Biology : a guide to the natural world / / David Krogh

• Autore: Krogh David <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: Fifth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (822 pages) : color illustrations, photographs, tables
• Disciplina: 570
• Soggetto topico: Biology
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. Science as a Way of Learning: A Guide to the Natural World -- 1. How Does Science Impact the Everyday World? -- 2. What Is Science? -- 3. The Nature of Biology -- 4. Special Qualities of Biology -- Chapter Review -- 2. Fundamental Building Blocks: Chemistry, Water, and pH -- 1. Chemistry's Building Block: The Atom -- 2. Chemical Bonding: The Covalent Bond -- 3. The Ionic Bond -- 4. The Hydrogen Bond -- 5. Three-Dimensional Shape in Molecules -- 6. Water and Life -- 7. Acids and Bases -- Chapter Review -- 3. Life's Components: Biological Molecules -- 1. Carbon's Place in the Living World -- 2. Functional Groups -- 3. Carbohydrates -- 4. Lipids -- 5. Proteins -- 6. Nucleic Acids -- Chapter Review -- 4. Life's Home: The Cell -- 1. Cells as Life's Fundamental Unit -- 2. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells -- 3. The Eukaryotic Cell -- 4. A Tour of the Animal Cell's Protein Production Path -- 5. Cell Structures Outside the Protein Production Path -- 6. The Cytoskeleton: Internal Scaffolding -- 7. The Plant Cell -- 8. Cell-to-Cell Communication -- Chapter Review -- 5. Life's Border: The Plasma Membrane -- 1.The Nature of the Plasma Membrane -- 2. Diffusion, Gradients, and Osmosis -- 3. Moving Smaller Substances In and Out -- 4. Moving Larger Substances In and Out -- Chapter Review -- 6. Life's Mainspring: An Introduction to Energy -- 1. Energy Is Central to Life -- 2. The Nature of Energy -- 3. How Is Energy Used by Living Things? -- 4. The Energy Dispenser: ATP -- 5. Efficient Energy Use in Living Things: Enzymes -- 6. Enzymes and the Activation Barrier -- 7. Regulating Enzymatic Activity -- Chapter Review -- 7. Vital Harvest: Deriving Energy from Food -- 1. Energizing ATP. ; 2. The Three Stages of Cellular Respiration -- 3. First Stage of Respiration: Glycolysis -- 4. Second Stage of Respiration: The Krebs Cycle -- 5. Third Stage of Respiration: The Electron Transport Chain -- 6. Other Foods, Other Respiratory Pathways -- Chapter Review -- 8. The Green World's Gift: Photosynthesis -- 1. Photosynthesis and Energy -- 2. The Components of Photosynthesis -- 3. Stage 1: The Light Reactions -- 4. Stage 2: The Calvin Cycle -- 5. Photorespiration and the C4 Pathway -- 6. CAM Photosynthesis -- Chapter Review -- 9. The Links in Life's Chain: Genetics and Cell Division -- 1. An Introduction to Genetics -- 2. An Introduction to Cell Division -- 3. DNA in Chromosomes -- 4. Mitosis and Cytokinesis -- 5. Cell Division in Plants and Bacteria -- Chapter Review -- 10. Preparing for Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis -- 1. An Overview of Meiosis -- 2. The Steps in Meiosis -- 3. The Significance of Meiosis -- 4. Meiosis and Sex Outcome -- 5. Gamete Formation in Humans -- 6. Life Cycles: Humans and Other Organisms -- Chapter Review -- 11. The First Geneticist: Mendel and His Discoveries -- 1. Mendel and the Black Box -- 2. The Experimental Subjects: Pisum sativum -- 3. Starting the Experiments: Yellow and Green Peas -- 4. Another Generation -- 5. Crosses Involving Two Characters -- 6. Reception of Mendel's Ideas -- 7. Incomplete Dominance and Codominance -- 8. Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Inheritance -- 9. Genes and Environment -- Chapter Review -- 12. Units of Heredity: Chromosomes and Inheritance -- 1. X-Linked Inheritance in Humans -- 2. Autosomal Genetic Disorders -- 3. Tracking Traits with Pedigrees -- 4. Aberrations in Chromosomal Sets: Polyploidy -- 5. Incorrect Chromosome Number: Aneuploidy -- 6. Structural Aberrations in Chromosomes -- Chapter Review -- 13. Passing On Life's Information: DNA Structure and Replication. ; 1. The Form and Function of Genes -- 2. Watson and Crick: The Double Helix -- 3. The Components of DNA and Their Arrangement -- 4. Mutations -- Chapter Review -- 14. How Proteins Are Made: Genetic Transcription, Translation, and Regulation -- 1. The Structure of Proteins -- 2. Protein Synthesis in Overview -- 3. A Closer Look at Transcription -- 4. A Closer Look at Translation -- 5. Genetic Regulation -- 6. Genetics and Life -- Chapter Review -- 15. The Future Isn't What It Used to Be: Biotechnology -- 1. What Is Biotechnology? -- 2. Transgenic Biotechnology -- 3. Reproductive Cloning -- 4. Cell Reprogramming -- 5. Forensic Biotechnology -- 6. Controversies in Biotechnology -- Chapter Review -- 16. An Introduction to Evolution: Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Thought, and the Evidence for Evolution -- 1. Evolution and Its Core Principles -- 2. Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution -- 3. Evolutionary Thinking before Darwin -- 4. Darwin's Insights Following the Beagle's Voyage -- 5. Alfred Russel Wallace -- 6. Darwin: Accepted, Doubted, and Vindicated -- 7. Opposition to the Theory of Evolution -- 8. The Evidence for Evolution -- Chapter Review -- 17. The Means of Evolution: Microevolution -- 1. What Is It That Evolves? -- 2. Evolution as a Change in the Frequency of Alleles -- 3. Five Agents of Microevolution -- 4. Natural Selection and Evolutionary Fitness -- 5. Three Modes of Natural Selection -- Chapter Review -- 18. The Outcomes of Evolution: Macroevolution -- 1. What Is a Species? -- 2. How Do New Species Arise? -- 3. Adaptive Radiation and the Pace of Speciation -- 4. The Categorization of Earth's Living Things -- 5. Classical Taxonomy and Cladistics -- Chapter Review -- 19. A Slow Unfolding: The History of Life on Earth -- 1. The Geological Timescale -- 2. How Did Life Begin? -- 3. The Tree of Life -- 4. A Long First Era: The Precambrian. ; 5. The Cambrian Explosion -- 6. Plants Move onto Land -- 7. Animals Move onto Land -- Chapter Review -- 20. Arriving Late, Traveling Far: The Evolution of Human Beings -- 1. The Human Family Tree -- 2. Human Evolution in Overview -- 3. Interpreting the Fossil Evidence -- 4. Snapshots from the Past: Four Hominins -- 5. The Appearance of Modern Human Beings -- 6. Next-to-Last Standing? The Hobbit People -- Chapter Review -- 21. Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, and Protists: The Diversity of Life -- 1. Life's Categories and the Importance of Microbes -- 2. Viruses: Making a Living by Hijacking Cells -- 3. Bacteria: Masters of Every Environment -- 4. Intimate Strangers: Humans and Bacteria -- 5. Bacteria and Human Disease -- 6. Archaea: From Marginal Player to Center Stage -- 7. Protists: Pioneers in Diversifying Life -- 8. Protists and Sexual Reproduction -- 9. Photosynthesizing Protists -- 10. Heterotrophic Protists -- Chapter Review -- 22. Fungi: The Diversity of Life -- 1. The Fungi: Life as a Web of Slender Threads -- 2. Roles of Fungi in Society and Nature -- 3. Structure and Reproduction in Fungi -- 4. Categories of Fungi -- 5. Fungal Associations: Lichens and Mycorrhizae -- Chapter Review -- 23. Animals: The Diversity of Life -- 1. What Is an Animal? -- 2. Lessons from the Animal Family Tree -- 3. Across the Animal Kingdom: Nine Phyla -- 4. Animal Reproduction -- 5. Egg Fertilization and Protection -- 6. Organs and Circulation -- 7. Skeletons and Molting -- Chapter Review -- 24. Plants: The Diversity of Life -- 1. The Roles and Characteristics of Plants -- 2. Types of Plants -- 3. Angiosperm-Animal Interactions -- 4. Responding to External Signals -- Chapter Review -- 25. The Angiosperms: Form and Function in Flowering Plants -- 1. The Structure of Angiosperms -- 2. Monocots and Dicots -- 3. Plant Tissue Types -- 4. Primary Growth in Angiosperms. ; 5. Fluid Movement: The Vascular System -- 6. Sexual Reproduction in Angiosperms -- 7. The Developing Plan -- Chapter Review -- 26. Body Support and Movement: The Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems -- 1. How the Body Regulates Itself -- 2. Levels of Physical Organization -- 3. The Four Basic Tissue Types -- 4. Organs Are Made of Several Kinds of Tissues -- 5. Organs and Tissues Make Up Organ Systems -- 6. The Integumentary -- 7. The Skeletal System -- 8. The Muscular System -- Chapter Review -- 27. Communication and Control: The Nervous System -- 1. Structure of the Nervous System -- 2. Cells of the Nervous System -- 3. Nervous-System Signaling -- 4. The Spinal Cord -- 5. The Autonomic Nervous System -- 6. The Human Brain -- 7. Our Senses -- 8. Touch -- 9. Smell -- 10. Taste -- 11 Hearing -- 12. Vision -- Chapter Review -- 28. Communication and Control: The Endocrine System -- 1. The Endocrine System in Overview -- 2. Hormone Types and Modes of Action -- 3. Negative Feedback and Homeostasis -- 4. Hormone Central: The Hypothalamus -- 5. Hormones in Action: Three Examples -- Chapter Review -- 29. Defending the Body: The Immune System -- 1. The Immune System in Overview -- 2. The Innate Immune Response -- 3. The Adaptive Immune Response -- 4. Inducing Immunity: Vaccination -- 5. The Immune System Can Cause Trouble -- 6. New Frontiers in Immune Therapy -- Chapter Review -- 30. Transport and Exchange: Blood and Breath -- 1. The Cardiovascular System -- 2. The Composition of Blood -- 3. Blood Vessels -- 4. The Heart and Blood Circulation -- 5. What Is a Heart Attack? -- 6. Distributing the Goods: The Capillary Beds -- 7. The Respiratory System -- 8. Steps in Respiration -- Chapter Review -- 31. Transport and Exchange: Digestion, Nutrition, and Elimination -- 1. The Digestive System -- 2. Structure of the Digestive System -- 3. Steps in Digestion. ; 4. Human Nutrition.
• Sommario/riassunto: David Krogh's Biology: A Guide to the Natural World leads readers on a memorable journey through the world of biology, using relevant examples, clearly-developed illustrations, and helpful insights that resonate with today's students. Widely-recognized as a book that students enjoy reading, the Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated with new discussions on social concerns and health applications, along with streamlined chapter summaries and expanded review questions. To address different learning styles, the book's clear illustrations and exercises are reinforced with a full suite of instructor resources.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biology
• ISBN: 1-292-05617-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154811303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Always learning.