Objectives

• IDENTIFY THE LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION AND EXPLAIN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

• DESCRIBE CELL STRUCTURE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• DISCUSS THE TYPES OF ORGANISMS RESEARCHED AND THE TYPES OF CELLS GROWN AND STUDIED IN BIOTECHNOLOGY FACILITIES PLUS THE PRODUCTS WITH WHICH THEY ARE ASSOCIATED

• DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE CELLULAR ORGANIZATION OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS

• LIST THE FOUR MAIN CLASSES OF MACROMOLECULES AND DESCRIBE THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

• DEFINE GENETIC ENGINEERING AND IDENTIFY PRODUCTS CREATED WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY • EXPLAIN THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF BIOLOGY AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN GENETIC ENGINEERING

Chapter 2 text material

2.1 Organisms and their components

2.2 Cellular organization and processes

2.3 The molecule of cells

2.4 The new biotechnology