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Geobiology
Geobiology is the study of Earth-life interactions through time. This textbook is the start of a lower division book that uses these interactions to teach the fundamental biological concepts that are essential for geology majors to understand.
- Author
- Dawn Sumner
- Publisher
- University of California, Davis
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 34 sections
- 1: Life and Earth
- 1.1: Daisyworld
- 1.2 Interactions Among Organisms
- 2: What is life?
- 1.1: What is life?
- 3: Genes to Enzymes
- DNA Replication
- DNA, RNA, Genes and Chromosomes
- How Asexual Prokaryotes Achieve Genetic Diversity
- Mutations
- Operon Theory
- Protein Synthesis (Translation)
- RNA Transcription
- What Are Genes?
- 4: Tracing the History of Evolution
- 4.1: Phylogenetic Trees
- 4.2: Limitations of Phylogenetic Trees
- 4.3: The Levels of Classification
- 5: Structure of life
- 3.1: Unique Characteristics of Prokaryotic Cells
- 3.2: Unique Characteristics of Eukaryotic Cells
- 3.3: Viruses
- 3.3A: Viruses
- 3.3B: The Viral Life Cycle
- 6: Microbial Metabolism
- 8.1: Energy, Matter, and Enzymes
- 8.2: Catabolism of Carbohydrates
- 8.3: Cellular Respiration
- 8.4: Fermentation
- 8.5: Catabolism of Lipids and Proteins
- 8.6: Photosynthesis and the Importance of Light
- 8.7: Biogeochemical Cycles
- 7: How Microbes Grow
- 5.1: How Microbes Grow