Title Statements
- Full title :Biology for a changing world / Michèle Schuster [and others].
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.H. Freeman
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
Notes
Includes index.
"W. H. Freeman and Scientific American present a new introduction to biology for non-majors"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 686 pages : : color illustrations)
Edition Identifiers
- oclc:on1280864339
- LC Classification:QH307.2
- Dewey Decimal:570 B6157f 2012
Table of Contents
Unit 1. What is life made of? Chemistry, cells, energy -- Process of science -- Chemistry and molecules of life -- Cell function and structure -- Nutrition, metabolism, enzymes -- Energy flow and photosynthesis -- Dietary energy and cellular respiration.
Unit 2. How does life perpetuate? Cell division and inheritance -- DNA structure and replication -- Genes to proteins -- Cell division and mitosis -- Mutations and cancer -- Single-gene inheritance and meiosis -- Complex inheritance -- Stem cells and cell differentiation.
Unit 3. How does life change over time? Evolution and diversity -- Natural selection and adaptation -- Nonadaptive evolution and speciation -- Evidence for evolution -- Life on earth -- Prokaryotic diversity -- Eukaryotic diversity -- Human evolution.
Unit 4. What makes up our environment? Ecology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystem ecology -- Sustainability.
Unit 5. How do organisms work? Physiology -- Overview of physiology -- Digestive system -- Central nervous system -- Reproductive system -- Immune system -- Plant physiology.
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