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082 _a 570 BEL-B
100 _a Colleen Belk
245 _aBiology: Science for Life
260 _a San Francisco
_bCummings
_c2010
300 _a XXI, 419 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
505 _a 1. Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific MethodI. CHEMISTRY AND CELLS2. Are We Alone in the Universe? Water, Biochemistry, and Cells3. Diet. Cells and Metabolism4. Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration, and Global WarmingII. GENETICS5. Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis6. Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics7. DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Fingerprinting8. Gene Expression, Mutation and Cloning: Genetically Modified OrganismsIII. EVOLUTION9. Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, and Cloning10. An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection11. Who Am I? Species and Races12. Prospecting for Biological Gold: Biodiversity and ClassificationIV. ECOLOGY13. Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology14. Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology15. Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes
650 _a Biology.
942 _cBK