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1、Course OutlineOfCell Biology &Essential BiologyDepartment of BiologyZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat-sen University2007-3-16Course name: Cell Biology & Essential BiologyCourse Character: A required courseCourse Attribute: Basic Medical CourseClass hours and Credit: 75 hours, credit: 4; School beg
2、ins: 1st Grade 1nd Semester Subject for: Undergraduate of medical student (MBBS Student)Editor: Xiao Yong-qing Check: Wang Bo Teaching Object:Part I: Essential Biology Text : Essential Biology, by Neil. Campbell and Jane B. Reece (Higher Education Press, PRC & Person Education, 2003)Unit one CellThi
3、s section will be introduced in detail in part IIUnit two GeneticsThis section will be learned by students themselves Unit Three EvolutionChapter 12 How population evolveTo grasp firmly Darwins natural selection basics; The modern synthesis Darwinism；Mechanism of microevolution To grasp generallyEvi
4、dence of evolution To skim over Darwinian medicineChapter 13 how biological diversity evolvesTo grasp firmly Macroevolution; Biological species concept; Reproductive barriers between species; Mechanisms of speciation; Punctuated equilibrium; Exaptation; Paedomorphosis; Binomial and hierarchical clas
5、sification; To grasp generally Two patterns of speciation; The tempo of speciation; The evolution of biological novelty; Development and evolutionary novelty; Earth history and macroevolution; Continental drift and macroevolution; Mass extinctions and explosive diversifications of life; Classificati
6、on and phylogeny; To skim over Evolution linkChapter 14 the evolution of microbial lifeTo grasp firmly A four-stage hypothesis for the origin of life; the origin of eukaryotic cells; The nutritional diversity of prokaryotes; The diversity of protists To grasp generally The paradox between spontaneou
7、s generation and biogenesis; Major episodes in the history of life; The two main branches of prokaryotes; The structure, function, and reproduction of prokaryotes; The ecological impact of prokaryotes; To skim over From chemical evolution to Darwinian evolution; The origin of multi-cellular life Cha
8、pter 15 Plants, Fungi, and the move on to landTo grasp firmly Highlights of plant evolution; Characteristics of fungi; The ecological impact of fungi; Terrestrial adaptations of plants; To grasp generally The origin of plants from green algae; Plant diversityTo skim over Mutual symbiosisChapter 16 t
9、he evolution of animalsTo grasp firmly Animal phylogeny; The human ancestry To grasp generally Early animals and the Cambrian explosion; Major invertebrate phyla; The vertebrate genealogy; To skim over Earths new crisis Unit Four EcologyChapter 17 The Biosphere: earths diverse environmentsTo grasp f
10、irmly The concept of ecology; A hierarchy of interactions in ecosystem; terrestrial biomes; Aquatic biomes; Ecology and evolutionary adaptation; To grasp generally; abiotic factors of the biosphere; To skim over Ecology and environmentalism; evolution linkChapter 18 Population Ecology To grasp firml
11、y The Concept of population ecology; The structure and growth of populations; Age structure; Life history and their evolution To grasp generally Human population growth; To skim over Evolution link Community Ecology Chapter 19 Community EcologyTo grasp firmly Interspecific interactions in communitie
12、s; Disturbance of communities; To grasp generally Key properties of communities; Human impact on biological communities; To skim over Evolution LinkChapter 20 Ecosystems and conservation biologyTo grasp firmly The trophic structure of ecosystems; energy flow in ecosystems; The biodiversity crisis; C
13、oncept of conservation biology; To grasp generally Ecosystem dynamics; Human impact on ecosystems; Conservation biologyTo skim over Chemical cycles in ecosystems; Biophilia and an environmental ethicPart II: Cell BiologyText: Cell and Molecular Biology, 4th Edition, by Gerald Karp et al (Higher educ
14、ation press, PRC by authorized, 2006) 1 Introduction to the study of cell biologyThe contents in 1.4 will be learned by students themselvesTo grasp firmly Two fundamentally different classes of cells To grasp generally The discovery of cells; Basic properties of cells;2 The chemical basis of lifeThe
15、 contents in 2.1-2.4 will be learned by students themselves To grasp firmly Four types of biological molecules3 Bioenergetics, enzymes, and metabolismThis section will be learned by students themselves4 The structure of function of the plasma membraneThe contents in4.8 and “The energetics of solute movement”, will be learned by students themselvesTo grasp firmly An overview of membrane functions; The chemical composition of membranes; The structures and functions
