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BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Student Edition
, by Unknown- ISBN: 9780078664274 | 0078664276
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/19/2004


BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach is an inquiry-based program that explores the fundamental concepts of biology through a molecular perspective. The 9th edition builds on the Blue Version's nearly 40 years of success by incorporating the most current discoveries in molecular biology. Book jacket.
| Prologue: Biology and the Molecular Perspective | p. 1 |
| The New Biology | |
| Biology in Your World | |
| A Biological View of AIDS | |
| Growth Hormone: New Solution, New Problem | |
| The Methods of Science | |
| Solving Problems | |
| A Mechanism for Evolution: Science at Work | |
| The Theory of Natural Selection | |
| Science as a Way of Knowing | |
| Scientific Perspectives | |
| Your Role as a Biologist | |
| Energy, Matter, and Organization | |
| The Chemistry of Life | p. 22 |
| General Chemistry | |
| Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds | |
| The Structure of Atoms | |
| Reactions in Living Cells | |
| Chemical Reactions | |
| Chemical Bonds | |
| Ions and Living Cells | |
| Biochemistry | |
| Organic Compounds and Life | |
| Carbohydrates | |
| Lipids | |
| Proteins | |
| Nucleic Acids | |
| Genetic Coding in Cells | |
| The Double Helix | |
| The Functions of DNA | |
| Energy, Life, and the Biosphere | p. 50 |
| Organisms and Energy | |
| Characteristics of Organisms | |
| Energy and Nutrients | |
| Energy and Ecosystems | |
| Energy Flow | |
| Energy Conversions | |
| Energy and Entropy | |
| Metabolism and Energy Transfer | |
| Enzymes and Energy | |
| Chemical Reactions in Organisms | |
| Energy Transfer and ATP | |
| Digestion | |
| Digestion Inside and Outside Cells | |
| An Overview of Human Digestion | |
| Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, and Absorption | |
| Exchanging Materials with the Environment | p. 76 |
| Living Systems as Compartments | |
| Exchanged Materials | |
| Membrane as Barrier | |
| How Cells Exchange Materials | |
| Diffusion and Osmosis | |
| Passive and Active Transport | |
| Exchange in Multicellular Organisms | |
| Gas Exchange in Water | |
| Adaptation to Life on Land | |
| Waste Removal | |
| Human Urinary System | |
| Autotrophy: Collecting Energy from the Nonliving Environment | p. 100 |
| Autotrophy and Photosynthesis | |
| What Are Autotrophs? | |
| Overview of Photosynthesis | |
| The Light Reactions | |
| The Calvin Cycle | |
| Photosynthesis and the Environment | |
| Rate of Photosynthesis | |
| Photorespiration and Special Adaptations | |
| Photosynthesis and the Atmosphere | |
| Chemoautotrophy | |
| Varieties of Chemoautotrophs | |
| Chemoautotrophs and the Environment | |
| Cell Respiration: Releasing Chemical Energy | p. 128 |
| An Overview of Respiration | |
| Metabolism and Cell Respiration | |
| The Stages of Aerobic Respiration | |
| The Reactions of Respiration | |
| Glycolysis | |
| Mitochondria and Respiration | |
| The Krebs Cycle | |
| The Electron Transport System | |
| Oxygen, Respiration, and Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration and Cellular Activities | |
| The Krebs Cycle in Fat and Protein Metabolism | |
| Respiration and Heat Production | |
| Control of Respiration | |
| The Cell: Homeostasis and Development | |
| Cell Structures and Their Functions | p. 154 |
| The Basic Unit of Life | |
| Cell Study and Technology | |
| Two Basic Types of Cells | |
| Cell Structure | |
| Prokaryotic Cell Structure | |
| Eukaryotic Cell Structure | |
| Multicellular Organization | |
| Cooperation among Cells | |
| Division of Labor | |
| Systems | |
| Transport Systems | p. 184 |
| Transport Systems in Plants | |
| Adaptations for Life on Land | |
| Water Transport | |
| Nutrient Transport | |
