This text is up-to-date, beautifully illustrated and pedagogically sound for the student. They have provided clear, explicit learning objectives and more closely integrate the text with its media support materials to provide instructors with an excellent complement to their teaching.
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This text is up-to-date, beautifully illustrated and pedagogically sound for the student. They have provided clear, explicit learning objectives and more closely integrate the text with its media support materials to provide instructors with an excellent complement to their teaching.
Each chapter begins with an outline of the chapter. Learning outcomes are included for every major topic to help students see the forest for the trees and focus on the main concepts and relationships of the details being presented to them.
Inquiry questions are found throughout the text to push the students further in their ability to think scientifically.
End of chapter review questions include Understanding, Applying and Synthesizing levels.
Table of Contents:
Part I: The Molecular Basis of Life
The Science of Biology
The Nature of Molecules
The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Part II: Biology of the Cell
Cell Structure
Membranes
Energy and Metabolism
How Cells Harvest Energy
Photosynthesis
Cell Communication
How Cells Divide
Part III: Genetic and Molecular Biology
Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
Patterns of Inheritance
Chromosomes, Matting & the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection
DNA: The Genetic Material
Genes and How They Work
Control of Gene Expression
Biotechnology
Genom... See more
This text is up-to-date, beautifully illustrated and pedagogically sound for the student. They have provided clear, explicit learning objectives and more closely integrate the text with its media support materials to provide instructors with an excellent complement to their teaching.
Features:
This text is up-to-date, beautifully illustrated and pedagogically sound for the student. They have provided clear, explicit learning objectives and more closely integrate the text with its media support materials to provide instructors with an excellent complement to their teaching.
Each chapter begins with an outline of the chapter. Learning outcomes are included for every major topic to help students see the forest for the trees and focus on the main concepts and relationships of the details being presented to them.
Inquiry questions are found throughout the text to push the students further in their ability to think scientifically.
End of chapter review questions include Understanding, Applying and Synthesizing levels.
Table of Contents:
Part I: The Molecular Basis of Life
The Science of Biology
The Nature of Molecules
The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Part II: Biology of the Cell
Cell Structure
Membranes
Energy and Metabolism
How Cells Harvest Energy
Photosynthesis
Cell Communication
How Cells Divide
Part III: Genetic and Molecular Biology
Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
Patterns of Inheritance
Chromosomes, Matting & the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection
DNA: The Genetic Material
Genes and How They Work
Control of Gene Expression
Biotechnology
Genomics
Cellular Mechanisms of Development
Part IV: Evolution
Genes Within Populations
The Evidence for Evolution
The Origin of Species
Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution
Genome Evolution
Evolution of Development
Part V: Diversity of Life on Earth
The Tree of Life
Viruses
Prokaryotes
Protists
Green Plants
Fungi
Overview of Animal Diversity
Noncelibate Invertebrates
Coelomate Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Part VI: Plant Form and Function
Plant Form
Vegetative Plant Development
Transport in Plants
Plant Nutrition and Soils
Plant Defense Responses
Sensory Systems in Plants
Plant Reproduction
Part VII: Animal Form and Function
The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
The Nervous System
Sensory Systems
The Endocrine System
The Musculoskeletal System
The Digestive System
The Circulatory System
The Respiratory System
Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
The Immune System
The Reproductive System
Animal Development
Part VIII: Ecology and Behavior
Behavioral Biology
Population Ecology
Community of Ecology
Dynamics of Ecosystems
The Biosphere
Conservation Biology
