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Biology: Science for Life with mybiology™

by: Belk, Colleen; Borden Maier, Virginia

Biology: Science for Life with mybiology™

by: Belk, Colleen; Borden Maier, Virginia

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9780131489691
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0131489690
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2010
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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This story-based, inquiry-driven biology book provides readers with the ability and desire to take an active and academic interest in the science issues they will regularly face in life. The book focuses on key concepts of biology and the use of science to solve social problems, covering general principles of biology, genetics, evolution, human health, humans and the environment, chemistry, animal and plant physiology, and more. For an in-depth understanding of compelling contemporary topicsalong with the biology that permeates these issues.

Preface

Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific Method

(21)

The Process of Science

(13)

The Logic of Hypothesis Testing

(2)

The Experimental Method

(5)

Using Correlation to Test Hypotheses

(2)

Understanding Statistics

(3)

Evaluating Scientific Information

(4)

Information from Anecdotes

(1)

Science in the News

(1)

Understanding Science from Secondary Sources

(2)

Is There a Cure for The Common Cold?

(3)

Chapter Review

(3)

Unit One Chemistry and Cells

Are We Alone in the Universe? Water, Biochemistry, and Cells

(22)

What Does Life Require?

(11)

A Definition of Life

(1)

The Properties of Water

(2)

Organic Chemistry

(2)

Structure and Function of Macromolecules

(6)

Life on Earth

(9)

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

(1)

Cell Structure

(5)

The Tree of Life and Evolutionary Theory

(1)

Chapter Review

(3)

The Only Diet You Will Ever Need Nutrients, Enzymes and Metabolism, and Transport Across Membranes

(26)

Nutrients

(8)

Macronutrients

(4)

Micronutrients

(2)

Processed Versus Whole Foods

(2)

Enzymes and Metabolism

(4)

Enzymes

(2)

Calories and Metabolic Rate

(2)

Transport Across Membranes

(2)

Passive Transport: Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, and Osmosis

(1)

Active Transport: Pumping Substances Across the Membrane

(1)

Exocytosis and Endocytosis: Movement of Large Molecules Across the Membrane

(1)

Body Fat and Health

(10)

Evaluating How Much Body Fat Is Healthful

(1)

Obesity

(4)

Anorexia and Bulimia

(1)

Chapter Review

(3)

Is the Earth Warming? The Greenhouse Effect, Cellular Respiration, and Photosynthesis

(30)

The Greenhouse Effect

(5)

Water, Heat, and Temperature

(1)

Carbon Dioxide

(2)

The Greenhouse Effect, Organisms, and Their Environments

(2)

Cellular Respiration

(11)

Structure and Function of ATP

(2)

A General Overview of Cellular Respiration

(1)

Glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, and Electron Transport

(7)

Global Warming and Cellular Respiration

(1)

Photosynthesis

(7)

A General Overview of Photosynthesis

(1)

The Light Reactions and the Calvin Cycle

(3)

Global Warming and Photosynthesis

(3)

Decreasing the Effects of Global Warming

(5)

Essay 4.1 Metabolism Without Oxygen: Anaerobic Respiration and Fermentation

(16)

Chapter Review

(2)

Unit Two Genetics

Cancer DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis

100

(36)

What Is Cancer?

103

(2)

Cell Division Overview

105

(3)

DNA Replication

106

(2)

The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

108

(4)

Interphase

108

(1)

Mitosis

109

(2)

Cytokinesis

111

(1)

Cell Cycle Control and Mutation

112

(5)

Controls in the Cell Cycle

112

(1)

Mutations to Cell-Cycle Control Genes

113

(4)

Cancer Detection and Treatment

117

(6)

Detection Methods: Biopsy

117

(4)

Treatment Methods: Chemotherapy and Radiation

121

(2)

Meiosis

123

(13)

Interphase

127

(1)

Meiosis I

127

(1)

Meiosis II

127

(3)

Crossing Over and Random Alignment

130

Essay 5.1 Cancer Risk Factors

118

(15)

Chapter Review

133

(3)

Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics

136

(30)

The Inheritance of Traits

138

(8)

