I. MOLECULES AND CELLS
            A. CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
                    1. WATER
                    2. ORGANIC MOLECULES IN ORGANISMS
                    3. FREE ENERGY CHANGES
                    4. ENZYMES
            B. CELLS
                    1. PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS
                    2. MEMBRANES
                    3. SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION
                    4. CELL CYLCE AND ITS REGULATION
            C. CELLULAR ENERGETICS
                    1. COUPLED REACTIONS
                    2. FERMENTATION AND CELLULAR RESPIRATION
                    3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

        II. HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION
            A. HEREDITY
                    1. MEIOSIS AND GAMETOGENESIS
                    2. EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOMES
                    3. INHERITANCE PATTERNS
            B. MOLECULAR GENETICS
                    1. RNA AND DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
                    2. GENE REGULATION
                    3. MUTATION
                    4. VIRAL STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION
                    5. NUCLEIC ACID TECHNOLOGY
            C. EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
                    1. EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE
                    2. EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
                    3. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION

        III. ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS
            A. DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS
                    1. EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS
                    2. SURVEY OF THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
                    3. PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION
                    4. EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS
            B. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
                    1. REPRODUCTION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
                    2. STRUCTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS
                    3. RESPONSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
            C. ECOLOGY
                    1. POPULATIONAL DYNAMICS
                    2. COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
                    3. GLOBAL ISSUES
 
 

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