IB Biology Option B: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
OSC Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910689-07-3 (ISBN)
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This Guide aids preparation for IBDP Biology Paper 3: Option B: Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. Reviewing all SL and HL topics, it builds understanding, highlights essential information, and develops the skills required for success in the exam. Coverage includes: microbiology: organisms in industry; biotechnology in agriculture; environmental protection; medicine; and bioinformatics. Key features:concise definitions of important terms and concepts; clearly labelled diagrams that are easy toreproduce in exams; and practice questions and self-test quizzes.
Ashby Merson-Davies has been teaching IB Biology since 1978. He taught at Sevenoaks School, UK, for 37 years and has taught revision in many places around the world since 1990, helping hundreds of IB Biology students to reach their full potential. He wrote one of the very first OSC Publishing Study & Revision Guides and has steadily expanded and updated the series since 2002.
B1 Microbiology: Organisms in Industry
Microorganisms
Industrial Fermentation using Microorganisms
Two Approaches to Industrial Fermentation
Pathway Engineering
Biogas
Gram staining
Experimental Investigation with Bactericides
Self-test Quiz
B2 Biotechnology in Agriculture
Transgenic Organisms
Overcoming Environmental Resistance in Crops
Example 1 - glyphosate tolerant soybean (GT soybean)
Example 2 - drought tolerant maize
Example 3 - Bt cotton
Environmental Impact of Glyphosate Tolerant (GT) Soybeans
Controlling Expression of the Glyphosate Tolerant (GT) Gene
Novel Products in Crop Plants
Open Reading Frame - ORF
Bioinformatics has a Role in Identifying Target Genes
Recombinant DNA
Transferring DNA to Form a Genetically Modified Plant
Market Genes
Self-test Quiz
B3 Environmental Protection
Dealing with Pollution Incidents
Examples
Biofilms
Quorum Sensing in Biofilms
Resistance of Biofilms
Controlling Biofilms
Biofilms in Trickle Filter Beds
Self-test Quiz
B4 Medicine
Dealing with infections
AHL only
Genetic Markers
Making use of Genetic Markers
DNA Microarrays
Analysis of a Microarray for Cancer Genes
Tracking Experiments - Principles
Tracking using Transferrin
Biopharming
Producing Human Antithrombin hAT-III
Viral Vectors in Gene Therapy
SCID
Gene Therapy to Treat SCID
Self-test quiz
B5 Bioinformatics
BLAST Searches
Sequence Alignment
Using Model Organisms to Study Gene Function
Knockout Technology
EST - Expressed Sequence Tag
Exploring Human Chromosome 21
Building a Phylogenetic Tree using ClustalX
Self-test Quiz
Appendix
Glossary
Answers to Grey Box Questions
Answers to Self-test quizzes
Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.06.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 297 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910689-07-6 / 1910689076 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910689-07-3 / 9781910689073 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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