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University Biology — Year 2

The second university year: microbes and their metabolism, meiosis and heredity, reproduction and development in plants and animals, circulation and the heart, cell signalling, neurons and muscle, population genetics, speciation and phylogenetic trees, through to biogeochemical cycles, living soils and global change.

Bachelor Year 2 (Age 19–20)

  1. 1 Diversity of Unicellular Organisms 12 solved exercises
  2. 2 Microbial Metabolism and Biofilms 12 solved exercises
  3. 3 Mutations and Genome Diversification 12 solved exercises
  4. 4 Meiosis, Genetic Mixing and Heredity 12 solved exercises
  5. 5 Life Cycles and Reproduction of Land Plants 12 solved exercises
  6. 6 Sexual Reproduction of Flowering Plants 12 solved exercises
  7. 7 Asexual Reproduction and Cloning in Plants 12 solved exercises
  8. 8 Sexual Reproduction of Mammals 12 solved exercises
  9. 9 Hormonal Control of Reproduction 12 solved exercises
  10. 10 Embryonic Development of Vertebrates 12 solved exercises
  11. 11 Organogenesis: Building the Tetrapod Limb 12 solved exercises
  12. 12 Cell Differentiation: The Skeletal Muscle Cell 12 solved exercises
  13. 13 Plant Vegetative Development: Meristems and Growth 12 solved exercises
  14. 14 Reproductive Development and Flowering Control 12 solved exercises
  15. 15 Plant Adaptations and Phenotypic Plasticity 12 solved exercises
  16. 16 Blood and the Circulatory System 12 solved exercises
  17. 17 The Heart and the Cardiac Cycle 12 solved exercises
  18. 18 Regulation of Blood Pressure and Exercise 12 solved exercises
  19. 19 Chemical Messengers and Signal Transduction 12 solved exercises
  20. 20 Neurons, Action Potentials and Synapses 12 solved exercises
  21. 21 Muscle Contraction and Motor Function 12 solved exercises
  22. 22 Population Genetics and Natural Selection 12 solved exercises
  23. 23 Speciation and Macroevolution 12 solved exercises
  24. 24 Phylogenetic Trees and the Molecular Clock 12 solved exercises
  25. 25 Biogeochemical Cycles 12 solved exercises
  26. 26 The Living Soil 12 solved exercises
  27. 27 Global Change and the Biosphere 12 solved exercises

27 chapters — 27 online so far, and more publishing regularly. The complete book is already available as a free PDF you can read online.