BIO 1001 (BIO1001)

As the title indicates, these notes cover DNA structure and gene function! To begin, these notes give a brief overview of the historical experiments related to DNA and DNA as a genetic material and its structure. These notes describe, in detail, the various scientists and their contributions to the study of DNA and genes, as well as provide an abundance of examples for each topic mentioned. Additionally, these notes detail the different parts and aspects of genes, genomes, and DNA and highlight,...

These notes cover an abundance of information on cells and go into great detail about each aspect of cells. A brief history of cells is provided and gives the names of various scientists, physicists, zoologists, etc., and their contributions to the study of biology and cells. This chapter also details Cell Theory and various measurements of cells. These notes have an overview of the cell structure and give definitions for keywords such as cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, Eukaryotic Cells, Prokaryo...

These notes cover the basics of chemistry from an undergraduate biology course. The contents include topics such as matter, elements, atoms, atomic numbers and weights, protons, neutrons, electrons, types of subatomic particles, the three isotopes of carbon, where protons, neutrons, and electrons are located in the atom, what an element's atomic number indicates, what the difference between atomic mass and an element's atomic weight is, how chemical bonds link atoms, compounds, orbitals and el...

These notes describe the characteristics of life, such as biology, cells, organisms, how cells use DNA to produce proteins, as well as the five characteristics that all life shares. Additionally, this document provides the definitions and examples for all of the key terms for this chapter, such as atom, molecule, organelle, cell(s), tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, emergent properties, endothelial cells, sheets of endothelial cells, capillary, r...