| Transport Systems in Animals | |
| Circulatory Systems | |
| Circulation in Vertebrates | |
| The Human Heart | |
| Molecular Basis of Muscle Contraction | |
| Regulation and Transport | |
| Blood Pressure | |
| Composition of Blood | |
| The Circulatory System and Homeostasis | |
| The Cell Cycle | p. 212 |
| The Life of a Eukaryotic Cell | |
| Cell Division in Eukaryotes | |
| The Phases of the Cell Cycle | |
| DNA Replication | |
| DNA Structure | |
| DNA Synthesis | |
| DNA Repair | |
| Mitosis and Cell Division | |
| The Stages of Cell Division | |
| Differences in Mitosis | |
| Regulation of the Cell Cycle | |
| Control of the Cell Cycle | |
| Checkpoints | |
| Expressing Genetic Information | p. 232 |
| The Genetic Code: Using Information | |
| Genetic Material | |
| Importance of Proteins | |
| Transcription | |
| RNA Synthesis | |
| RNA Processing | |
| Protein Synthesis | |
| Translation | |
| Transport and Modification of Proteins | |
| Translation Errors | |
| Viruses | |
| Genetic Information and Viruses | |
| Impact of Viruses | |
| Animal Growth and Development | p. 260 |
| Key Events of Development | |
| Beginnings of the Embryo | |
| Growth, Differentiation, and Form | |
| From One Cell to Many: Making the Organism | |
| Developmental Diversity | |
| Developmental Patterns and Evolutionary Relationships | |
| Human Development | |
| Birth Defects | |
| Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation | |
| Exploring the Mechanisms of Differentiation | |
| The Genetic Equivalence of Differentiating Cells | |
| Determination and Differentiation | |
| Cytoplasmic Determination | |
| Cell-Cell Interactions | |
| Plant Growth and Development | p. 290 |
| Plant Development | |
| The Embryo and the Seed | |
| Seed Germination | |
| Primary and Secondary Growth | |
| Control of Growth and Development | |
| Factors Affecting Plant Growth | |
| Auxins | |
| Other Growth Stimulants: Gibberellins and Cytokinins | |
| Growth Inhibitors: Abscisic Acid and Ethylene | |
| Plant Responses | |
| Plant Movements and Growth Responses | |
| Photoperiodism | |
| Heredity: Continuity of Life | |
| Reproduction | p. 316 |
| Cell Division and Reproduction | |
| Asexual Reproduction | |
| Chromosome Numbers | |
| Meiosis and the Production of Gametes | |
| Sexual Reproduction | |
| Sexual Reproduction in Microorganisms | |
| Sexual Reproduction in Plants | |
| Sexual Reproduction in Animals | |
| Reproduction in Humans | |
| Egg Production and the Menstrual Cycle | |
| Sperm Production | |
| Secondary Sex Characteristics | |
| Infertility and Contraception | |
| Patterns of Inheritance | p. 342 |
| Genes and Chromosomes | |
| Heredity and Environment | |
| Mendel and the Idea of Alleles | |
| Genes and Chromosomes | |
| Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance | |
| Probability and Genetics | |
| Inheritance of Alleles | |
| Sex Determination | |
| Other Patterns of Inheritance | |
| Multiple Alleles and Alleles without Dominance | |
| Linked Genes | |
| X-Linked Traits | |
| Nondisjunction | |
| Multigene Traits | |
| Other Forms of Inheritance | p. 368 |
| New Explanations of Inheritance | |
| Understanding Gene Function | |
| Cytoplasmic Inheritance | |
| Genomic Imprinting | |
| Epistasis | |
| Special Mechanisms of Inheritance | |
| Genetic Anticipation | |
| Transposable Elements | |
| Advances in Molecular Genetics | p. 390 |
| Studying Genomes | |
| The Genome Projects | |
| Functional Genomics | |
| Technologies | |
| Applications and Issues in Molecular Genetics | |
| Mutations and DNA Repair | |
| Genetic Disorders and Gene Therapy | |
| Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues | |
| Population Genetics | p. 416 |
| Genetic Variation in Populations | |
| Populations and Gene Pools | |
| Genetic Variation | |
| The Hardy-Weinberg Model | |
| Changes in Gene Pools | |
| Microevolution in Large Populations | |
