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Biology: Science for Life with Physiology with mybiology"

by: Belk, Colleen; Borden Maier, Virginia

Biology: Science for Life with Physiology with mybiology"

by: Belk, Colleen; Borden Maier, Virginia

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Copyright: 01/01/2010
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Summary

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

(30)

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

(6)

Energy and Natural Resources

414

(1)

Waste Production

415

Essay 15.1 Wildfire!

405

(13)

Chapter Review

418

(2)

Unit Five Animal Structure and Function

Organ Donation Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems

420

(22)

Tissues

422

(6)

Epithelial Tissue

422

(1)

Connective Tissue

423

(2)

Muscle Tissue

425

(1)

Nervous Tissue

426

(1)

Tissue Donation

427

(1)

Organs and Organ Systems

428

(8)

Organs: The Liver as a Model Organ

429

(1)

Organ Systems: The Digestive System

429

(7)

Regulating the Internal Environment

436

(6)

Negative Feedback

436

(1)

Positive Feedback

437

(1)

Organ Donation

438

Essay 16.1 Focus on Evolution: The Digestive System

432

(7)

Chapter Review

439

(3)

Clearing the Air Respiratory, Circulatory, and Excretory Systems

442

(26)

Effects of Smoke on the Respiratory System

444

(11)

What Happens When You Take a Breath?

445

(5)

Gas Exchange

450

(2)

Smoke Particles and Lung Function

452

(2)

How Do We Know That Tobacco Smoke Kills?

454

(1)

Spreading the Effects of Smoke: The Cardiovascular System

455

(7)

Structure of the Cardiovascular System

455

(5)

Movement of Materials Through the Cardiovascular System

460

(1)

Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease

460

(2)

Removing of Toxins from the Body: The Excretory System

462

(6)

Kidney Structure and Function

462

(1)

Smoking and the Excretory System

463

Essay 17.1 Focus on Evolution: The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems

446

(19)

Chapter Review

465

(3)

Will Mad Cow Disease Become an Epidemic? Immune System, Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

468

(26)

Infectious Agents

470

(9)

Bacteria

470

(4)

Viruses

474

(2)

Eukaryotic Pathogens

476

(2)

Prions

478

(1)

Epidemics

479

(3)

Exposure to Infected Body Fluids

480

(1)

Transmission Through an Intermediate Host

480

(1)

Inhalation

481

(1)

Ingestion

481

(1)

The Body's Response to Infection: The Immune System

482

(9)

First Line of Defense: Skin and Mucous Membranes

482

(1)

Second Line of Defense: White Blood Cells, Proteins, and Inflammation

483

(1)

Third Line of Defense: Lymphocytes

483

(2)

Making B and T Cells

485

(3)

Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity

488

(2)

There Is No Immune Response to Prions

490

(1)

Preventing the Spread of Prion Diseases

491

(3)

Essay 18.1 Focus on Evolution: Antibiotic Resistance

473

(18)

Chapter Review

491

(3)

Sex Differences and Athleticism Endocrine, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems

494

(20)

The Endocrine System

496

(4)

Hormones

496

(2)

Endocrine Glands

498

(2)

The Skeletal System

500

(6)

The Human Skeleton

500

(3)

Bone Structure and Remodeling

503

(3)

The Muscular System

506

(3)

Muscle Interaction with Bones

506

(3)

Other Sex Differences That Influence Athleticism

509

(5)

Body Fat Differences

509

(1)

Cardiovascular Differences

510

(1)

Group Differences and Individual Differences

510

Essay 19.1 Focus on Evolution: The Skeletal System

501

(11)

Chapter Review

512

(2)

Is There Something in the Water? Reproductive and Developmental Biology

514

(32)

Principles of Animal Reproduction

516

(4)

Asexual Reproduction

516

(1)

Sexual Reproduction

517

(2)

Environmental Contaminants and Sexual Reproduction

519

(1)

Human Reproduction

520

(15)

Human Reproductive Systems

520

(3)

Gametogenesis

523

(7)

The Menstrual Cycle

530

(5)

Human Development

535

(7)

Fertilization

535

(2)

Human Embryonic Development

537

(2)

Pregnancy

539

(2)

Childbirth

541

(1)

Is the Water Safe to Drink?

542

(4)

Essay 20.1 Focus on Evolution: The Evolution of Two Different-Sized Gametes

518

(25)

Chapter Review

543

(3)

Attention Deficit Disorder Brain Structure and Function

546

(24)

The Nervous System

548

(5)

The Brain

553

(4)

Cerebrum

554

(1)

Thalamus and Hypothalamus

554

(1)

Cerebellum

555

(1)

Brain Stem

555

(1)

ADD and Brain Structure and Function

556

(1)

Neurons

557

(9)

Neuron Structure

557

(1)

Neuron Function

558

(4)

Neurotransmission and Alzheimer's, Depression, Parkinson's, and ADD

562

(1)

Ritalin®

562

(4)

The Environment and ADD

566

(4)

Essay 21.1 Focus on Evolution: The Nervous System

552

(16)

Chapter Review

568

(2)

Unit Six Plant Biology

Feeding the World Plant Structure and Growth

570

(32)

Plants as Food

572

(10)

The Evolution of Agriculture: Food Plant Diversity

572

(2)

Plant Structure

574

(3)

Plant Reproduction

577

(5)

Plant Growth Requirements

582

(11)

How Plants Grow

582

(3)

Maximizing Plant Growth: Water, Nutrients, and Pest Control

585

(8)

Designing Better Plants: Hybrids and Genetic Engineering

593

(1)

The Future of Agriculture

593

(9)

Modern Agriculture Causes Environmental Damage

593

(2)

How to Reduce the Damage

595

Essay 22.1 Focus on Evolution: Plant Reproduction

578

(21)

Chapter Review

599

(3)

Growing a Green Thumb Plant Physiology

602

The Right Plant for the Place: Water Relations

604

(9)

Transpiration

604

(3)

Adaptations That Affect Transpiration

607

(3)

Overwatering

610

(1)

Water Inside Plant Cells

611

(2)

A Beautiful Garden: Sap Translocation, Photoperiodism, and Flower and Fruit Production

613

(6)

Translocation of Sugars and Nutrients

613

(1)

Managing Translocation

614

(3)

Photoperiodism

617

(2)

Pleasing Forms: Tropisms and Hormones

619

Tropisms

619

(1)

Hormones

620

Essay 23.1 Focus on Evolution: Plants on Land

606

(17)

Chapter Review

623

Appendix: Metric System Conversions

(1)

Answers to Learning the Basics

(1)

Glossary

(1)

Credits

(1)

Index

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