Preface
UNIT 1. THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LIFE
1. The Nature of Biology and Evolution: Why Does Biology Matter to You?
2. The Nature of Science: How Do We Know How the World Works?
UNIT 2. REPRODUCTION, INHERITANCE, AND EVOLUTION
3. Human Development: How Do Cells
Make a Person?
4. Inheritance, Genes, and Physical Characteristics: Does Disease Have a Genetic Basis?
5. Cancer: How Can It Be Prevented, Diagnosed, and Treated?
6. Reproduction: What Kind of Baby Is It?
7. Plants, Agriculture, and Genetic Engineering: Can We Create Better Plants
and Animals?
8. Health Care and the Human Genome: How Will We Use Our New Medical and Genetic Skills?
9. Evolution: How Do Species Arise and Adapt?
10. The Evolution of Disease: Why Do We Get Sick?
UNIT 3. INTERACTING WITH NATURE
11. Ecology
12. Biodiversity and Human
Affairs
13. Human Population Growth
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Instructor's Resource Manual
- Chapter learning outcomes
- Chapter outlines and summaries
- Discussion questions and activities
- Animations, movie clips, videotaped lectures, podcasts,
and presentations of core concepts covered in the text
- Video and Animation Guide includes a web link to a customized YouTube playlist that includes several relevant videos that highlight, illustrate, and expand upon the concepts covered in the text
E-Book ISBN 9780199361229
Donna M. Bozzone is Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College. She specializes in cell and developmental biology and has written three books on cancer and is the consulting editor for the nine-volume series Biology of Cancer.
The late Douglas S. Green was Professor of Biology
at Saint Michael's College. He specialized in evolution, ecology, and bioinformatics.
Biology for the Informed Citizen - Donna Bozzone and Douglas Green