| Microevolution in Small Populations | |
| Quantitative Traits | |
| Evolution | |
| The Origin of Life | p. 438 |
| The Origin of Earth | |
| The Big Bang | |
| Early Earth | |
| Evolution of Life on Earth | |
| The Beginnings of Life | |
| Chemical Evolution | |
| Biological Evolution | |
| The Record of the Rocks | |
| Microfossils and Prokaryotes | |
| Eukaryotes | |
| Diversity and Variation | p. 460 |
| Bringing Order to Diversity | |
| The Species Concept | |
| Classification and Homologies | |
| The Linnean Classification System | |
| Three Ways to Classify Species | |
| The Kingdoms of Life | |
| Five Kingdoms | |
| Classification and Change | |
| A Brief Survey of Organisms | p. 483 |
| Changes in Species | p. 498 |
| Multiple Lines of Evidence | |
| Fossil Evidence | |
| Evidence from Ecology and Homologies | |
| Genetic and Molecular Evidence | |
| Origin of Species | |
| The Process of Speciation | |
| Patterns in Evolution | |
| Human Evolution | p. 518 |
| Common Origin of Primates | |
| Identifying Primates | |
| Comparing Skeletal Evidence | |
| Comparing Molecular Evidence | |
| Dating Human Fossils | |
| Human Origins and Populations | |
| Early Hominids | |
| The First Humans | |
| Gene Pools | |
| Responding to the Environment | |
| Nervous Systems | p. 546 |
| Organization of the Nervous System | |
| Sensory Systems | |
| Motor Systems | |
| The Peripheral Nervous System | |
| The Central Nervous System | |
| Cells of the Nervous System | |
| Cellular Communication | |
| Transmission of Impulses | |
| Synapses | |
| Integration | |
| Drugs and the Brain | |
| Evolution of Nervous Systems | |
| Evolutionary Trends | |
| Molecular Evolution of Nervous Systems | |
| Behavior | p. 576 |
| Major Elements of Behavior | |
| Stimulus and Response | |
| Innate and Learned Behaviors | |
| Roots of Behavior | |
| Biological Aspects of Behavior | |
| Environmental and Cultural Aspects of Behavior | |
| Methods of Studying Behavior | |
| Tools for Measuring Behavior | |
| Genetic Methods | |
| Social Behavior | |
| Populations and Behavior | |
| Animal Communication | |
| Immune Systems | p. 602 |
| Protection against Infection | |
| Immune System Functions | |
| Nonspecific Defenses | |
| Specific Defenses and Adaptive Immunity | |
| Components of the Specific Immune Response | |
| Lymphocytes | |
| B Cells and the Antibody-Mediated Immune Response | |
| T Cells and the Cell-Mediated Immune Response | |
| Clonal Selection in the Immune Response | |
| Antibody Structure | |
| Generation of Antibody Diversity | |
| The Immune System in Action | |
| Eliminating Invading Pathogens | |
| Regulation of the Immune System | |
| Malfunctions and Diseases | |
| Interactions and Interdependence | |
| Ecosystem Structure and Function | p. 632 |
| The Structure of Ecosystems | |
| Abiotic Factors | |
| Energy in Food Webs | |
| Relationships in Ecosystems | |
| Ecosystem Dynamics | |
| Nutrient Cycles | |
| Limiting Factors | |
| Population Dynamics | |
| Change in Ecosystems | p. 650 |
| Ecosystems in Space | |
| Terrestrial Biomes | |
| Aquatic Systems | |
| Ecosystems in Time | |
| Species on the Move | |
| Succession | |
| Human Interactions with Ecosystems | |
| Dependence | |
| Dominance | |
| Sustainability | |
| Biological Challenges | |
| Careers: Biology, Ethics, and Public Policy | p. 5 |
| Technology: The Scanning Tunneling Microscope | p. 46 |
| Research: Identification of Life | p. 53 |
| Research: Understanding Cystic Fibrosis | p. 86 |
| Discoveries: The Secret of Vegetation | p. 107 |
| Research: Energy Regulation and Obesity | p. 149 |
| Discoveries: The Cell Theory | p. 159 |
| Discoveries: Discovering the Secret of Circulation | p. 199 |
| Research: Chromosome Structure | p. 220 |
| Discoveries: Learning the Language of Genetics | p. 239 |
| Discoveries: Molecules and Muscle Differentiation | p. 286 |
| Research: Control of Organ Formation | p. 307 |
