Basic Concepts in Biology With Infotrac
ISBN: 9780534390488 | 053439048X
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Pub. Date: 2/12/2002
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This best-selling text?a compilation of 32 chapters drawn from Cecie Starr's BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, Fifth Edition?is designed to help students understand biology by engaging them in learning in every way possible. The book's extensive array of multimedia resources enriches the book's hallmark features: unique visuals on every page, applications in every chapter that show how biology is inextricably linked to everyday life, and activities and resources throughout the book that encourage critical thinking and spark curiosity in biolo... MORE
| Introduction | |
| 1. Concepts and Methods in Biology | |
| Part I: PRINCIPLES OF CELLULAR LIFE | |
| 2. Chemical Foundations for Cells | |
| 3. Carbon Compounds in Cells | |
| 4. Cell Structure and Function | |
| 5. Ground Rules of Metabolism | |
| 6. How Cells Acquire Energy | ... MORE|
| 7. How Cells Release Stored Energy | |
| Part II: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE | |
| 8. Cell Division and Mitosis | |
| 9. Meiosis | |
| 10. Observable Patterns of Inheritance | |
| 11. Chromosomes and Human Genetics | |
| 12. DNA Structure and Function | |
| 13. From DNA to Proteins | |
| 14. Controls Over Genes | |
| 15. Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering | |
| Part III: PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION | |
| 16. Microevolution | |
| 17. Speciation | |
| 18. The Macroevolutionary Puzzle | |
| Part IV: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY | |
| 19. The Origin and Evolution of Life | |
| 20. Prokaryotes, Viruses, and Protistans | |
| 21. Fungi | |
| 22. Plants | |
| 23. Animals: The Invertebrates | |
| 24. Animals: The Vertebrates | |
| 25. Biodiversity in Perspective | |
| Part V: ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION | |
| 26. Animal Reproduction and Development | |
| Part VI: ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR | |
| 27. Population Ecology | |
| 28. Social Interactions | |
| 29. Community Interactions | |
| 30. Ecosystems | |
| 31. The Biosphere | |
| 32. Human Impact on the Biosphere | |
| Appendix I: Classification Scheme | |
| Appendix II: Units of Measure | |
| Appendix III: Answers to Self-Quizzes | |
| Appendix IV: Answers to Genetics Problems | |
| Appendix V: A Closer Look At Some Major Metabolic Pathways | |
| Appendix VI: Periodic Table of the Elements |
