Nguồn ngoài
Contemporary Biology
This is an introductory text developed for a single semester general education biology course.
- Tác giả
- Rachel Aptekar
- Nhà xuất bản
- Cosumnes River College
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-NC
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
- Danh mục
- Khoa học cơ bản
Mục lục· 94 mục
- 01: Welcome to Biology Class
- 02: Introduction to Biology and Science
- 2.01: Themes and Concepts of Biology
- 2.02: The Process of Science
- 2.03: Introduction to Biology and Science (Exercises)
- 03: Chemistry of Life
- 3.01: The Building Blocks of Molecules
- 3.02: Water
- 3.03: Biological Molecules
- 3.04: Chemistry of Life (Exercises)
- 04: Cell Structure and Function
- 4.01: How Cells Are Studied
- 4.02: Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
- 4.03: Eukaryotic Cells
- 4.04: Eukaryotic Origins
- 4.05: The Cell Membrane
- 4.06: Passive Transport
- 4.07: Active Transport
- 4.08: Cell Structure and Function (Exercises)
- 05: Cellular Metabolism
- 5.01: Energy and Metabolism
- 5.02: Glycolysis- The First Step of Cellular Respiration or Fermentation
- 5.03: Cellular Respiration- Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 5.04: Fermentation
- 5.05: Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
- 5.06: Overview of Photosynthesis
- 5.07: Photosynthesis- The Light-Dependent Reactions
- 5.08: Photosynthesis- The Calvin Cycle
- 5.09: Cellular Metabolism (Exercises)
- 06: Unit 1 Wrap-up - Biology and Science Basics Chemistry and Cells
- 07: Cellular Division and Reproduction
- 7.01: The Genome
- 7.02: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
- 7.03: Cancer and the Cell Cycle
- 7.04: Prokaryotic Cell Division
- 7.05: Sexual Reproduction
- 7.06: Meiosis
- 7.07: Errors in Meiosis
- 7.08: Cellular Division and Reproduction (Exercises)
- 08: DNA Structure and Function
- 8.01: The Structure of DNA
- 8.02: DNA Replication
- 8.03: Transcription
- 8.04: Translation
- 8.05: How Genes Are Regulated
- 8.06: Cloning and Genetic Engineering
- 8.07: Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture
- 8.08: Genomics and Proteomics
- 8.09: DNA Structure and Function (Exercises)
- 09: Principles of Heredity
- 9.01: Mendels Inheritance Experiments
- 9.02: Laws of Inheritance- Dominant and Recessive Inheritance Patterns
- 9.03: Other Inheritance Patterns- Extensions of the Laws of Inheritance
- 9.04: Pedigrees
- 9.05: Principles of Heredity (Exercises)
- 10: Evolution and Its Processes
- 10.01: Discovering How Populations Change
- 10.02: Mechanisms of Evolution
- 10.03: Evidence of Evolution
- 10.04: Speciation
- 10.05: Common Misconceptions about Evolution
- 10.06: Evolutionary Trees and the Classification of Life
- 10.07: Determining Evolutionary Relationships
- 10.08: Evolution and Its Processes (Exercises)
- 11: Unit 2 Wrap-up - Reproduction DNA Heredity and Evolution
- 12: Survey of Bioiversity
- 12.01: Classification of Biodiversity - Domains and Kingdoms
- 12.02: Prokaryotic Diversity
- 12.03: Eukaryotic Origins
- 12.04: Protists (Kingdom Protista)
- 12.05: The Fungi Kingdom (Kingdom Fungi)
- 12.06: The Plant Kingdom (Kingdom Plantae)
- 12.07: The Animal Kingdom (Kingdom Animalia)
- 12.08: Survey of Biodiversity (Exercises)
- 13: Ecosystems and the Biosphere
- 13.01: The Scope of Ecology
- 13.02: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
- 13.03: Biogeochemical Cycles
- 13.04: Terrestrial Biomes
- 13.05: Aquatic and Marine Biomes
- 13.06: Ecosystems and the Biosphere (Exercises)
- 14: Population and Community Ecology
- 14.01: Population Demographics and Dynamics
- 14.02: Population Growth and Regulation
- 14.03: The Human Population
- 14.04: Community Ecology
- 14.05: Population and Community Ecology (Exercises)
- 15: Conservation and Biodiversity
- 15.01: Importance of Biodiversity
- 15.02: Threats to Biodiversity
- 15.03: The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
- 15.04: Preserving Biodiversity
- 15.05: Conservation and Biodiversity (Exercises)
- 16: Unit 3 Wrap-up - Biodiversity and Ecology