50 biology ideas you really need to know / JV Chamaray.
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (56 entries) : 42 images ; digital filesContent type:- still image
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- Fifty biology ideas you really need to know
- Fifty ideas you really need to know : biology
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- QH309 .C424 2015
- Also available in print version.
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Introduction -- 01. Evolution -- 02. Genes -- 03. The cell -- 04. The origin of life -- 05. The tree of life -- 06. Sex -- 07. Heredity -- 08. Recombination -- 09. Mutation -- 10. The double helix -- 11. The genetic code -- 12. Gene expression -- 13. Protein folding -- 14. Junk DNA -- 15. Epigenetics -- 16. The phenotype -- 17. Endosymbiosis -- 18. Respiration -- 19. Photosynthesis -- 20. Cell division -- 21. The cell cycle -- 22. Cancer -- 23. Viruses -- 24. Prions -- 25. Multicellularity -- 26. Circulation -- 27. Ageing -- 28. Stem cells -- 29. Fertilization -- 30. Embryogenesis -- 31. Morphology -- 32. Colouration -- 33. Immunity -- 34. Homeostasis -- 35. Stress -- 36. Body clocks -- 37. Sleep -- 38. Memory -- 39. Intelligence -- 40. Humans -- 41. Pollination -- 42. The Red Queen -- 43. Ecosystems -- 44. Natural selection -- 45. Genetic drift -- 46. The selfish gene -- 47. Cooperation -- 48. Speciation -- 49. Extinction -- 50. Synthetic biology.
From mass extinction to immunity, and from sociobiology to swarm behaviour, 50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know will open you eyes to the fundamental biological processes that are essential to all life on earth, beginning with innovations unique to animals - such as the development of muscles and importance of circulation - and moving through to genetics, cells, tissues and, finally, the nature of groups of organisms.
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