HSC Biology

Module 5: Heredity

• Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

• Internal and External Fertilisation

• Reproduction in Plants

• Reproduction in Fungi, Bacteria and Protists

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• DNA Structure

• DNA Replication

• Transcription and Translation

• Sources of Genetic Variation

• Mendelian Inheritance

• Non-Mendelian Inheritance

• Pedigrees and Family Inheritance

Module 6: Genetic Change

• Mutations and Their Causes

• Germ-Line and Somatic Mutations

• How Gene Pools Change

• Evolution as Change in Allele Frequency

• Artificial Insemination and Artificial Pollination

• Cloning

• Recombinant DNA Technology

• Genetic Technologies in Medicine

• Genetic Technologies in Agriculture

• Ethical Issues in Genetic Change

Module 7: Infectious Disease

• What Causes Infectious Disease?

• How Infectious Disease Spreads

• Koch’s Postulates

• Pasteur, Marshall and Warren

• Plant Responses to Pathogens

• Animal Responses to Pathogens

• Inflammation, Fever and Snot

• Innate Immunity

• Adaptive Immunity

• Memory Cells and Secondary Response

• Vaccination and Herd Immunity

• Antibiotics, Antivirals and Resistance

• Quarantine, Hygiene and Public Health

• Epidemiology and Disease Data

Module 8: Non-infectious Disease and Disorders

• Homeostasis

• Negative Feedback

• Thermoregulation in Animals

• Causes of Non-infectious Disease

• Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality

• Epidemiological Studies

• Public Health Campaigns

• Visual Disorders

• Technologies for Vision Disorders

• Hearing Disorders

• Technologies for Hearing Disorders

• Kidney Failure and Dialysis

• Genetic Technologies and Non-infectious Disease