Biology for a changing world

by Shuster, Michèle

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Title Statements

Full title :Biology for a changing world / Michèle Shuster, Janet Vigna, Matthew Tontonoz, Gunjan Sinha.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Scientific American, W. H. Freeman
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

"A Partnership between W.H. Freeman & Scientific American."

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 579 pages : : color illustrations, color maps ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1464126739, 9781464126734
oclc:ocn874969795
LC Classification:QH308.2

Process of science -- Chemistry and molecules of life -- Cell structure and function -- Nutrition, metabolism, enzymes -- Energy and photosynthesis -- Dietary energy and cellular respiration -- 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 -- Natural selection and adaptation -- Nonadaptive evolution and speciation -- Evidence for evolution -- Life on earth -- Prokaryotic diversity -- Eukaryotic diversity -- Human evolution -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystem ecology -- Sustainability.