Biology essentials for dummies
Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781119589587) was previously published as Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781118072677). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Just the core concepts you need to score high in your biology course Biology Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. From identifying the struct…
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- Full title :Biology essentials for dummies / René Fester Kratz, Donna Rae Siegfried.
Summary
Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781119589587) was previously published as Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781118072677). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Just the core concepts you need to score high in your biology course Biology Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. From identifying the structures and functions of plants and animals to grasping the crucial discoveries in evolutionary, reproductive, and ecological biology, this easy-to-follow guide lets you skip the suffering and score high at exam time. Get down to basics -- master the fundamentals, from understanding what biologists study to how living things are classified The chemistry of life -- find out what you need to know about atoms, elements, molecules, compounds, acids, bases, and more Conquer and divide -- discover the ins and outs of asexual and sexual reproduction, including cell division and DNA replication Jump into the gene pool -- grasp how proteins make traits happen, and easily understand DNA transcription, RNA processing, translation, and gene regulation.
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- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):For Dummies
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781119589624, 1119589622, 9781119589549, 1119589541
- oclc:on1097597677
- LC Classification:QH308.7
- Dewey Decimal:574
Table of Contents
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1 Exploring the Living World; Living Things: Why Biologists Study Them, What Defines Them; Meet Your Neighbors: Looking at Life on Earth; Unsung heroes: Bacteria; Bacteria impersonators: Archaeans; A taste of the familiar: Eukaryotes; Classifying Living Things; Organizing Life into Smaller and Smaller Groups: Taxonomy; Biodiversity: Our Differences Make Us Stronger; Valuing biodiversity
Surveying the threats posed by human actionsExploring the extinction of species; Protecting biodiversity; Making Sense of the World through Observations; Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Life; Exploring Why Matter Matters; The Differences among Atoms, Elements, and Isotopes; Tiny, mighty atoms; Elements of elements; I so dig isotopes; Molecules, Compounds, and Bonds; Acids and Bases; "Ph"iguring out the pH scale; Buffing up on buffers; Carbon-Based Molecules: The Basis for All Life; Providing energy: Carbohydrates; Making life possible: Proteins; Drawing the cellular road map: Nucleic acids
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