Authoritative, thorough, and engaging,' Life: The Science of Biology' achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them,' Life' covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom, but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline.
The new edition builds on' Life's' enduring strengths by doing what this acclaimed text has always done: combine a contemporary view of the discipline with innovative teaching and learning features. New chapters and essays, an enhanced art program, and standard-setting media and supplements combine to make this edition the finest yet.
From the contents:
Life: Its Origins and Evolution
PART ONE: THE CELL
Life and Chemistry: Small Molecules
Life and Chemistry: Large Molecules
Cells: The Basic Units of Life
Cellular Membranes
Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Cellular Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun
PART TWO: INFORMATION AND HEREDITY
Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division
Transmission Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
DNA and its Role in Heredity
From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
The Eukaryotic Genome and its Expression
Cell Signaling and Gene Expression
Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
Molecular Biology and Medicine
Natural Defenses against Disease
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT
Differential Gene Expression in Development
Animal Development: From Genes to Organism
Development and Evolutionary Change
PART FOUR: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
The History of Life on Earth
The Mechanisms of Evolution
Species and their Formation
Constructing and Using Phylogenies
Molecular and Genomic Evolution
PART FIVE: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY
Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya
Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
The Evolution of Seed Plants
Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners
Ancestors and Lophotrochozoans
Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals
Deuterostomate Animals
PART SIX: THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS
The Plant Body
Transport in Plants
Plant Nutrition
Plant Growth Regulation
Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
PART SEVEN: THE BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS
Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
Animal Hormones
Animal Reproduction
Neurons and Nervous Systems
Sensory Systems
The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions
Effectors
Gas Exchange in Animals
Circulatory Systems
Animal Nutrition
Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
Animal Behavior
PART EIGHT: ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
Behavioral Ecology
Population Ecology
Community Ecology
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Earth Systems Science
The new edition builds on' Life's' enduring strengths by doing what this acclaimed text has always done: combine a contemporary view of the discipline with innovative teaching and learning features. New chapters and essays, an enhanced art program, and standard-setting media and supplements combine to make this edition the finest yet.
From the contents:
Life: Its Origins and Evolution
PART ONE: THE CELL
Life and Chemistry: Small Molecules
Life and Chemistry: Large Molecules
Cells: The Basic Units of Life
Cellular Membranes
Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Cellular Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun
PART TWO: INFORMATION AND HEREDITY
Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division
Transmission Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
DNA and its Role in Heredity
From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
The Eukaryotic Genome and its Expression
Cell Signaling and Gene Expression
Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
Molecular Biology and Medicine
Natural Defenses against Disease
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT
Differential Gene Expression in Development
Animal Development: From Genes to Organism
Development and Evolutionary Change
PART FOUR: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
The History of Life on Earth
The Mechanisms of Evolution
Species and their Formation
Constructing and Using Phylogenies
Molecular and Genomic Evolution
PART FIVE: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY
Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya
Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
The Evolution of Seed Plants
Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners
Ancestors and Lophotrochozoans
Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals
Deuterostomate Animals
PART SIX: THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS
The Plant Body
Transport in Plants
Plant Nutrition
Plant Growth Regulation
Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
PART SEVEN: THE BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS
Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
Animal Hormones
Animal Reproduction
Neurons and Nervous Systems
Sensory Systems
The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions
Effectors
Gas Exchange in Animals
Circulatory Systems
Animal Nutrition
Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
Animal Behavior
PART EIGHT: ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
Behavioral Ecology
Population Ecology
Community Ecology
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Earth Systems Science