Campbell Essential Biology

Name: Campbell Essential Biology
Brand: Pearson Education
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Develop and Practice Science Literacy Skills.
Campbell Essential Biology teaches you to view the world using scientific reasoning, making biology relevant and meaningful to your world and your future.

For non-majors biology courses.

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Produktinformation

Märke:Pearson Education
Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-06
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:544
Upplaga:7
Förlag:Pearson Education
EAN:9780135214046

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Table of Contents Learning About Life CHAPTER THREADSwimming with the TurtlesBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Passion for LifeThe Scientific Study of LifeAn Overview of the Process of ScienceHypotheses, Theories, and FactsControlled ExperimentsTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Baby Turtles Swim?Evaluating Scientific ClaimsThe Properties of Life Major Themes in BiologyThe Relationship of Structure to FunctionInformation FlowPathways That Transform Energy and Matter Interactions within Biological SystemsEvolutionEVOLUTION CONNECTION Turtles in the Tree of Life UNIT 1 CELLS Essential Chemistry for Biology CHAPTER THREADHelpful RadiationBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Nuclear MedicineSome Basic ChemistryMatter: Elements and CompoundsAtoms THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Effective Is Radiation in Treating Prostate Cancer? Chemical Bonding and MoleculesChemical ReactionsWater and Life WaterAcids, Bases, and pHEVOLUTION CONNECTION Radioactivity as an Evolutionary ClockThe Molecules of Life CHAPTER THREADLactose IntoleranceBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Got Lactose? Organic CompoundsCarbon ChemistryGiant Molecules from Smaller Building BlocksLarge Biological MoleculesCarbohydrates LipidsProteinsNucleic AcidsTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Does Lactose Intolerance Have a Genetic Basis?EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Lactose Intolerance in HumansA Tour of the Cell CHAPTER THREADHumans Versus BacteriaBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Antibiotics: Drugs That Target Bacterial CellsThe Microscopic World of CellsThe Two Major Categories of CellsAn Overview of Eukaryotic CellsMembrane StructureThe Plasma MembraneCell SurfacesTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Was the First 21st-Century Antibiotic Discovered? The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the CellThe NucleusRibosomesHow DNA Directs Protein ProductionThe Endomembrane System: Manufacturing and Distributing Cellular ProductsThe Endoplasmic ReticulumThe Golgi ApparatusLysosomesVacuolesChloroplasts and Mitochondria: Providing Cellular EnergyChloroplastsMitochondriaThe Cytoskeleton: Cell Shape and Movement Maintaining Cell ShapeFlagella and CiliaEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in HumansThe Working Cell CHAPTER THREADNanotechnologyBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Harnessing Cellular StructuresSome Basic Energy Concepts Conservation of EnergyHeatChemical EnergyFood CaloriesATP and Cellular WorkThe Structure of ATPPhosphate TransferThe ATP CycleEnzymesActivation EnergyTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Enzymes Be Engineered?Enzyme ActivityEnzyme InhibitorsMembrane FunctionPassive Transport: Diffusion across MembranesOsmosis and Water BalanceActive Transport: The Pumping of Molecules across MembranesExocytosis and Endocytosis: Traffic of Large MoleculesEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Origin of MembranesCellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food CHAPTER THREADExercise ScienceBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Getting the Most Out of Your MusclesEnergy Flow and Chemical Cycling in the Biosphere Producers and ConsumersChemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular RespirationCellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvest of Food EnergyAn Overview of Cellular RespirationThe Three Stages of Cellular RespirationThe Results of Cellular RespirationFermentation: Anaerobic Harvest of Food EnergyFermentation in Human Muscle Cells THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Causes Muscle Burn?Fermentation in MicroorganismsEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Importance of OxygenPhotosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER THREADSolar EnergyBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Solar RevolutionThe Basics of Photosynthesis Chloroplasts: Sites of Photosynthesis An Overview of PhotosynthesisThe Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical EnergyThe Nature of SunlightTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Colors of Light Drive Photosynthesis?Chloroplast PigmentsHow Photosystems Harvest Light EnergyHow the Light Reactions Generate ATP and NADPHThe Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon DioxideEVOLUTION CONNECTION Creating a Better Biofuel Factory UNIT 2 GENETICS Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells CHAPTER THREADLife with and without SexBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Virgin Birth of a SharkWhat Cell Reproduction AccomplishesThe Cell Cycle and MitosisEukaryotic ChromosomesDuplicating ChromosomesThe Cell Cycle Mitosis and CytokinesisCancer Cells: Dividing Out of ControlMeiosis, the Basis of Sexual ReproductionHomologous ChromosomesGametes and the Life Cycle of a Sexual OrganismThe Process of MeiosisReview: Comparing Mitosis and MeiosisThe Origins of Genetic VariationTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do All Animals Have Sex?When Meiosis Goes WrongEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Advantages of SexPatterns of Inheritance CHAPTER THREADDog BreedingBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Darwin’s DogsGenetics and Heredity In an Abbey GardenMendel’s Law of Segregation Mendel’s Law of Independent AssortmentUsing a Testcross to Determine an Unknown GenotypeThe Rules of ProbabilityFamily PedigreesHuman Traits Controlled by a Single GeneTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Is the Genetic Basis of Short Legs in Dogs?Variations on Mendel’s Laws Incomplete Dominance in Plants