| Research: Cloning | p. 321 |
| Research: The Human Genome Project | p. 350 |
| Research: Medicine and Mitochondria | p. 376 |
| Technology: The Polymerase Chain Reaction | p. 401 |
| Research: QTL Mapping | p. 432 |
| Technology: Using Radioactivity to Date Earth Materials | p. 442 |
| Research: Classification of the Giant Panda | p. 473 |
| Research: Archaea and Classification | p. 481 |
| Discoveries: Soft-Tissue Fossils | p. 502 |
| Research: Mass Extinction | p. 512 |
| Discoveries: The Mother of Us All? | p. 528 |
| Discoveries: Learning and Memory | p. 558 |
| Research: Teaching Language to Nonhuman Primates | p. 598 |
| Research: Susumu Tonegawa | p. 618 |
| Technology: Robots for Ecology | p. 644 |
| Research: The Atmosphere in Danger | p. 673 |
| Theory | |
| Theory in Science | p. 13 |
| Materialism and Vitalism | p. 114 |
| Engineering Life | p. 276 |
| What is a Gene? | p. 412 |
| The Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium | p. 514 |
| Sociobiology: An Evolutionary Theory of Behavior | p. 594 |
| Organism Earth: The Gaia Hypothesis | p. 676 |
| Laboratory Investigations | |
| Introduction to Laboratory Work | p. 680 |
| Analyzing Ethical Issues | p. 689 |
| Scientific Observation | p. 690 |
| The Compound Microscope | p. 691 |
| Developing Concept Maps | p. 694 |
| Organisms and pH | p. 696 |
| Compounds of Living Things | p. 698 |
| Are Corn Seeds Alive? | p. 700 |
| Food Energy | p. 702 |
| Enzyme Activity | p. 704 |
| Starch Digestion | p. 707 |
| Cells and Movement of Materials | p. 709 |
| Diffusion and Cell Size | p. 712 |
| The Kidney and Homeostasis | p. 713 |
| Photosynthesis | p. 714 |
| Rate of Photosynthesis | p. 716 |
| Chemoautotrophs | p. 718 |
| How Does Oxygen Affect Cells? | p. 719 |
| Rates of Respiration | p. 720 |
| Cell Structure | p. 723 |
| From One Cell to Many | p. 725 |
| Water Movement in Plants | p. 726 |
| Exercise and Pulse Rate | p. 729 |
| DNA Replication | p. 730 |
| Mitotic Cell Division | p. 731 |
| Transcription | p. 732 |
| Translation | p. 733 |
| Development in Polychaete Worms | p. 736 |
| Seeds and Seedlings | p. 737 |
| Tropisms | p. 739 |
| A Model of Meiosis | p. 741 |
| The Yeast Life Cycle | p. 743 |
| Reproduction in Mosses and Flowering Plants | p. 746 |
| Probability | p. 748 |
| Seedling Phenotypes | p. 749 |
| A Dihybrid Cross | p. 751 |
| Jumping Genes | p. 755 |
| Determining Mutation Frequency in Bacteria | p. 756 |
| Sickle-Cell Disease | p. 758 |
| Molecular Evolution in the Test Tube | p. 760 |
| Coacervates | p. 762 |
| Using Cladistics to Construct Evolutionary Trees | p. 763 |
| Structural Characteristics of Animals | p. 764 |
| Geological Time | p. 767 |
| A Model Gene Pool | p. 768 |
| Interpretation of Fossils | p. 770 |
| Archaeological Interpretation | p. 774 |
| Sensory Receptors | p. 777 |
| Reaction Time | p. 778 |
| A Lesson in Conditioning | p. 780 |
| Trial-and-Error Learning | p. 781 |
| A Field Study of Animal Behavior | p. 782 |
| Antigen-Antibody Binding | p. 783 |
| Antibody Diversity | p. 787 |
| Producers in an Ecosystem | p. 789 |
| Relationships between a Plant and an Animal | p. 791 |
| Producers in an Aquatic Ecosystem | p. 792 |
| Ecosystem Diversity within a Biome | p. 794 |
| Appendices | |
| The Periodic Table of the Elements | p. 798 |
| Radioisotopes and Research in Biology | p. 798 |
| ATP Synthesis in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria | p. 800 |
| Preparing Cells for Study | p. 800 |
| Pollination by Insects Aids Fertilization | p. 801 |
| The Chi-Square Test | p. 802 |
| Gene Mapping | p. 803 |
| Physical Adaptations | p. 804 |
| The Old Man from La Chapelle-aux-Saints | p. 805 |
| Cultural Evolution | p. 806 |
| Innate Behavior | p. 806 |
| Antibody Classes | p. 807 |
| Generating Antibody Diversity | p. 808 |
| Glossary/Glosario | p. 810 |
| Index | p. 849 |
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