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Biology
FCH-BC_BIOEAcad. year: 2021/2022
Characteristics of living systems. The chemical building blocks of life, bioelements and biomolecules. Biology of the cell, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure, energetics, catabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, citric acid cycle, oxidative respiration, genes and how they work, membrane transport, cell communication, cell cycle and differentiation. Reproduction and heredity, Mendel's laws, gene linkage, sex linkage, polygene genetics, population genetics, gene technology and biotechnology. Evolution, the origin of living systems, mechanisms of living systems evolution, the origin of species. Three life domains on the Earth, phylogenetic tree, classification of living things.
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Week 2: Chemical building block of life - biopolymers. Prokaryotic cell structure.
Week 3: Eukaryotic cell structure. Bioenergetics.
Week 4: Catabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Citric acid cycle and oxidative respiration.
Week 5: Photosynthesis. Genes and how they work.
Week 6: Translation, regulation of gene expression.
Week 7: Membrane transport. Transport and distribution of substances inside the cells. Cell communication.
Week 8: Cell communication. Cell cycle and differentiation.
Week 9: Basic genetics concepts. Mendel´s laws, gene linkage, sex linkage, epigenetic heredity.
Week 10: Polygene genetics, population genetics, gene technology and biotechnology.
Week 11: The origin of life, evolution of living systems.
Week 12: Three life domains on the Earth, phylogenetic tree.
Week 13: Classification of living systems.
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Basic literature
Alberts, B. a kol. Základy buněčné biologie. Espero Publishing, Ústí nad Labem 2000. (CS)
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Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPCP_AAEFCH Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_AAEFCH Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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Elearning