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1. The kidney: excretion and osmoregulation

2. The essential guide to photosynthesis

3. Which stats test should I use?

4. Structure to function in eukaryotic cell

5. An idiot’s guide to populations

6. Tackling data interpretation questions I: ecology

7. Comparing transport in plants and animals

8. The cell surface membrane

9. Oxygen dissociation curves

10. Biology of freshwater pollution

11. Ecological succession

12. Respiration

13. Genetic engineering

14. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification

15. The greenhouse effect

16. Flow of energy through ecosystems

17. The control of body temperature

18. The nitrogen cycle

19. Plant tissues

20. Nerves and synapses

21. Support in plants and animals

22. Protein synthesis: I nucleic acids

23. Genetics made simple: I

24. Human digestion

B Factsheetio25. Tackling data interpretation questions II: photosynthesis

26. Gas exchange in animals

27. Biological effect of deforestation

28. Feedback control mechanisms

29. Plant and animal adaptations to dry environments

30. The biological importance of water

31. Enzyme control of metabolic pathways

32. Viruses made simple

33. Fermentation made simple

34. Species diversity

35. Structure and function of the mammalian heart

36. Structure and function of blood and lymph

37. Ischaemic (Coronary) heart disease

38. Animal hormones and hormone action

39. Carbohydrates: revision summary

40. Disease and defence

41. The role of the liver in homoeostasis

42. The structure and function of lipids

43. Factors affecting enzyme activity

44. Evolution

45. Gene expression

46. Muscles

47. The economic importance of enzymes

48. Tackling exam questions: plant growth substances

B Factsheetio49. Protein synthesis II - mechanisms

50. Sources of genetic variation

51. Gene therapy

52. Data interpretation questions: temperature regulation

53. Parasites

54. Water potential

55. Effect of light on living organisms

56. Autonomic nervous system

57. Oestrous cycles

58. Reflex action

59. Excretion

60. Minerals in plants and animals

61. Chloroplasts and mitochondria

62. Animal tissues I: epithelia and blood

63. Pigments in plants

64. Transpiration

65. Conservation

66. The physiology of exercise

67. Modern techniques in biology: genetics

68. Fieldwork techniques

69. Genetic engineering in agriculture

70. Microbes in the food and drink industry

71. The control of bacteria

72. Sewage treatment

B Factsheetio73. The prokaryotic cell

74. The structure and biological functions of lipids

75. Microscopes and their uses in biology

76. The eukaryotic cell cycle and mitosis

77. Hypothesis tests & Mann-Whitney U-test

78. Chemical bonding in biological molecules

79. The chi-squared test for goodness of fit

80. Structure and biological functions of proteins

81. Gas exchange in plants

82. Transport in flowering plants

83. Chromatography and its uses in biology

84. Xerophytes and hydrophytes

85. The paired t-test & when to use it

86. Human Genome Project (HGP)

87. The biology of fertilizers

88. The biology of pesticides

89. Tissue fluid

90. Answering questions on nutrient cycles

B Factsheetio91. Taxonomy and classification

92. Isolation mechanisms

93. The ABO blood group system

94. Gene mutations

95. Asexual reproduction

96. Pollination

97 A guide to sex linkage

98. Indicator species

99. Vaccines

100. Antibiotics & antibiotic resistance

101. The brain

102. Growth and its measurement

103. Practical techniques in microbiology I: culturing bacteria

104. Biological basis of cancer

105. Manipulation and control of reproduction

106. Ethical issues in A-level biology

107. Answering exam questions - cells

108. Water movement across the root

B Factsheetio109. Eyes

