Biology: 2025 Release ISE

7. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-265-08885-9
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, Gewicht: 2722 g

Brooker, Biology, balances core concepts with core skills to engage students in biology allowing them to build their knowledge base. In addition, the textbook centers around the goal of allowing students to develop critical thinking skills. An individual who is skillful in critical thinking can conclude a collection of information and discriminate between useful and less useful details to solve problems and make decisions. If a primary goal for your students is to understand biology and improve their critical thinking skills, Biology is an excellent choice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooker, Robert

Widmaier, Eric

Graham, Linda

Stiling, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Biology
2. The Chemical Basis of Life I: Atoms, Molecules, and Water
3. The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic Molecules
Unit II Cell
4. Evolutionary Origin of Cells and Their General Features
5. Membrane Structure, Synthesis, and Transport
6. An Introduction to Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
7. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
8. Photosynthesis
9. Cell Communication
10. Multicellularity
Unit III Genetics
11. Nucleic Acid Structure, DNA Replication, and Chromosome Structure
12. Gene Expression at the Molecular Level I: Production of mRNAs and Proteins
13. Gene Expression at the Molecular Level II: Non-coding RNAs
14. Gene Expression at the Molecular Level III: Gene Regulation
15. Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer
16. The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis
17. Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance
18. Epigenetics, Extranuclear Inheritance, and Linkage
19. Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
20. Developmental Genetics
21. Genetic Technologies and Genomics
Unit IV Evolution
22. An Introduction to Evolution
23. Population Genetics
24. Origin of Species and Macroevolution
25. Taxonomy and Systematics
26. History of Life on Earth and Human Evolution
Unit V Diversity
27. Archaea and Bacteria
28. Protists
29. Fungi
30. Microbiomes: Microbial Systems On and Around Us
31. Plants and the Conquest of Land
32. The Evolution and Diversity of Modern Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
33. An Introduction to Animal Diversity
34. The Invertebrates
35. The Vertebrates
Unit VI Flowering Plants
36. An Introduction to Flowering Plant Form and Function
37. Flowering Plants: Behavior
38. Flowering Plants: Nutrition
39. Flowering Plants: Transport
40. Flowering Plants: Reproduction
Unit VII Animals
41. Animal Bodies and Homeostasis
42. Neuroscience I: Cells of the Nervous System
43. Neuroscience II: Evolution, Structure, and Function of the Nervous System
44. Neuroscience III: Sensory Systems
45. Musculoskeletal Systems and Locomotion
46. Nutrition and Animal Digestive Systems
47. Control of Energy Balance, Metabolic Rate, and Body Temperature
48. Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
49. Excretory Systems
50. Endocrine Systems
51. Animal Reproduction and Development;
52. Immune Systems
53. Integrated Responses of Animal Organ Systems to a Challenge to Homeostasis
Unit VIII Ecology
54. An Introduction to Ecology and Biomes
55. Behavioral Ecology
56. Population Ecology
57. Species Interactions
58. Communities and Ecosystems: Ecological Organization on Large Scales
59. The Ecological Impact of Humans
60. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Über Autor(innen)

Stiling, Peter
Peter Stiling is a professor of biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa.  He has taught classes in ecology, environmental science, and community ecology, and in 1995 he received a teaching award in recognition of classroom excellence in these areas.  Dr. Stiling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University.

Brooker, Robert
Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.

Widmaier, Eric
Eric P. Widmaier received his Ph.D. in 1984 in Endocrinology from the University of California at San Francisco.  His postdoctoral training was in endocrinology and physiology at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, and The Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA.  He is currently Professor of Biology at Boston University.

Graham, Linda
Linda Graham is Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She received her Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has taught a nonmajors plant biology course each year for more than 20 years.  She also teaches courses on the biology of algae and bryophytes, contributes to an introductory biology course for majors, and has taught marine botany on a remote tropical island.