Introduction to evolution and natural selection
(View Complete Item Description)Introduction to how groups of organisms evolve and how natural selection can lead to evolution.
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Introduction to heredity
(View Complete Item Description)Heredity and Classical Genetics. Dominant and recessive traits. Heterozygous and homozygous genotypes.
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Biology: Krebs / Citric Acid Cycle
(View Complete Item Description)This 18-minute video lesson provides an overview of the Krebs or Citric Acid Cycle. [Biology playlist: Lesson 25 of 71].
Material Type: Lecture
Biology: Myosin and Actin
(View Complete Item Description)This 10-minute video lesson shows how how myosin and actin interact to produce mechanical force. [Biology playlist: Lesson 47 of 71].
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Natural selection and the owl butterfly
(View Complete Item Description)How the "Owl Butterfly" may have gotten the spot on its wings.
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Biology: Neuronal Synapses (Chemical)
(View Complete Item Description)This 16-minute video lesson looks at how one neuron can stimulate (or inhibit) another neuron at a chemical synapse. [Biology playlist: Lesson 46 of 71].
Material Type: Lecture
Biology: Oxidation and Reduction in Cellular Respiration
(View Complete Item Description)This 17-minute video lesson looks at oxidation and reduction in cellular respiration. It Reconciles the biology and chemistry definitions of oxidation and reduction. [Biology playlist: Lesson 23 of 71].
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Biology: Oxidative Phosphorylation and Chemiosmosis
(View Complete Item Description)This 5-minute video lecture looks at oxidative phosphorylation and chemiosmosis (along with slight correction of previous video). [Biology playlist: Lesson 27 of 71].
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Biology: Phases of Meiosis
(View Complete Item Description)This 27-minute video lesson looks at the phases of Meiosis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 11 of 71].
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Biology: Phases of Mitosis
(View Complete Item Description)This 21-minute video explains the phases of mitosis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 10 of 71].
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Biology: Photorespiration
(View Complete Item Description)This 17-minute video lesson provides more detail on the Calvin Cycle and Photorespiration. [Biology playlist: Lesson 32 of 71].
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Biology: Photosynthesis
(View Complete Item Description)This 14-minute video lesson presents an overview of photosythesis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 28 of 71].
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Biology: Photosynthesis: Calvin Cycle
(View Complete Item Description)This 13-minute video lesson covers the Calvin Cycle or the light-independent (dark) reactions of photosythesis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 31 of 71].
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Biology: Professional Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) and MHC II Complexes
(View Complete Item Description)This 12-minute video lesson looks at how professional antigen presenting cells present parts of engulfed pathogens on MHC II complexes (major histocompatibility complexes). [Biology playlist: Lesson 54 of 71].
Material Type: Lecture
Worked example: Punnett squares
(View Complete Item Description)Learn how to use Punnett squares to calculate probabilities of different phenotypes. Includes worked examples of dihybrid crosses. independent assortment, incomplete dominance, codominance, and multiple alleles.
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Biology: Red blood cells
(View Complete Item Description)This 16-minute video looks at oxygen uptake by hemoglobin in red blood cells. [Biology playlist: Lesson 38 of 71].
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Biology: Role of Phagocytes in Innate or Nonspecific Immunity
(View Complete Item Description)This 16-minute video lesson looks at the role of phagocytes in innate or nonspecific immunity. It also discusses neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells. MHC II. [Biology playlist: Lesson 51 of 71].
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Biology: Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle Cells
(View Complete Item Description)This 15-minute video lesson looks at the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in controlling calcium ion concentrations within the muscle cell. [Biology playlist: Lesson 49 of 71].
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Biology: Secondary Active Transport in the Nephron
(View Complete Item Description)This 14-minute video lesson looks at secondary active transport in the Nephron. [Biology playlist: Lesson 60 of 71].
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Biology: Sex-Linked Traits
(View Complete Item Description)This 14-minute video lesson covers the chromosomal basis for gender and sex-linked traits. [Biology playlist: Lesson 17 of 71].
Material Type: Lecture