and PeopleABO Blood Groups: An Example of Multiple Alleles and CodominancePleiotropy and Sickle-Cell DiseasePolygenic InheritanceEpigenetics and the Role of EnvironmentThe Chromosomal Basis of InheritanceLinked GenesSex Determination in Humans Sex-Linked GenesEVOLUTION CONNECTION Barking Up the Evolutionary TreeThe Structure and Function of DNA CHAPTER THREADDeadly VirusesBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Global Threat of Zika VirusDNA: Structure and ReplicationDNA and RNA StructureWatson and Crick’s Discovery of the Double HelixDNA ReplicationFrom DNA to RNA to ProteinHow an Organism’s Genotype Determines Its PhenotypeFrom Nucleotides to Amino Acids: An OverviewThe Genetic CodeTranscription: From DNA to RNAThe Processing of Eukaryotic RNATranslation: The PlayersTranslation: The ProcessReview: DNA S RNA S ProteinMutationsViruses and Other Noncellular Infectious AgentsBacteriophagesPlant VirusesAnimal VirusesTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can DNA and RNA Vaccines Protect Against Viruses? HIV, the AIDS Virus PrionsEVOLUTION CONNECTION Emerging Viruses How Genes Are Controlled CHAPTER THREADCancer BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Breast Cancer and ChemotherapyHow and Why Genes Are RegulatedGene Regulation in BacteriaGene Regulation in Eukaryotic CellsCell SignalingHomeotic GenesVisualizing Gene ExpressionCloning Plants and AnimalsThe Genetic Potential of Cells Reproductive Cloning of AnimalsTherapeutic Cloning and Stem CellsThe Genetic Basis of CancerGenes That Cause CancerTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Avatars Improve Cancer Treatment? Cancer Risk and PreventionEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Cancer in the BodyDNA Technology CHAPTER THREADDNA ProfilingBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Using DNA to Establish Guilt and InnocenceGenetic EngineeringRecombinant DNA TechniquesGene EditingMedical ApplicationsGenetically Modified Organisms in AgricultureHuman Gene Therapy DNA Profiling and Forensic ScienceDNA Profiling TechniquesInvestigating Murder, Paternity, and Ancient DNABioinformatics DNA SequencingGenomicsGenome-Mapping TechniquesThe Human GenomeTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Nic Have a Deadly Gene?Applied GenomicsSystems BiologySafety and Ethical IssuesThe Controversy over Genetically Modified FoodsEthical Questions Raised by Human DNA TechnologiesEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Y Chromosome as a Window on HistoryUNIT 3 EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY How Populations Evolve CHAPTER THREADEvolution in ActionBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Mosquitoes and EvolutionThe Diversity of LifeNaming and Classifying the Diversity of Life Explaining the Diversity of LifeCharles Darwin and The Origin of SpeciesDarwin’s JourneyDarwin’s TheoryEvidence of Evolution Evidence from Fossils Evidence from HomologiesEvolutionary TreesNatural Selection as the Mechanism for EvolutionNatural Selection in ActionKey Points about Natural SelectionThe Evolution of PopulationsSources of Genetic VariationPopulations as the Units of Evolution Analyzing Gene Pools Population Genetics and Health ScienceMicroevolution as Change in a Gene PoolMechanisms of EvolutionNatural SelectionGenetic DriftGene FlowNatural Selection: A Closer LookTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Natural Selection Shape the Beaks of Darwin’s Finches?EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Rising Threat of Antibiotic ResistanceHow Biological Diversity Evolves CHAPTER THREADEvolution in the Human-Dominated WorldBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Humanity’s FootprintThe Origin of Species What Is a Species?Reproductive Barriers between SpeciesMechanisms of SpeciationTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Human Activities Facilitate Speciation?Earth History and MacroevolutionThe Fossil RecordPlate Tectonics and BiogeographyMass Extinctions and Explosive Diversifications of LifeMechanisms of MacroevolutionLarge Effects from Small Genetic ChangesThe Evolution of Biological NoveltyClassifying the Diversity of LifeClassification and PhylogenyClassification: A Work in ProgressEVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolution in the AnthropoceneThe Evolution of Microbial Life CHAPTER THREADHuman MicrobiotaBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Our Invisible InhabitantsMajor Episodes in the History of Life The Origin of LifeA Four-Stage Hypothesis for the Origin of LifeFrom Chemical Evolution to Darwinian EvolutionProkaryotesThey’re Everywhere!The Structure and Function of ProkaryotesThe Ecological Impact of Prokaryotes The Two Main Branches of Prokaryotic Evolution: Bacteria and ArchaeaTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Are Intestinal Microbiota to Blame for Obesity?ProtistsProtozoansSlime MoldsUnicellular and Colonial AlgaeSeaweedsEVOLUTION CONNECTION The Sweet Life of Streptococcus mutansThe Evolution of Plants and Fungi CHAPTER THREADPlant-Fungus InteractionsBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Diamond of the Kitchen Colonizing LandTerrestrial Adaptations of PlantsThe Origin of Plants from Green AlgaePlant Diversity Highlights of Plant EvolutionBryophytesFernsGymnosperms AngiospermsPlant Diversity as a Nonrenewable ResourceFungiCharacteristics of FungiTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Killed the Pines?The Ecological Impact of FungiCommercial Uses of FungiEVOLUTION CONNECTION A Pioneering Partnership The Evolution of Animals CHAPTER THREADHuman EvolutionBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Evolving AdaptabilityThe Origins of Animal DiversityWhat Is an Animal?Early Animals and the Cambrian ExplosionAnimal PhylogenyMajor Invertebrate PhylaSpongesCnidariansMolluscsFlatwormsAnnelidsRoundwormsArthropodsEchinodermsVertebrate Evolution and DiversityCharacteristics of ChordatesFishesAmphibiansReptilesMammalsThe Human AncestryThe Evolution of PrimatesThe Emergence of HumankindTHE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Can Lice Tell Us About Ancient Humans? EVOLUTION CONNECTION Are We Still Evolving?UNIT 4 ECOLOGY An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere CHAPTER THREADClimate ChangeBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Penguins, Polar Bears, and People in PerilAn Overview of Ecology