BIOLOGY 102 ONLINE READINGS - Winter 2015 | |||
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1. Simply click on the readings you wish to read.
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2. It is recommended that these readings be done at the beginning of the week assigned. If the websites are unavailable the weekend before an exam (computer problem, server error, "404 error" etc.), you are still responsible for that material on the exam. |
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3. Use the learning objectives to guide your reading. You are only responsible for the text on the web page, not all of the links or advertisements included at the websites.
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4. If you do not have access to an internet connection at home, the readings are concise enough to do multiple reading assignments during a single visit to an on-campus computer facility. Additionally, if BI 102 lab gets done early and you have completed the activity, you are welcome to use the computers during that weekly class.
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| Week | On-Line Reading | Website Address (Updated addresses available through course website) | |
| 1 | Syllabus | http://web.science.oregonstate.edu/bi10x/bi102/index102.htm | |
| Science | http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap1.htm (Chapter 1 only) | ||
| Darwin | http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_2.htm | ||
| 2 | Mendel | http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_1.htm | |
| DNA and RNA | http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=63 | ||
| Protein Synthesis | http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/biology/biology/gene-expression-molecular-genetics/protein-synthesis | ||
| 3 | Mutations | http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/M/Mutations.html | |
| Epigenetics | http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences-leave-epigenetic-mark-on-your-genes#.UsEFMYU1fgs (entire article, three pages on-line) |
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| Fruit Flies | http://bsp.med.harvard.edu/?q=node/71 | ||
| 4 | Darwin's Finches | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_01.html (background information on the data sheet) | |
| Evolution Today | http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/how-do-we-know-living-things-are-related (Four sub-titles; Embryology, Homologies, Tree of Life, and Vestigial Organs) |
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| 5 | Speciation | http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Speciation.html | |
| Dinosaur Researchers | http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dinosaur-researchers-say-theyre-golden-age-discovery-n271826 | ||
| 6 | Reciprocal Altruism | http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/articles/personalityandindividuality/morals.shtml | |
| Vertebrate Evolution | http://animals.about.com/od/evolution/a/vertebrateevolu.htm | ||
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| Bowerbirds | http://acp.eugraph.com/birds/bower.html | ||
| Crows | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1209_041209_crows_apes.html (select "next page" at the bottom of the first page to read both pages) |
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| Jane Goodall | http://www.pbs.org/saf/1504/features/goodall.htm (four pages) | ||
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| Flores Man | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis.html (select "next page" at the bottom of the first page to read both pages) |
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| Guinea Worm | http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/upshot/lessons-from-the-low-tech-defeat-of-the-guinea-worm-.html?_r=1&abt=0002&abg=0 | ||
| 9 | Stem Cells | http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics6.asp (if you get a message box to "sign in," you can cancel the message to read the article.) |
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| RNAi | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/rnai.html (click "Launch Video" or read the transcript) | ||
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| Cloning | http://www.genome.gov/25020028 | ||