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Contents

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