Biology

Hi guys, welcome to my blog and I hope this few notes on Biology will really help you to write which ever exams you which to undertake! especially to those of the GCE in Cameroon.


Biochemistry

• Chemical Bonds
• Water
• Functional Groups
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Enzymes

Cells

• Cell Theory
• Animal Cell Structure
• Plant Cell Structure
• Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
• Cell Transport

Cellular Respiration

• General Equation
• Structure of Mitochondria
• Glycolysis
• The Krebs Cycle
• Electron Transport System
• Anaerobic Respiration

Photosynthesis

• General Equation
• Structure of Chloroplast
• Light (Hill) Reactions
• Dark (Calvin-Benson) Reactions
• Photorespiration
• C4 Carbon Fixation
• CAM Pathway

Cell Division

• Structure of a Chromosome
• Cell Cycle
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Mitosis vs. Meiosis

Heredity

• Mendel's Principles
• Genes and Alleles
• Monohybrid Crosses
• Test Crosses
• Dihybrid Crosses
• Single Dominance
• Incomplete Dominance
• Multiple Alleles
• Epistasis
• Pleiotropy
• Polygenic Inheritance
• Linked Genes
• Sex-Linked Inheritance
• X-Inactivation
• Nondisjunction
• Human Genetic Defects

Molecular Genetics

• Experiments
• Structure of DNA
• Structure of RNA
• DNA Replication
• Mutations
• Protein Synthesis
• Operon Theory
• DNA Organization
• Recombinant DNA

Evolution

• Early Evolutionists
• Darwin's Theory
• Microevolution and Macroevolution
• Evidence for Evolution
• Sources of Variation
• Genetic (Hardy-Weinberg) Equilibrium
• Agents of Change
• Natural Selection
• Speciation
• Reproductive Isolation
• Patterns of Evolution

The Five Kingdoms

• Taxonomy
• Kingdom Monera
• Kingdom Protista
• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia

Plants

• Plant Tissues
• Structure of Leaves
• Structure of Stems
• Transport of Water
• Transport of Sugars
• Plant Reproduction

Animals

• Phylum Porifera
• Phylum Cnidaria
• Phylum Platyhelminthes
• Phylum Nematoda
• Phylum Annelida
• Phylum Mollusca
• Phylum Echinodermata
• Phylum Arthropoda
• Phylum Chordata

Anatomical Drawings

• The Human Brain
• The Neuron
• The Eye
• The Heart