BIO101

BIO101 — General Biology

Credit Units: 2Level: 100 LevelDepartment: PLANT BIOLOGY

Cell structure and organisation, functions of cellular organelles. characteristics and classification of living things. chromosomes, genes; their relationships and importance. General reproduction, interrelationships of organisms (competitions, parasitism, predation, symbiosis, commensalisms, mutualism, saprophytism). Heredity and evolution (introduction to Darwinism and Lamarkism, Mendelian laws, explanation of key genetic terms). Elements of ecology and types of habitat 30hrs (T), C