Biological Science Volume 2 with MasteringBiology

by Freeman, Scott

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3rd

ISBN13:

9780321543318

ISBN10:

0321543319

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Pub. Date:

12/20/2007

Publisher(s):

Benjamin Cummings

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This pioneering text combines research-focused storytelling with the Socratic method to get readers to think like practicing scientists. Each page of the book is designed in the spirit of active learning, asking readers to apply critical thinking skills as they learn key concepts. Accounts of real researchers designing and analyzing real experiments, carefully punctuated by thoughtful questions and exercises, train introductory readers in the process of DOING biology. Biology and the Tree of Life,Evolution by Natural Selection, Evolutionary Processes Speciation, Phylogenies and the History of Life, Bacteria and Archaea, Protists, Green Plants, Fungi, An Introduction to Animals, Protostome Animals, Deuterostome Animals Viruses, An Introduction to Ecology, Behavior, Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Conservation. For all readers interested in biological science.

Description: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology, Chapters 1, 24-35, 50-55
1. Biology and the Tree of Life

Unit 5: Evolutionary Processes and Patterns

24. Evolution by Natural Selection

25. Evolutionary Processes

26. Speciation

27. Phylogenies and the History of Life

Unit 6: The Diversification of Life

28. Bacteria and Archaea

29. Protists

30. Green Plants

31. Fungi

32. An Introduction to Animals

33. Protostome Animals

34. Deuterostome Animals

35. Viruses

Unit 9: Ecology

50. An Introduction to Ecology

51. Behavior

52. Population Ecology

53. Community Ecology

54. Ecosystems

55. Biodiversity and Conservation