Biology Science for Life with Physiology, Global Edition /

Colleen M. Belk

Biology Science for Life with Physiology, Global Edition / Colleen Belk; Virginia Borden Maier - 5th ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education Limited  2016. - 1 vol. (multiple pages) : col. ill.; 28 cm.

Includes glossary & index

1. Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific Method Unit One: Chemistry and Cells 2. Science Fiction, Bad Science, and Pseudoscience: Water, Biochemistry, and Cells 3. Is it Possible to Supplement Your Way to Better Health? Nutrients and Membrane Transport 4. Body Weight and Health: Enzymes, Metabolism, and Cellular Respiration 5. Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis and Climate Change Unit Two: Genetics 6. Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis 7. Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics 8. DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Profiling 9. Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, Stem Cells, and Cloning Unit Three: Evolution 10. Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution 11. An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection 12. Who Am I? Species and Races 13. The Greatest Species on Earth? Biodiversity and Classification Unit Four: Ecology 14. Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology 15. Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology 16. Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes Unit Five: Animal Structure and Function 17. Organ Donation: Tissues and Organs 18. Binge Drinking: The Digestive and Urinary Systems 19. Clearing the Air: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems 20. Vaccination: Protection and Prevention or Peril? Immune System, Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens 21. Human Sex Differences: Endocrine, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems 22. Is There Something in the Water? Reproductive and Developmental Biology 23. Study Drugs: Brain Boost or Brain Drain? Brain Structure and Function Unit Six: Plant Biology 24. Feeding the World: Plant Structure and Growth 25. Growing a Green Thumb: Plant Physiology

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