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1. About This Course
2. Course Contents at a Glance
3. I Need Help
4. An Introduction to Biology
5. Themes and Concepts of Biology
6. Study Guide: Process of Science
7. The Process of Science
8. Glossary
9. Study Guide: Life
10. Introduction
11. Activity: Build an Atom
12. Study Guide: Intro to Chemistry
13. The Building Blocks of Molecules
14. Video: That's Why Carbon Is a Tramp (Crash Course #1)
15. Water
16. Video: Water—Liquid Awesome (Crash Course #2)
17. Study Guide: Chemistry of Life
18. Biological Molecules
19. Homeostasis
20. Video: Biological Molecules—You Are What You Eat (Crash Course #3)
21. Study Guide: The Cell
22. Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
23. Eukaryotic Origins
24. Introduction
25. Plant Cell Structure
26. Animal Cell Structure
27. Eukaryotic Cells
28. Videos: Organelles
29. Video: Eukaryopolis—The City of Animal Cells (Crash Course #4)
30. Video: Plant Cells (Crash Course #6)
31. Study Guide: Cell Membrane
32. The Cell Membrane
33. Passive Transport
34. Active Transport
35. Video: In Da Club—Membranes and Transport (Crash Course #5)
36. Study Guide: Photosynthesis
37. Introduction
38. Overview of Photosynthesis
39. The Light-Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis
40. Video: Photosynthesis
41. Video: Photosynthesis (Crash Course #8)
42. Study Guide: Energy
43. The Calvin Cycle
44. Study Guide: Cellular Respiration
45. Introduction
46. Energy and Metabolism
47. Glycolysis
48. Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
49. Fermentation
50. Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
51. Videos: Cellular Respriation
52. Video: ATP & Respiration (Crash Course #7)
53. Video Lectures
54. Study Guide: Protein Synthesis
55. Introduction
56. The Genetic Code
57. Eukaryotic Transcription
58. Ribosomes and Protein Synthesis
59. Video: DNA Structure and Replication (Crash Course #10)
60. Videos: RNA
61. Introduction
62. The Genome
63. Study Guide: DNA Structure
64. Study Guide: DNA Replication
65. Video: DNA, Hot Pockets, & The Longest Word Ever (Crash Course #11)
66. Video: Chromosomes, Chromatids, Chromatin, etc.
67. Cell Division
68. Study Guide: Mitosis
69. Video: Mitosis—Splitting Up is Complicated (Crash Course #12)
70. Cell Cycle With Cyclins and Checkpoints
71. The Cell Cycle
72. Control of the Cell Cycle
73. Cancer and the Cell Cycle
74. Video: Cancer
75. Prokaryotic Cell Division
76. Study Guide: Meiosis
77. Introduction to Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
78. The Process of Meiosis
79. Sexual Reproduction
80. Video: Meiosis—Where the Sex Starts (Crash Course #13)
81. Study Guide: Mendelian Genetics
82. Introduction
83. Mendel’s Experiments and the Laws of Probability
84. Characteristics and Traits
85. Video: Punnett Square Fun
86. Laws of Inheritance
87. Study Guide: Chromosomal Inheritance
88. Study Guide: Non-Mendelian Genetics
89. Chromosomal Basis of Inherited Disorders
90. Video: Heredity (Crash Course #9)
91. StarGenetics
92. Introduction
93. Study Guide: Introduction to Evolution
94. Video: Natural Selection (Crash Course #14)
95. Population Genetics
96. Video: Population Genetics - When Darwin Met Mendel (Crash Course #18)
97. Study Guide: Mechanisms of Evolution
98. Population Evolution
99. Video: Evolution—It's a Thing (Crash Course #20)
100. Adaptive Evolution
101. Understanding Evolution
102. Reconnection and Rates of Speciation
103. Formation of New Species
104. The Evolutionary History of the Animal Kingdom
105. Animal Phylogeny
106. Video: Speciation—Of Ligers & Men (Crash Course #15)
107. Video: Evolutionary Development—Chicken Teeth (Crash Course #17)
Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.
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