,Gerald. Published/Produced: New York, NY: Sterling, [2015] ©2015 Description:
526 pages: color illustrations; 22 cm ISBN: 9781454910688 (hardcover)
1454910682 (hardcover) LC classification: QH305 .G46 2015 Related names:
Gerald, Gloria. Summary: From the emergence of life, to Leewenhoek's
microscopic world, to GMO crops, The Biology Book presents 250 landmarks in
the most widely studied scientific field. Brief, engaging, and colorfully illustrated
synopses introduce readers to every major subdiscipline, including cell theory,
genetics, evolution, physiology, thermodynamics, molecular biology, and
ecology. With information on such varied topics as paleontology, pheromones,
nature vs. nurture, DNA fingerprinting, bioenergetics, and so much more, this
lively collection will engage everyone who studies and appreciates the life
sciences. -- Source other than Library of Congress. Contents: Origin of life -- Last
universal common ancestor -- Prokaryotes -- Algae -- Eukaryotes -- Fungi --
Arthropods -- Medulla: the vital brain -- Fish -- Land plants -- Devonian Period --
Insects -- Plant defenses against herbivores -- Amphibians -- Seeds of success --
Reptiles --
Gymnosperms -- Dinosaurs --
Mammals -- Birds -- Angiosperms -- Primates --
Amazon rainforest -- Neanderthals -- Anatomically modern humans -- Plant-
derived medicines -- Wheat: the staff of life -- Agriculture -- Domestication of
animals -- Coral reefs -- Rice cultivation -- Mummification -- Animal navigation --
Four humors -- Aristotle's The history of animals -- Animal migration -- Botany --
Pliny's Natural history -- Skeletal system -- Pulmonary circulation -- Leonardo's
human anatomy -- Sense of hearing -- Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica --
Tobacco -- Metabolism -- Scientific method
-- Harvey's De motu cordis -- Mechanical philosophy of
Descartes -- Placenta --
Lymphatic system -- Blood cells -- Refuting spontaneous generation --
Phosphorus cycle - Egotism and witchcraft -- Leeuwenhoek's microscopic --
Spermatozoa -- Miasma theory - Circadian rhythms -- Blood pressure -- Linnean
classification of species -- Cerebrospinal fluid -- Regeneration -- Theories of
germination -- Artificial selection (selective breeding) -- Animal electricity -- Gas
exchange -- Nervous system communication -- Paleontology - Population growth
,and food supply -- Lamarckian inheritance -- Germ-layer theory of development
-- Cell nucleus - Darwin and the voyages of the
Beagle -- Anatomy Act of 1832 -- Human digestion -- Fossil record and evolution
-- Nitrogen cycle and plant chemistry -- Cell theory -- Plant nutrition -- Urine
formation -- Apoptosis (programmed cell death) -- Venoms -- Homology versus
analogy -- Photosynthesis -- Optical isomers -- Testosterone -
- Trichromatic color vision -- Homeostatis -- The liver and glucose
metabolism -- Microbial fermentation -- Darwin's theory of natural selection --
Ecological interactions -- Invasive species -
- Localization of cerebral function -- Biological mimicry -- Mendelian
inheritance -- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny -- Hemoglobin and hemocyanin
-- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) -- Sexual selection - Coevolution -- Nature versus
nurture -- Biosphere -- Meiosis - Biogeography -- Marine biology -- Enzymes --
Phototropism -- Mitosis -- Thermoreception -- Innate immunity -- Germ plasm
theory of heredity -- Eugenics -- Gram stain -- Negative feedback -- Germ theory
of disease -- Animal coloration -- Neuron doctrine -- Endotoxins -- Global
warming -- Adaptive immunity - Associative learning --
Ehrlich's side-chain theory -- Malaria-causing protozoan parasite -- Viruses --
Ecological succession -- Animal locomotion -- Genetics rediscovered -- Ovaries
and female reproduction
-- Blood types -- Tissue culture -
- Secretin: the first hormone -- Dendrochronology -- Blood clotting --
Radiometric dating -- Probiotics -- Why does the heart beat? -- Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium -- Genes on chromosomes -- Cancer-causing viruses -- Continental
drift -- Vitamins and bereberi -- Thyroid gland and metamorphosis -- X-ray
crystallography --
Bacteriophages -- Biotechnology
-- Neurotransmitters -- Insulin --
Inborn errors of metabolism -- Embryonic induction -- Timing fertility --
Mitochondria and cellular respiration -- "The monkey trial" -- Population ecology
-- Food webs -- Insect dance language -- Antibiotics -- Progesterone --
Osmoregulation in freshwater and marine fish -- Electron microscope --
, Imprinting -- Factors affecting population growth -- Stress -- Allometry --
Evolutionary genetics -- Coelacanth: "the
living fossil" -- Action potential -- One gene-one enzyme hypothesis -- Biological
species concept and reproductive isolation -- Arabidopsis: a model plant -- DNA
