A hefty but eye-catching introductory text for undergraduates, featuring a wealth of color photos and explanatory diagrams, boxed readings on current issues, and descriptions of real-life student projects, as well as chapter summaries and review and discussion questions.
The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens.
A strength of Concepts of Biology is that instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom.
Learn about the most important discoveries and theories of this science in The Biology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format.
From the emergence of life, to Leewenhoek's microscopic world, to GMO crops, The Biology Book presents 250 landmarks in the most widely studied scientific field.
Readers experience for themselves how the coloring of a carefully designed picture almost magically creates understanding. Indispensable for every biology student.
This fully revised edition aims to make it as easy to understand and remember as possible, to ensure a solid grounding in the essential underlying principles and how they relate to clinical practice.
The role of water in biological processes, the mechanisms of protein folding, the phases and cooperative effects in biological solutions, the thermodynamic description of replication, transport and neural activity, all are subjects that are ...
Heteroduplexes with both chains fully methylated were refractory to repair, but in the heteroduplexes with one completely methylated and one unmethylated strand the frequency of repair on the latter was 100%.
The new edition of Life builds upon this tradition, teaching fundamental concepts and showcasing significant research while responding to changes in biology education... • PEDAGOGICALLY, with features that match the way students learn ...
Steven Garber explains all the major biological concepts and terms in this newly revised edition, including the origin of life, evolution, cell biology, reproduction, physiology, and botany.