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dentene Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I know I had another thread about this, but this is really bugging me. From the CDA site, these topics in bio are tested. Biology - origin of life; cell metabolism (including photosynthesis); enzymology; cellular processes; thermodynamics; organelle structure and function; mitosis/meiosis; biological organization and relationship of major taxa (using the five-kingdom system: monera, planti; anamalia; protista; fungi); Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology - structure and function of vertebrate systems (integumentary, skeletal, muscular, circulatory, immunological, digestive, respiratory, urinary, nervous/senses, endocrine, and reproductive); Developmental Biology - fertilization, descriptive embryology, and developmental mechanisms; Genetics: molecular genetics; human genetics; classical genetics; Chromosomal genetics; Evaluation, Ecology, and Behaviour: natural selection; population genetics/speciation; cladistics; population and community ecology; ecosystems; animal behaviour (including social). So you are all telling me that biological organization of plants means that I need to know in depth how plants work, reproduce, etc? That seems more like function to me... I feel like they just want to know taxonomy and names of plant species, not anything in particular about them... Please help? I don't think I can be too specific about this since I've written the DAT once and don't want to say any hints about the questions that I've seen. I would say you probably need to know more about it than you think. For me, I've taken a Plant Physiology course in my second year so that helped a lot.... You might not want to go too in-depth, but it's not easy either. I.e. you might want to know something like plant hormones and their functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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davidk Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I noticed that the kaplan book doesn't have much information on plants, what other resources are you guys using for studying biology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeology Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I am also curious about what other resources are out there for the plant sections. Missmathematics I see you mentioned in an another post you were using Campbell's texts. Do you have Kaplan as well? If so, is there a significant larger portion regarding plants in Campbells than Kaplan? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rub87ST Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 You might not want to go too in-depth, but it's not easy either. I.e. you might want to know something like plant hormones and their functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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