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Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. Biology In Focus Unit 1: Ch. 1-9 Openstax Biology Units 1-2: Ch. 1-10 Communication Properties of Matter and Bonding Principles Special Properties of Water Carbon and Biological Molecules Macromolecules The structure and functions within eukaryotic cells Metabolic pathways, ATP, enzymes Cellular respiration, fermentation Photosynthesis & alternative methods of carbon fixation Receptor proteins, signal transduction, signal response ECM The structure of the cell membrane, selective permeability, cell transport. Metabolism: energy production and conversions, ATP, enzyme activity Cell division E: Many biological processes involved in growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis include temporal regulation and coordination. 2nd. Nine Weeks Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes. Biology In Focus Unit 2: Ch. 10-18 Openstax Biology Unit 3: Ch. 11-16 Meiosis & genetic variation Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance Non-Mendelian Inheritance Human genetics Chromosomes Sex-linked inheritance Linked genes Genetic Disorders A: Heritable information provides for the continuity of life. B: Expression of genetic information involves cellular and molecular mechanisms. C: The processing of genetic information is imperfect and is a source of genetic variation. D: communicate by generating, transmitting, and receiving chemical signals.
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