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Biology

1 online resource (1517 pages) : · Biology is grounded in an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today's instructors and students, some topics have been condensed and combined; for example, phylogenetic trees are presented in the various ways they are currently being developed by scholars, so instructors can adapt their teaching to the approach that works best in their classroom. The book also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand-and apply-key concepts · "Senior contributors, Yael Avissar, cell biology; Jung Choi, genetics; Jean DeSaix, evolution; Vladimir Jurukovski, animal physiology; Robert Wise, plant biology; Connie Rye, general content lead"--Page 10 · Resource simultaneously available in high- and low-resolution PDF files, direct-access HTML version, EPUB format, and iBooks format · Includes index · The study of life -- The chemical foundation of life -- Biological macromolecules -- Cell structure -- Structure and function of plasma membranes -- Metabolism --

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