Friday, September 4, 2009

Introduction to Some Biologically Important Molecules



It is difficult to talk about some parts of biology without understanding some basic biochemistry.

Readings

Learn.Genetics. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

This website, from the University of Utah, contains some great information. In particular, you should check out the sections on "Tour the Basics" and "Amazing Cells".

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course a fully engaged students should be able to

- define inportant chemical terms including, but not limited to, polymer, protein, amino acid, nucleic acids, nucleotides, purines, pyrimidines, fatty acids

- disucss the biologically important polymers and identify the sub-units of each of these polymers

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