Alert for students
This topic will not allow progression into second year Biology topics within the College of Science and Engineering.
Overview
This topic discusses how plants, animals and microbes control their internal activities at the biochemical, genetic and physiological level. Emphasis will be placed on the similarities between the different groups and on how they can be analysed.
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Aims
This topic aims to ensure that students have a basic understanding of the following:
- The cellular nature of life and the function of intracellular organelles
- The genetic systems of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- The nature of genetic information and how it is replicated, how it is expressed and how the expression is regulated
- How a multicellular organisms can develop from a single cell and how cells communicate in multicellular organisms
- How the intracellular environment is regulated and metabolic energy derived and utilised
- How the needs of organisms are met from their environment
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Describe the microscopic structure of cells
2.
Discuss the needs of organisms and how these are met from their environment
3.
Examine the nature and flow of genetic information
4.
Predict outcomes of simple Mendelian inheritance
5.
Analyse how cellular processes are regulated
6.
Explain how complex organisms develop from a single cell
7.
Develop and apply research skills to search, retrieve and interpret articles published in scientific journals
8.
Develop scientific skills including experimental design and data interpretation
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Requisites information
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