110. Genetic disease in humans

111. Plant growth substances

112. Monoclonal antibodies

113. Adaptations of carnivores & herbivores to their Diet

114. Practical techniques microbiology II: measuring growth

115. Answering examination questions:genetics

116. Transport mechanisms in cells

117. Fertilisation and seed production in flowering plants

118. Germination

119. Biogas

120. The chi-squared test for association

121. Artificial cloning techniques

122. Answering exam questions on statistics

123. Innate behaviour

124. Saprobiontic and parasitic modes of life

125. Harvesting from a natural ecosystem - fisheries

126. Natural vs agricultural ecosystems

B Factsheetio127. Analysing students’ wrong answers1: ecology

128. Active transport in humans

129. ATP – what it is, what it does

130. Investigating catalase

131. Niches

132. Phloem

133. Comparing chemical communication in plants and animals

134. Cystic fibrosis

135. Transport across the placenta

136. Practical investigations for photosynthesis

137. GM farm scale evaluation trials

138. Biological oxygen demand

139. Answering exam questions on the heart

140. Absorption in the small Intestine

141. Forests and nutrient cycles

142. Modern examples of evolution in action

143. Data interpretation questions: vitamins

144. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient

B Factsheetio145. Blood sugar and its control

146. Tracheids, vessels and sieve tubes

147. Ageing

148. Industrial uses of enzymes

149. High altitude biology

150. Answering exam questions on the kidney

151. Control of the human heart

152. Phospholipids

153. The light dependent stage of photosynthesis

154. Zonation and succession

155. Answering exam questions on neurones and synapses

156. Dominant and recessive alleles

157. Diabetes - management or cure?

158. Answering questions: growth of organisms

159. The structure and function of polysaccharides

B Factsheetio160. Countercurrent flow in biology

161. Negative feedback mechanisms

162. The biology of HIV

163. Answering questions: enzyme activity

164. Recording plant species

165. Surface area and volume

166. Answering exam questions: kidney problems

167. Biosensors

168. Gamete formation in animals

169. Answering exam questions on immunity and vaccines

170. Answering exam questions: classification and keys

171. Answering exam questions: the formation and drainage of lymph

172. Answering exam questions on respiration

173. How to identify foods: food tests and chromatography

174. Learned behaviour

B Factsheetio175. Haemoglobin: structure & function

176. Penicillin production and use

177. Nitrogen fixation

178. Infectious diseases

179. Answering exam questions: mutation

180. Antibiotic use and the rise of Clostridium difficile

181. Why are viruses so successful?

182. Disrupting food chains and webs

183. Variations from expected Mendelian monohybrid ratios

184. Investigating sand dunes

185. Should we use human – animal embryos?

186. Adaptations to extreme conditions

187. Selective breeding of cattle

188. Cholesterol, heart disease and Statins

189. The biological impacts of climate change

B Factsheetio190. Neuromuscular junctions

191. What have we learned from Darwin’s finches?

192. Investigating weeds and crop yield

193. The biology of TB

194. Tissue and organ transplants

195. Biology of infertility

196. Pesticide problems

197. Biology of coral reef ecosystems

198. Chloroplasts – structure and function

199. Answering questions on fisheries biology

200. The biology of bird flu

201. Humans: evolution or creation ?

202. The biology of MDMA (Ecstasy)

203. Climate change and ecological decoupling

204. Ethical issues in biology: BST

B Factsheetio205. How Science Works: What do we know about vitamin C?

