Chemistry of Biology - Carbon is 4 Ever
"Carbon is 4 Ever is an interactive site that explores different aspects of Organic Chemistry." Click on "visit site".
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=4142&team_id=C005377
(Added: Fri Mar 19 2004)
- IUPAC Nomenclature
A good explanation of standard nomenclature for naming organic compounds, from Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature
(Added: Fri Apr 22 2005)
Cell Theory - Cellular Organization.
A great site– lots of colorized micrographs, diagrams, information.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookCELL2.html
(Added: Wed May 29 2002)
- The Biology Project: Cell Biology.
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial. A discussion of the 6 kingdoms, and the basic functions of the eukaryotic cell organelles.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/main.html
(Added: Wed May 29 2002)
DNA - DNA Structure
From MIT, with links to more information.
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/lm/nucleicacids/dna.html
(Added: Sat Jan 26 2002)
Cellular Organelles - Structure and Function of Organelles
MIT site showing and describing cellular parts. Quite detailed with many links.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/course/other/esgbio/www/cb/org/organelles.html
(Added: Tue Jun 11 2002)
The Cell Membrane Cellular Respiration - Cellular Respiration.
More text and graphics regarding aerobic respiration. Also information on mitochondrial DNA.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html
(Added: Wed May 29 2002)
- Animation of ATP Synthesis in Mitochondria
From the University of Connecticut, this helpful animation depicts the generation of ATP by the electron transport system.
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ATPmito.html
(Added: Fri Jun 24 2005)
- Basic Concepts of Metabolism
Learn more about the basics of cell carbohydrate metabolism in "The Totality of Chemical Reactions of Living Matter." At this site, the user can find information about catabolism and anabolism, autotrophic and heterotrophic pathways, and redox reactions.
http://www.blc.arizona.edu/interactive/metabolism2.95/metabolism.html
(Added: Tue Jun 11 2002)
- Cellular Respiration
http://auth.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/olc_linkedcontent/mader07b/mader07b_weblinks-08.htm
(Added: Mon Sep 09 2002)
- Electron Transport
A simple, yet useful diagram showing the locations of the Krebs cycle and electron transport.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/eltrans.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry
This site has both a 3-D and a 2-D version that show the molecules and reactions in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, Krebs citric acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, and polysaccharide paths.
http://www.gwu.edu/~mpb/
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
Aerobic Respiration - Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle
This MIT hypertextbook has links to sites with information on glycolysis and the Krebs cycle.
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/glycolysis/dir.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
Photosynthesis - Introduction to Photosynthesis
This site contains a thorough treatment of the topic and includes the evolution and discovery of photosynthesis, the light and dark reactions, and chloroplast structure, illustrated with diagrams and formulas.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/course/other/esgbio/www/ps/intro.html
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
- Alternate Modes of Photosynthesis
Other approaches to energy production, C3 and C4 comparisons, lithotrophs, and methanogens are discussed.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/course/other/esgbio/www/ps/other.html
(Added: Mon Sep 09 2002)
- Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, some bacteria, and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar.
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html
(Added: Thu Jun 13 2002)
- Photosynthesis Directory
MIT hosts this thorough site that includes much information about photosynthesis.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/course/other/esgbio/www/ps/psdir.html
(Added: Mon Sep 09 2002)
Classification and Phylogeny of Animals - Carol Linnaeus
Information on the life of this famous early taxonomist.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- Glossary
Definitions of terms related to taxonomy.
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/glossary.htm
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- Introduction to Phylogeny
This site is great! It is part of a virtual museum from the University of California, Berkley. It is a bit confusing to navigate at first, but nevertheless provides much information and some nice images. Within most taxa, you can click to learn more about a group's fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, or morphology. Includes just about all organisms. Help files, glossary, and a navigating tool called Web Lift are available.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- Species 2000
To goal of this organization is to provide a uniform and validated index of names of all known species of organisms.
http://www.sp2000.org
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- The Tree of Life
This site is a must-see for anyone interested in information on the classification and phylogeny of animals. Its navigator provides the ability to search for phylogenetic information on a wide range of animal groups. It provides links to much biological information on the web.
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
(Added: Wed Jun 12 2002)
Methods of Classification - Haeckel's Drawings
A reevaluation of Haeckel's "phylotypic" stages.
http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/evo5.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- Journey into the World of Cladistics
This site includes an introduction, a discussion of methodology, implication, and the need for cladistics.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
- What is Cladistics
A short but informative introduction to cladistics.
http://fossilnews.com/1996/cladistics.html
(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)
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