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Biology essentials for dummies
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- 作者: by Rene Fester Kratz, PhD, [et al.]
- 出版社:John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- 出版年:2019
- 集叢名:For dummies
- ISBN:9781119589587
- EISBN:9781119589624 ePDF; 9781119589549 ePub
- 格式:EPUB 流式,PDF,JPG
- 頁數:196
- 字數:244595
- 附註:Includes index. "Learning made easy" -- Cover.
Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781119589587) was previously published as Biology Essentials For Dummies (9781118072677). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.
Just the core concepts you need to score high in your biology course
Biology Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. From identifying the structures and functions of plants and animals to grasping the crucial discoveries in evolutionary, reproductive, and ecological biology, this easy-to-follow guide lets you skip the suffering and score high at exam time.
Get down to basics — master the fundamentals, from understanding what biologists study to how living things are classified
The chemistry of life — find out what you need to know about atoms, elements, molecules, compounds, acids, bases, and more
Conquer and divide — discover the ins and outs of asexual and sexual reproduction, including cell division and DNA replication
Jump into the gene pool — grasp how proteins make traits happen, and easily understand DNA transcription, RNA processing, translation, and gene regulation.
- INTRODUCTION
- About This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- CHAPTER 1 : Exploring the Living World
- Living Things : Why Biologists Study Them, What Defines Them
- Meet Your Neighbors: Looking at Life on Earth
- Classifying Living Things
- Organizing Life into Smaller and Smaller Groups : Taxonomy
- Biodiversity : Our Differences Make Us Stronger
- Making Sense of the World through Observations
- CHAPTER 2 : The Chemistry of Life
- Exploring Why Matter Matters
- The Differences among Atoms, Elements, and Isotopes
- Molecules, Compounds, and Bonds
- Acids and Bases
- Carbon-Based Molecules : The Basis for All Life
- CHAPTER 3 : The Living Cell
- An Overview of Cells
- Peeking at Prokaryotic Cells
- Examining the Structure of Eukaryotic Cells
- Cells and the Organelles
- Presenting Enzymes, the Jump-Starters
- CHAPTER 4 : Energy and Organisms
- What’s Energy Got to Do with It ?
- Building Cells through Photosynthesis
- Cellular Respiration: Using Oxygen to Break Down Food
- Energy and Your Body
- CHAPTER 5 : Reproducing Cells
- Reproduction : Keep On Keepin’ On
- How DNA Replication Works
- Cell Division : Out with the Old, In with the New
- How Sexual Reproduction Creates Genetic Variation
- This Budding’s for You : Asexual Reproduction
- CHAPTER 6 : DNA and Proteins: Life Partners
- Proteins Make Traits Happen, and DNA Makes the Proteins
- Moving from DNA to RNA to Protein
- Mistakes Happen : The Consequences of Mutation
- Giving Cells Some Control : Gene Regulation
- CHAPTER 7 : Ecosystems and Populations
- Ecosystems Bring It All Together
- Studying Populations
- Moving Energy and Matter around within Ecosystems
- CHAPTER 8 : Understanding Genetics
- Heritable Traits and the Factors Affecting Them
- Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
- Defining Key Genetics Terms
- Bearing Genetic Crosses
- Genetic Engineering
- CHAPTER 9 : Biological Evolution
- What People Used to Believe
- Charles Darwin : Challenging Age-Old Beliefs
- Evidence of Biological Evolution
- Evolution versus Creationism
- CHAPTER 10 : Ten Great Biology Discoveries
- Seeing the Unseen
- Creating the First Antibiotic
- Protecting People from Smallpox
- Defining DNA Structure
- Finding and Fighting Defective Genes
- Discovering Modern Genetic Principles
- Evolving the Theory of Natural Selection
- Formulating Cell Theory
- Moving Energy through the Krebs Cycle
- Amplifying DNA with PCR
- INDEX