OverviewInspired by recommendations from the AAAS vision and Change Report. Principles of Biology is reflective of the shift taking place in the majors biology course from large and detail rich to short and conceptual, with a focus on new, cutting-edge science. A succinct and inviting text focused on central concepts, Principles of Biology helps students connect fundamental principles while challenging them to develop and hone critical thinking skills. Five new chapters introduce cutting-edge topics that will benefit students who continue their study of biology in future courses (Chapters 11, 16, 24, 41 and 47)
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Focusing on central concepts, this book helps students connect fundamental principles while challenging them to develop and hone critical thinking skills. It includes five new chapters that introduce topics that will benefit students who continue their study of biology in future courses.
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1 An Introduction to BiologyUnit 1 Chemistry2 The Chemical Basis of Life I: Atoms, Molecules, and Water3 The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic MoleculesUnit 2 Cell 4 The Evolutionary Origin of Cells and their GeneralFeatures5 Membranes: The Interface between Cells and TheirEnvironment6 How Cells Utilize Energy7 How Cells Capture Energy via Photosynthesis8 How Cells Communicate with Each Other and with theEnvironmentUnit 3 Genetics 9 The Information of Life: Structures of DNA, RNA, andChromosomes, and DNA Replication10 The Expression of Genetic Information via Genes I:Transcription and Translation11 The Expression ofGenetic Information via Genes II: Non-coding RNAs12 The Control of Genetic information via Gene Regulation13 Altering the Genetic Material: Mutation, DNA Repair, andCancer 14 How Eukaryotic Cells Sort and Transmit their Chromosomes:Mitosis and Meiosis15 Transmission of Genetic Information from Parents toOffspring I: Patterns that Follow Mendel's Laws16 Transmission ofGenetic Information from Parents to Offspring II: Epigenetics, Linkage, andExtranuclear Inheritance17 The Simpler Genetic Systems of Viruses and Bacteria18 Genetic Technologies: How Biologists Study Genes andGenomesUnit 4 Evolution 19 Evolution of Life I: How Populations Change fromGeneration to Generation20 Origin of Species and Macroevolution21 Evolution of Life II: The Emergence of New Species22 The History of Life on Earth and Human EvolutionUnit 5 Diversity 23 Diversity of Microbial Life: Bacteria, Archaea, Protists,and Fungi24 Microbiomes:Microbial Systems On and Around Us25 Plant Evolution: How Plant Diversification Changed PlanetEarth26 Invertebrates: the Vast Array of Animal Life without aBackbone27 Vertebrates: Fishes, Reptiles and Mammals28 FloweringPlants: Plant BehaviorUnit 6 Plants 28 An Introduction to Flowering Plant Form and Function29 How Flowering Plants Sense and Interact with theirEnvironments30 How Flowering Plants Obtain and Transport Nutrients31 How Flowering Plants Reproduce and DevelopUnit 7 Animals 32 General Features of Animal Bodies, and Homeostasis as aDefining Principle of Animal Biology33 Neuroscience I: The Structure, Function, and Evolution ofNervous Systems34 Neuroscience II: How Sensory Systems Allow Animals toInteract with the Environment35 How Muscles and Skeletons are Adaptations for Movement,Support, and Protection36 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Transporting Solutesand Exchanging Gases37 Digestive Systems and Excretory Systems: Maintenance ofNutrient, Energy, Ion and Water Balance38 How Endocrine Systems Influence the Activities of allOther Organ Systems39 The Production of Offspring: Reproduction and Development40 Immune Systems: How Animals Defend Against Pathogens andOther Dangers41 IntegratedResponses of Animal Organ Systems to a Challenge to HomeostasisUnit 8 Ecology 42 Behavioral Ecology: the Struggle to Find Food, Mates andto Pass on Genes43 Population Growth and Species Interactions44 Communities and Ecosystems: Ecological Organization atLarger Scales45 Biomes: Worldwide Patterns across Global Scales46 Biodiversity and Conservation47 The Age of Humans:Impacts on Natural Systems
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ISBN
9781259875120
Publisert
2017-03-16
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2. utgave
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McGraw-Hill Education
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2391 gr
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282 mm
Bredde
229 mm
Dybde
48 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
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Engelsk
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1104

Biographical note

Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012. Eric P. Widmaier received his Ph.D. in 1984 in Endocrinology from the University of California at San Francisco. His postdoctoral training was in endocrinology and physiology at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, and The Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA. He is currently Professor of Biology at Boston University. Linda Graham is Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has taught a nonmajors plant biology course each year for more than 20 years. She also teaches courses on the biology of algae and bryophytes, contributes to an introductory biology course for majors, and has taught marine botany on a remote tropical island. Peter Stiling is a professor of biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. He has taught classes in ecology, environmental science, and community ecology, and in 1995 he received a teaching award in recognition of classroom excellence in these areas. Dr. Stiling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University.