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11.1 Overview of photosynthesis
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11.2 The light-dependent reaction
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11.3 The light-independent reaction
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12.1 Glycolysis
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12.2 Link reaction and Krebs cycle
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12.3 Oxidative phosphorylation
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12.4 Anaerobic respiration
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13.1 Food chains and energy transfer
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13.2 Energy transfer and productivity
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13.3 Nutrient cycles
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13.4 Use of natural and artificial fertilisers
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13.5 Environmental issues concerning use of nitrogen-containing fertilisers
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14.1 Survival and response
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14.2 Plant growth factors
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14.3 A reflex arc
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14.4 Receptors
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14.5 Control of heart rate
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15.1 Neurones and nervous coordination
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15.2 The nerve impulse
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15.3 Passage of an action potential
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15.4 Speed of the nerve impulse
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15.5 Structure and function of synapses
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15.6 Transmission across a synapse
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15.7 Structure of skeletal muscle
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15.8 Contraction of skeletal muscle
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16.1 Principles of homeostasis
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16.2 Feedback mechanisms
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16.3 Hormones and the regulation of blood glucose concentration
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16.4 Diabetes and its control
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16.5 Control of blood water potential - structure of the nephron
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16.6 Role of the nephron in osmoregulation
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16.7 The role of hormones in osmoregulation
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17.1 Studying inheritance
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17.2 Monohybrid inheritance
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17.3 Probability and genetic crosses
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17.4 Dihybrid inheritance
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17.5 Codominance and multiple alleles
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17.6 Sex-linkage
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17.7 Autosomal linkage
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17.8 Epistasis
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17.9 The chi-squared (x^2) test
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18.1 Population genetics
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18.2 Variations in phenotypes
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18.3 Natural selection
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18.4 Effects of different forums of selection on evolution
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18.5 Isolation and speciation
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19.1 Populations in ecosystems
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19.2 Variation in population size
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19.3 Competition
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19.4 Predation
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19.5 Investigating populations
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19.6 Succession
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19.7 Conservation of habitats
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20.1 Gene mutations
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20.2 Stem cells and totipotency
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20.3 Regulation of transcription and translation
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20.4 Epigenetic control of gene expression
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20.5 Gene expression and cancer
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20.6 Genome projects
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21.1 Producing DNA fragments
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21.2 In vivo gene cloning - the use of vectors
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21.3 In vitro gene cloning - the polymerase chain reaction
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21.4 Locating genes, genetic screening and counselling
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21.5 Genetic fingerprinting
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