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A. Land and waterscapes
A1. Western Ghats
A1.1 Introduction to the Western Ghats
A1.2 Scientific Discoveries
A1.3 Plant and Animal distribution across the Western Ghats
A1.4 Commons: many takers of the Kudremukh National Park
A1.5 Quiz
A1.6 References
A2. Waterscapes of India
A2.1 Introduction
A2.2 Why does land harbour more diversity than water?
A2.3 Why do organisms live where they do?
A2.4 The water cycle and fresh water bodies
A2.5 Changes in aquatic communities in a river
A2.6 Has human activity altered fish distribution?
A2.7 Crossing the salt barrier
A2.8 Quiz
A2.9 References
A3. Urbanscapes
A3.1 Introduction
A3.2 Urban ecosystems
A3.3 Adapting to the city
A3.4 City and public health
A3.5 Nature relatedness
A3.6 Quiz
A3.7 References
B. Human health
B1. Malaria
B1.1 Introduction
B1.2 Process and History of Science
B1.3 Preventing malaria
B1.4 Scientific tools
B1.5 Quiz
B1.6 References
B2. Rotavirus
B2.1 Introduction
B2.2 Rotavirus: double stranded RNA virus
B2.3 How do we use model systems (including cell lines) to study Rotavirus?
B2.4 Team work – team science in developing the vaccine
B2.5 Interpreting epidemiological data based on rotavirus
B2.6 Quiz
B2.7 References
C. Food and agriculture
C1. Rice
C1.1 Introduction
C1.2 The green revolution
C1.3 Evolution
C1.4 Domestication of rice
C1.5 Categorisation of rice varieties
C1.6 White rice and diabetes
C1.7 Quiz
C1.8 References
C2. Cotton
C2.1 Introduction
C2.2 Brief history of cotton growing in India
C2.3 Agro-botany of cotton
C2.4 Genetic improvements to cotton
C2.5 Genetic improvements in cotton: producing Bt cotton
C2.6 Impact of Bt cotton in India
C2.7 Quiz
C2.8 References
D. Interactions between organisms
D1. Feline Fables
D1.1 Introduction
D1.2 Biogeography of felids
D1.3 Territoriality and home range: how do cats coexist?
D1.4 Cats are rare and elusive: population estimation of felids
D1.5 Doing science with the help of citizens: does citizen science always work?
D1.6 Why conserve? Human–wildlife conflict and cooperation
D1.7 Quiz
D1.8 References
D2. Figs
D2.1 Introduction
D2.2 Biology of the fig and the fig wasp
D2.3 Studying figs as keystone species
D2.4 The syconium as a closed ecosystem
D2.5 Are fig eaters effective seed dispersers?
D2.6 Science communication
D2.7 Quiz
D2.8 References
D3. The Kingdom of Fungi
D3.1 Introduction
D3.2 Fungal Life Cycle and Ecology
D3.3 Fungal Biodiversity
D3.4 Harnessing Fungal Biodiversity
D3.5 Fungal Diseases
D3.6 Quiz
D3.7 References
Primers
I. Numbers and scales in biology
I.1 Introduction
I.2 Length and Time Scales in Biology
I.3 Logarithms
I.4 Allometry
II. Gene expression
II.1 Introduction
II.2 The central dogma
II.3 Gene regulation
II.4 Adding to the central dogma
III. Molecular biology techniques
III.1 Introduction
III.2 Restriction enzymes
III.3 Plasmids
III.4 Gel electrophoresis
III.5 Polymerase chain reaction for amplifying DNA
III.6 Current status and the future
IV. Evolution
IV.1 Introduction
IV.2 What is evolution?
IV.3 What is natural selection?
IV.4 What is genetic drift?
IV.5 What is artificial selection? How is it different from natural selection?
IV.6 How are new species formed?
IV.7 What are phylogenetic trees and how do we read them?
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