Genes and Chromosomes

139

(3)

Diversity in Offspring: Segregation, Independent Assortment, Crossing Over, and Random Fertilization

142

(4)

Mendelian Genetics: When the Role of Genes Is Clear

146

(7)

Genotype and Phenotype

148

(1)

Genetic Diseases in Humans

149

(1)

Using Punnett Squares to Predict Offspring Genotypes

150

(3)

Quantitative Genetics: When Genes and Environment Interact

153

(6)

Quantitative Traits

153

(1)

Why Traits Are Quantitative

154

(2)

Using Heritability to Analyze Inheritance

156

(1)

Calculating Heritability in Human Populations

157

(2)

Genes, Environment, and the Individual

159

(7)

The Use and Misuse of Heritability

160

(2)

How Do Genes Matter?

162

Essay 6.1 Gregor Mendel

147

(16)

Chapter Review

163

(3)

DNA Detective Extensions of Mendelism, Sex Linkage, Pedigree Analysis, and DNA Fingerprinting

166

(26)

Extensions of Mendelian Genetics

168

(4)

Sex Determination and Sex Linkage

172

(6)

Sex Determination

172

(2)

Meiosis and Sex Chromosomes

174

(2)

Sex Linkage

176

(2)

Pedigrees

178

(3)

DNA Fingerprinting

181

(11)

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

182

(1)

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Analysis

183

(1)

Gel Electrophoresis

183

(2)

Meiosis and DNA Fingerprinting

185

Essay 7.1 Blood Group Genetics

171

(3)

Essay 7.2 Chromosomal Anomalies

174

(4)

Essay 7.3 X Inactivation

178

(12)

Chapter Review

190

(2)

Genetic Engineering Transcription, Translation, and Genetically Modified Organisms

192

(32)

Genetic Engineers

194

(1)

Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression

194

(10)

From Gene to Protein

195

(2)

Transcription

197

(1)

Translation

197

(3)

Mutations

200

(2)

Regulating Gene Expression

202

(2)

Producing Recombinant Proteins

204

(4)

Cloning a Gene Using Bacteria

204

(3)

FDA Regulations

207

(1)

Basic Versus Applied Research

207

(1)

Genetic Engineers Can Modify Foods

208

(7)

Why Genetically Modify Crop Plants?

208

(2)

Modifying Crop Plants with the Ti Plasmid and Gene Gun

210

(1)

Effect of GMOs on Health

210

(3)

GM Crops and the Environment

213

(2)

Genetic Engineers Can Modify Humans

215

(9)

The Human Genome Project

215

(1)

Gene Therapy

216

(2)

Cloning Humans

218

(2)

Essay 8.1 Stem Cells

220

(1)

Chapter Review

221

(3)

Unit Three Evolution

Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution

224

(32)

What Is Evolution?

226

(3)

The Process of Evolution

226

(1)

The Theory of Evolution

227

(2)

Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

229

(2)

Early Views of Evolution

229

(1)

The Voyage of the Beagle

229

(1)

Developing the Hypothesis of Common Descent

230

(1)

Evaluating the Evidence for Common Descent

231

(19)

Biological Classification Suggests Evolutionary Relationships

234

(3)

Evidence of Homology

237

(5)

Evidence from Biogeography

242

(2)

Evidence from the Fossil Record

244

(6)

Are Alternatives to the Theory of Evolution Equally Valid?

250

(6)

The Static Model and Transformation Hypotheses

250

(1)

The Separate Types and Common Descent Hypotheses

250

(1)

The Best Scientific Explanation for the Diversity of Life

251

Essay 9.1 Argument from Design

232

(20)

Essay 9.2 The Origin of Life

252

(1)

Chapter Review

253

(3)

An Evolving Enemy Natural Selection

256

(26)

AIDS and HIV

258

(4)

AIDS Is a Disease of the Immune System

258

(1)

HIV Causes AIDS

259

(2)

The Course of HIV Infection

261

(1)

The Theory of Natural Selection

262

(10)

Four Observations and an Inference

263

(3)

Testing Natural Selection

266

(1)

