This course Fundamentals in biology is divided in 2 parts taught during the 1st and 2nd semester of CMB. In the first semester, we will give a presentation of the evolutionary theories that have founded modern biology (from Lamarck to Darwin), and a synthesis of the discoveries that have led to current concepts of molecular and cellular biology : the role of macromolecules in cell function (information transfer between DNA, RNA, proteins, regulation, etc.), heredity and cellular adaptation.
Below are some topics covered during the lectures :
- Information, evolution causes for living organisms
- Cellular information
- Epigenetics – phenomenons, information, adaptation, mechanisms