Biology With Infotrac

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• ISBN13: 9780534385583
• ISBN10: 0534385583
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-29
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

This best-selling text is designed to help students understand biology by engaging them in learning in every way possible. The book's extensive array of multimedia resources enriches the book's hallmark features: unique visuals on every page, applications in every chapter that show how biology is inextricably linked to everyday life, and activities and resources throughout the book that encourage critical thinking and spark curiosity in biological investigation. CD-ROM and segments on the FREE accompanying interactive CD-ROM, as well as CNN Today Videos, Web links, and reading from the InfoTrac College Edition library are all integrated with the text to support, illuminate, and reinforce the text. Cecie Starr's visuals work hand in hand with her clear writing. Each basic concept appears as a one- or two-page concept spread. This format helps student focus on information in manageable easy-to-understand segments. Main points are laid out clearly, summarized, and reinforced by visuals. The carefully written transitions between Concept Spreads help students grasp how each concept fits into the whole story. In the process, students develop an understanding of biology's amazing diversity and underlying unity.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Concepts and Methods in Biology

Part I: PRINCIPLES OF CELLULAR LIFE

2. Chemical Foundations for Cells

3. Carbon Compounds in Cells

4. Cell Structure and Function

5. Ground Rules of Metabolism

6. How Cells Acquire Energy

7. How Cells Release Stored Energy

Part II: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE

8. Cell Division and Mitosis

9. Meiosis

10. Observable Patterns of Inheritance

11. Chromosomes and Human Genetics

12. DNA Structure and Function

13. From DNA to Proteins

14. Controls Over Genes

15. Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering

Part III: PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION

16. Microevolution

17. Speciation

18. The Macroevolutionary Puzzle

Part IV: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY

19. The Origin and Evolution of Life

20. Prokaryotes, Viruses, and Protistans

21. Fungi

22. Plants

23. Animals: The Invertebrates

24. Animals: The Vertebrates

25. Biodiversity in Perspective

Part V: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

26. Plant Tissues

27.Plant Nutrition and Transport

28. Plant Reproduction and Development

Part VI: ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

29. Tissues, Organ Systems, and Homeostasis

30. Integration and Control: Nervous Systems

31. Sensory Reception

32. Endocrine Control

33. Protection, Support, and Movement

34. Circulation

35. Immunity

36. Respiration

37. Digestion and Human Nutrition

38. The Internal Environment

39. Animal Reproduction And Development

PART VII: ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

40. Population Ecology

41. Social Interactions

42. Community Interactions

43. Ecosystems

44. The Biosphere

45. Human Impact on the Biosphere

Appendix I: Classification Scheme

Appendix II: Units of Measure

Appendix III: Answers to Self-Quizzes

Appendix IV: Answers to Genetics Problems

Appendix V: A Closer Look At Some Major Metabolic Pathways

Appendix VI: Periodic Table of the Elements