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Biology : the dynamic science / Russell, Hertz, McMillan.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxxvii, 1363 pages, (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781305389892 (student edition)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570 R91 23 2017
LOC classification:
  • QH308.2 .B56449 2017
Contents:
Introduction to biological concepts and research Unit one : Molecules and cells. Life, chemistry, and water Biological molecules : the carbon compounds of life Cells Membranes and transport Energy, enzymes, and biological reactions Cellular respiration : harvesting chemical energy Photosynthesis Cell communication Cell division and mitosis Unit two : Genetics. Meiosis : the cellular basis of sexual reproduction Mendel, genes, and inheritance Genes, chromosomes, and human genetics DNA structure and replication From DNA to protein Regulation of gene expression Bacterial and viral genetics DNA technologies : making and using genetically altered organisms, and other applications Genomes and proteomes Unit three : Evolutionary biology. Development of evolutionary thinking Microevolution : genetic changes within populations Speciation Paleobiology and macroevolution Systematics and phylogenetics ; revealing the tree of life Unit four : Biodiversity. The origin of life Prokaryotes : bacteria and archaea Protists Seedless plants Seed plants Fungi Animal phylogeny, acoelomates, and protostomes Deuterostomes : vertebrates and their closest relatives Unit five : Plant structure and function. The plant body Transport in plants Plant nutrition Reproduction and development in flowering plants Plant signals and responses to the environment Unit six : Animal structure and function. Introduction to animal organization and physiology Information flow and the neuron Nervous systems Sensory systems The endocrine system Muscles, bones, and body movements The circulatory system Defenses against disease Gas exchange : the respiratory system Animal nutrition Regulating the internal environemnt Animal reproduction Animal development Unit seven : Ecology and behavior. Ecology and the biosphere Population ecology Population interactions and community ecology Ecosystems and global change Biodiversity and conservation biology Animal behavior
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Includes index.

Introduction to biological concepts and research
Unit one : Molecules and cells. Life, chemistry, and water
Biological molecules : the carbon compounds of life
Cells
Membranes and transport
Energy, enzymes, and biological reactions
Cellular respiration : harvesting chemical energy
Photosynthesis
Cell communication
Cell division and mitosis
Unit two : Genetics. Meiosis : the cellular basis of sexual reproduction
Mendel, genes, and inheritance
Genes, chromosomes, and human genetics
DNA structure and replication
From DNA to protein
Regulation of gene expression
Bacterial and viral genetics
DNA technologies : making and using genetically altered organisms, and other applications
Genomes and proteomes
Unit three : Evolutionary biology. Development of evolutionary thinking
Microevolution : genetic changes within populations
Speciation
Paleobiology and macroevolution
Systematics and phylogenetics ; revealing the tree of life
Unit four : Biodiversity. The origin of life
Prokaryotes : bacteria and archaea
Protists
Seedless plants
Seed plants
Fungi
Animal phylogeny, acoelomates, and protostomes
Deuterostomes : vertebrates and their closest relatives
Unit five : Plant structure and function. The plant body
Transport in plants
Plant nutrition
Reproduction and development in flowering plants
Plant signals and responses to the environment
Unit six : Animal structure and function. Introduction to animal organization and physiology
Information flow and the neuron
Nervous systems
Sensory systems
The endocrine system
Muscles, bones, and body movements
The circulatory system
Defenses against disease
Gas exchange : the respiratory system
Animal nutrition
Regulating the internal environemnt
Animal reproduction
Animal development
Unit seven : Ecology and behavior. Ecology and the biosphere
Population ecology
Population interactions and community ecology
Ecosystems and global change
Biodiversity and conservation biology
Animal behavior

Senior High School Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

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