206. Malaria

207. How science works: Meselson and Stahl’s classic experiment

208. Captive breeding and the role of zoos

209. How science works: clinical trials and ethics

210. The biology of Cholera

211. Hardy Weinberg and population genetics

212. Medical imaging

213. Animals in medical research

214. Exercise: too much or Too little?

215. Genetic testing and screening

216. The biology of salmonella

217. Answering exam questions: diabetes

218. Biology of risk factors 1: Smoking

219. Monoclonal Antibodies: An update

B Factsheetio220. Biology of risk factors 2: alcohol consumption

221 Apoptosis

222. Coenzymes

223. Chemiosmosis

224. Why we need biodiversity: medicine

225. Synoptic biology: water potential

226. The herpes simplex virus and Alzheimer’s disease

227. RuBP carboxylase – the most important enzyme on the planet?

228. Biology of risk factors 3: neural tube defects and folic acid

229. Huntington’s disease

230. Accuracy, validity and reliability

231. How science works: should I eat lots of fibre to avoid colon cancer?

232. The biology of a nail in the foot

233. Conservation techniques: coppicing

234. Electrocardiograms (ECGs)

B Factsheetio235. Tackling bacterial resistance

236 Body Mass Index as a health predictor

237. Mitosis vs meiosis

238. Stem cells: research, potential, and the law

239. The biology of twins

240. Malaria vaccine

241. Territorial biology

242. Forensic entomology

243. The biology of breast cancer

244. Managing nature reserves

245. Biology of sports training

246. Oral vaccines

247. Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

248. Schistosoma

249. Species’ range of tolerance

B Factsheetio250. Using DNA to solve crimes

251. Answering exam questions: taxonomy and phylogeny

252. Is human evolution finally over?

253. The biology of cheating at sport

254. Biology of asthma

255. The biology of paternity testing

256. How science works: What’s killing the honey bees?

257. Investigating periwinkles

258. Biology of cereals 1: Sorghum, a C4 plant

259. Maternity biology

260. Aquatic predator-prey relationships

261. Investigating soil trampling

262. Medical uses of ultrasound

263. The Biology of prostate cancer

264. The return of rickets

B Factsheetio265. Evidence for evolution: The pentadactyl limb

266. Bad clots: deep vein thrombosis

267. How science works: investigating probiotics

268. The biology of skin cancer

269. Eradicating mosquitoes via GM

270. Rods and cones

271. The myth of “junk” DNA

272. Artificial hearts and heart transplants

273. Ethical issues in biology: assisted fertility

274. Lemming population cycles & climate change

275. The founder effect, genetic drift & bottlenecks

276. Should we cull the geese?

277. Project frozen dumbo: elephant sperm banks

278. Enzymes and activation energy

279. Is Earth the only living planet?

B Factsheetio280. Are isotonic drinks a waste of time?

281. Collagen

282. What can mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tell us?

283. Why we need dietary fibre

284. Engelmann, absorption and action

285. Using our knowledge of the Human Genome Project

286. Thermoregulation in humans

287. Re-emergence of whooping cough

288. Hen harriers v Red grouse: a moorland management conflict

289. New research in Alzheimer’s disease

290. Answering exam questions: blood groups and transfusions

291. Answering questions on DNA replication

292. Investigating selective pressure on banded snails

293. Synoptic biology: causes & treatment of leukaemia

294. Do we still need vegetative propogation?

B Factsheetio295. Ebola

296. Diesel fumes, asthma and cancer on Oxford St

297. If extinction is natural, why worry about it?

298. Lemming population cycles & climate change

299. Should we cull the geese?

300. Type 2 diabetes

301. Electron microscopes

302. Plant adaptations to cold environments

303. Avoiding predation 1

304. The tapeworm

305. Blood products and their storage

306. Avoiding predation 2 – colour and shape

307. Animal aggression

308. Testosterone

309. Carbon dioxide in the body

B Factsheetio310. Different types of haemoglobin

311. Analysis of means and standard deviations

312. The importance of earthworms

313. Adaptations to water availability

314. What is a species?

315. Analyse, plan, answer

316. Cofactors

317. Genotype, environment and phenotype

318. Measuring biodiversity

319. Measuring genetic diversity

320. Inorganic ions in living organisms

321. Applied Exam questions on lipids

322. The bacteria in our bodies

323. The Functions of RNA

324. The Pancreas

B Factsheetio325. Investigations with Daphnia

326. ELISA

327. The Biology of Sweat

328. Epigenetics

329. Fats: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

330. Fighting the Superbugs

331. Phosphorus Cycle

332. Human Egg Freezing

333. Uses of Statins

334. Meningitis

335. Artificial Kidneys

336. CRISPR/Cas Gene Editing

337. The Fight Against Cancer

338. The Zika Virus

339. Biology of Colds and Pneumonia

B Factsheetio340. Proteins and Proteomics

341. The Liver: Consequences of Liver Damage

342. Transport in Plants

343. Allopatric & Sympatric Speciation

344. DNA Replication

345. Plant Pathogens and Defences

346. Drugs and Synapses

347. What Makes a Good Parasite?

348. Yellow Fever in Brazil

349. Serotonin and Depression

350. Genetic Modification of Soya

351. Control of Invasive Species

352. The Immune System Causing Problems

353. Mosquitoes vs. Mosquitoes: Fighting Dengue Fever

354. Embryology

B Factsheetio355. Gibberellins and DELLA: The Genetic Control of Plant Growth

356. Sequencing Genomes

357. Ribosome Types and Their Role in Protein Synthesis

358. Stem Cells and Eyes

359. Sodium, Potassium and Calcium Ions

360. The Insect Tracheal System

361. Control of Gene Expression

362. Bringing Back a Species from Extinction

363. Chemical and Electrical Transmission in Plants

364. DNA Profiling

365. Cohesion Tension Hypothesis

366. Statistics for A Level Biology

367. Immobilised Enzymes

368. Terminology for Measurements

369. Cell Signalling