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