNA really carry the code?

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Cell Division and Cloning 208

Mitosis and the cell cycle

Mitosis vs Meiosis

Apoptosis: regulating cell division

Stem cells and tissue engineering

Plant tissue culture

Cloning by nuclear transfer

Cloning by embryo splitting

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Gene Technology 220

What is genetic modification?

Applications of GMOs

Restriction enzymes

Ligation

Gel electrophoresis

Interpreting electrophoresis gels

Amazing organisms, amazing enzymes

DNA profiling using PCR

Forensic applications of DNA profiling

Preparing a gene for cloning

In vitro cloning by PCR

In vivo cloning

DNA chips

Golden rice

Using recombinant bacteria

Production of human proteins

Gene therapy

Gene delivery systems

Genome projects

Automated DNA sequencing

The human genome project

The ethics of GMO technology

Key Terms: mix and match

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Mutations 254

The effect of mutations

Changes to the DNA sequence

Antibiotic resistance

Antigenic variability in pathogens

The genetic origins of cancer

Oestrogen, transcription and cancer

Gene mutations

Sickle cell mutation

Cystic fibrosis mutation

Chromosome mutations

Aneuploidy in humans

Down syndrome

The fate of conceptions

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Inheritance 269

The advantages of sex

Sources of variation

Mendel's pea plant experiments

Mendel's laws of inheritance

Alleles

Basic genetic crosses

Test cross

Monohybrid cross

Dominance of alleles

Investigating human variation

Dihybrid cross

Multiple alleles in blood groups

Genomic imprinting

Meiosis

Crossing over

Crossing over problems

Linkage

Recombination

Chromosome mapping

Gene-environment Interactions

Interactions between genes

Sex linked genes

Inheritance patterns

Genetic counselling

Polygenes

Pedigree analysis

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Population Genetics 308

The modern theory of evolution

Darwin's theory

Gene pool exercise

Gene pools and evolution

Changes in a gene pool

Natural selection

Selection for Human skin colour

Darwin's finches

Adaptations and fitness

Black is the new grey

Industrial melanism

Selection For human birth weights

Heterozygous advantage

Evolution in bacteria

The founder effect

Population bottlenecks

Genetic drift

Selective breeding in animals

Selective breeding in crop plants

Breeding modern wheat

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The Evidence for Evolution 337

DNA homologies

Protein homologies

Oceanic island colonisers

The fossil record

Homologous structures

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Evolution 346

The species concept

Stages in species development

Isolation and species formation

Reproductive isolation

Allopatric speciation

Sympatric speciation

Speciation in Australia

Patterns of evolution

The rate of evolutionary change

Adaptive radiation in ratites

Adaptive radiation in mammals

Convergent evolution

Evolution of novel forms

Geographical distribution

Extinction

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Human Evolution 370

Primate groups

Primate classification

General primate characteristics

Hominin evolution

Human characteristics

The emerging view

The origin of modern humans

Bipedalism and nakedness

Adaptations for bipedalism

Ardipithicus ramidus

The development of intelligence

Cultural evolution

Art and spirituality

Dating a prehistoric site

Present and future human evolution

Key Terms: Word find

Appendix

Explanation of terms

Index

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