The Modern Understanding of Natural Selection

267

(1)

Subtleties of Natural Selection

268

(4)

Natural Selection and HIV

272

(1)

HIV Fits Darwin's Observations

272

(1)

The Evolutionary Arms Race

272

(1)

How Understanding Evolution Can Help Prevent AIDS

273

(9)

Single Drug Therapy Selects for Drug Resistance

273

(2)

Combination Drug Therapy Can Slow HIV Evolution

275

(1)

Problems with Combination Drug Therapy

276

(1)

Preventing AIDS

277

Essay 10.1 The Evidence Linking HIV to AIDS

259

(20)

Chapter Review

279

(3)

Who Am I? Species and Races

282

(34)

What Is a Species?

284

(9)

The Biological Species Concept

284

(4)

The Process of Speciation

288

(5)

The Race Concept in Biology

293

(2)

Humans and the Race Concept

295

(11)

The Morphological Species Concept

296

(1)

Modern Humans: A History

297

(1)

Genetic Evidence of Divergence

298

(2)

Human Races Are Not Biological Groups

300

(3)

Human Races Have Never Been Truly Isolated

303

(3)

Why Human Groups Differ

306

(7)

Natural Selection

306

(2)

Convergent Evolution

308

(1)

Genetic Drift

309

(3)

Sexual Selection

312

(1)

Assortative Mating

312

(1)

Race in Human Society

313

(3)

Essay 11.1 The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem

304

(10)

Chapter Review

314

(2)

Prospecting for Biological Gold Biodiversity and Classification

316

(28)

Biological Classification

318

(5)

How Many Species Exist?

318

(2)

Kingdoms and Domains

320

(3)

The Diversity of Life

323

(13)

Bacteria and Archaea

323

(2)

Protista

325

(3)

Animalia

328

(3)

Fungi

331

(1)

Plantae

332

(4)

Learning About Species

336

(8)

Fishing for Useful Products

337

(1)

Understanding Ecology

337

(1)

Reconstructing Evolutionary History

338

(2)

Learning from the Shamans

340

Essay 12.1 Diversity's Rocky Road

334

(8)

Chapter Review

342

(2)

Unit Four Ecology

Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology

344

(14)

A Growing Human Population

346

(4)

Population Structure

346

(1)

Population Growth

347

(2)

The Demographic Transition

349

(1)

Limits to Population Growth

350

(3)

Carrying Capacity and Logistic Growth

350

(1)

Earth's Carrying Capacity for Humans

351

(2)

The Future of the Human Population

353

(5)

A Possible Population Crash?

353

(2)

Avoiding Disaster

355

(1)

Chapter Review

356

(2)

Is Earth Experiencing a Biodiversity Crisis? Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, and Conservation Biology

358

(32)

The Sixth Extinction

360

(8)

Measuring Extinction Rates

361

(2)

Habitat Loss and Food Chains

363

(4)

Other Human Causes of Extinction

367

(1)

The Consequences of Extinction

368

(11)

Loss of Resources

368

(2)

Disruption of Ecological Communities

370

(6)

Changed Ecosystems

376

(2)

Psychological Effects

378

(1)

Saving Species

379

(7)

Protecting Habitat

379

(2)

Protection from Environmental Disasters

381

(1)

Protection from Loss of Genetic Diversity

382

(4)

Protecting Biodiversity Versus Meeting Human Needs

386

(4)

Chapter Review

388

(2)

Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes

390

Global and Regional Climate

392

(8)

Temperature

393

(5)

Precipitation

398

(2)

Terrestrial Biomes

400

(9)

Forests and Shrublands

400

(5)

Grasslands

405

(1)

Desert

406

(2)

Tundra

408

(1)

Aquatic Biomes

409

(5)

Freshwater

409

(2)

Saltwater

411

(3)

Human Habitats

414

Energy and Natural Resources

414

(1)

Waste Production

415

Essay 15.1 Wildfire!

405

(13)

Chapter Review

418

Appendix: Metric System Conversions

(1)

Answers to Learning the Basics

(1)

Glossary

(1)

Credits

(1)

Index

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