CLEP Biology. Sharon A Wynne

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       Major systems (e.g., digestive, gas exchange, skeletal, nervous, circulatory, excretory, immune)

       Homeostatic mechanisms

       Hormonal control in homeostasis and reproduction

       Gamete formation, fertilization

       Cleavage, gastrulation, germ layer formation, differentiation of organ systems

       Experimental analysis of vertebrate development

       Extraembryonic membranes of vertebrates

       Formation and function of the mammalian placenta

       Blood circulation in the human embryo

       Mendelian inheritance (dominance, segregation, independent assortment)

       Chromosomal basis of inheritance

       Linkage, including sex-linked

       Polygenic inheritance (height, skin color)

       Energy flow and productivity in ecosystems

       Biogeochemical cycles

       Population growth and regulation (natality, mortality, competition, migration, density, r- and K-selection)

       Community structure, growth, regulation (major biomes and succession)

       Habitat (biotic and abiotic factors)

       Concept of niche

       Island biogeography

       Evolutionary ecology (life history strategies, altruism, kin selection)

       History of evolutionary concepts

       Concepts of natural selection (differential reproduction, mutation, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, speciation, punctuated equilibrium)

       Adaptive radiation

       Major features of plant and animal evolution

       Concepts of homology and analogy

       Convergence, extinction, balanced polymorphism, genetic drift

       Classification of living organisms

       Evolutionary history of humans

       Stereotyped, learned social behavior

       Societies (insects, birds, primates)

       Human population growth (age composition, birth and fertility rates, theory of demographic transition)

       Human intervention in the natural world (management of resources, environmental pollution)

       Biomedical progress (control of human reproduction, genetic engineering)