Book Title: Introduction to Molecular Biology
Subtitle: For use in BIOL-L211 Indiana University Bloomington.
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Book Description: Introduction to Molecular Biology is a textbook curated from open-source materials for BIOL-L211- a core course required for students majoring in biology at Indiana University Bloomington. Students enrolled in this course have completed college-level introductory biology and chemistry. The text is tailored for a flipped/hybrid format and serves as the primary source of learning material before a class meeting. Following Universal Design for Learning principles, multiple means of representation are provided for students to engage with the content. The textbook includes links to lecture videos, other digital content, resources for extended learning, and interactive self-check exercises. Concepts in Context are interwoven within the text and provide students an opportunity to see the application of molecular biology principles even when not apparent! This document is intended to be a living text and will be updated organically as time permits. Planned updates include the addition of chapters on common topics not included in the current version.I welcome offers for collaboration, comments, critiques, and requests for access to problems and learning activities used in class. Please reach out at sapmehta@iu.edu
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Introduction to Molecular Biology is a textbook curated from open-source materials for the second core course (BIOL-L211) for students who major in biology at Indiana University Bloomington. Students enrolled in this course have completed college-level introductory biology and chemistry. The text is tailored for a flipped/hybrid format and serves as the source of learning material before a class meeting. Following Universal Design for Learning principles, multiple means of representation are provided for students to engage with the content. The textbook includes links to lecture videos, other digital content, resources for extended learning, and interactive self-check exercises. Students get introduced to “Concepts in Context” or “Molecular Biology in the news” as part of the course content. The current version of the book includes chapters on the Structure and Function of Proteins and DNA, DNA replication, Transcription, and Translation. There is an intentional simplification of specific topics and a deliberate omission of gene/protein names for some processes.
This document is a living text and will be updated organically as time permits. Planned updates include the addition of chapters on common topics not included currently, more interactive exercises, and suggestions for case study teaching using molecular biology in the news examples.
I welcome offers for collaboration, comments, critiques, and requests for access to problems and learning activities used in class. Please reach out at sapmehta@iu.edu.
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Introduction to Molecular Biology Copyright © by Sapna Mehta is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Introduction to Molecular Biology Copyright © by Sapna Mehta is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This book was written, compiled and curated from Creative Commons with Attribution Licenses. Chapter level licenses are provided. Many of the resources are under the CC-BY-NC-SA and therefore reproduction of any of the material in this book should take into consideration the original source.