as carrier of genetic information -- Green revolution -- Bacterial genetics -
Reticular activating system -- Phylogenetic systematics -- The immortal HeLa
cells -- Cloning (nuclear transfer) -- Amino acid sequence of insulin -- Pattern
formations in nature -- Plasmids -- Nerve growth factor -- MillerUrey experiment
-- The double helix -- REM sleep -- Acquired immunological tolerance and organ
transplantation -- Sliding filament theory of muscle contraction -- Ribosomes --
Lysosomes -- Prenatal genetic testing -- DNA polymerase -- Second messengers -
- Protein structures and folding -- Bioenergetics -- Central dogma of molecular
biology -- Bionics and cyborgs -- Pheromones -- Energy balance -- Chimpanzee
use of tools -- Cellular senescence -- Cracking the genetic code for protein
biosynthesis -- Operon model of gene regulation -- Thrifty gene hypothesis --
Silent spring -- Hybrids and hybrid zones -- Brain lateralization -- Animal altruism
-- Optimal foraging theory -- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics -- Endosymbiont
theory -- Multi-store model of memory -- Hypothalamicpituitary axis -- Systems
biology -- Cellular determination -- Cell cycle checkpoints -- Punctuated
equilibrium -- Sustainable development -- Parental investment and sexual
selection -- Lucy -- Cholesterol metabolism -- Sense of taste -- Monoclonal
antibodies -- Sociobiology -- Cancer-causing genes -- Bioinformatics -- In Vitro
fertilization (IVF) -- Biological magnification -- Can living organisms be patented?
-- Genetically modified crops -- HIV and AIDS -- Polymerase chain reaction --
DNA fingerprinting -- Genomics -- Mitochondrial Eve -- Depletion of the ozone
layer -- Domains of life -- Sense of smell -- Leptin: the thinness hormone -- Skin
color -- Human Genome Project -- Protist taxonomy -- Induced pluripotent stem
cells -- Vital mutations and pandemics -- Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill --
Translational biomedical research -- Albumin from rice -- Human Microbiome
Project - Epigenetics -- American chestnut tree blight -- Deextinction -- Oldest
DNA and human evolution. Subjects:
Biology--History. Biology.
Form/Genre: History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-522)
and index. Series: Sterling Milestones series Sterling Milestones series.
The cardiac lymphatic system: an overview LCCN: 2013935496
526 pages: color illustrations; 22 cm ISBN: 9781454910688 (hardcover)
1454910682 (hardcover) LC classification: QH305 .G46 2015 Related names:
Gerald, Gloria. Summary: From the emergence of life, to Leewenhoek's
microscopic world, to GMO crops, The Biology Book presents 250 landmarks in
the most widely studied scientific field. Brief, engaging, and colorfully illustrated
synopses introduce readers to every major subdiscipline, including cell theory,
genetics, evolution, physiology, thermodynamics, molecular biology, and
ecology. With information on such varied topics as paleontology, pheromones,
nature vs. nurture, DNA fingerprinting, bioenergetics, and so much more, this
lively collection will engage everyone who studies and appreciates the life
sciences. -- Source other than Library of Congress. Contents: Origin of life -- Last
universal common ancestor -- Prokaryotes -- Algae -- Eukaryotes -- Fungi --
Arthropods -- Medulla: the vital brain -- Fish -- Land plants -- Devonian Period --
Insects -- Plant defenses against herbivores -- Amphibians -- Seeds of success --
Reptiles --
Gymnosperms -- Dinosaurs --
Mammals -- Birds -- Angiosperms -- Primates --
Amazon rainforest -- Neanderthals -- Anatomically modern humans -- Plant-
derived medicines -- Wheat: the staff of life -- Agriculture -- Domestication of
animals -- Coral reefs -- Rice cultivation -- Mummification -- Animal navigation --
Four humors -- Aristotle's The history of animals -- Animal migration -- Botany --
Pliny's Natural history -- Skeletal system -- Pulmonary circulation -- Leonardo's
human anatomy -- Sense of hearing -- Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica --
Tobacco -- Metabolism -- Scientific method
-- Harvey's De motu cordis -- Mechanical philosophy of
Descartes -- Placenta --
Lymphatic system -- Blood cells -- Refuting spontaneous generation --
Phosphorus cycle - Egotism and witchcraft -- Leeuwenhoek's microscopic --
Spermatozoa -- Miasma theory - Circadian rhythms -- Blood pressure -- Linnean
classification of species -- Cerebrospinal fluid -- Regeneration -- Theories of
germination -- Artificial selection (selective breeding) -- Animal electricity -- Gas
exchange -- Nervous system communication -- Paleontology - Population growth
,and food supply -- Lamarckian inheritance -- Germ-layer theory of development
-- Cell nucleus - Darwin and the voyages of the
Beagle -- Anatomy Act of 1832 -- Human digestion -- Fossil record and evolution
-- Nitrogen cycle and plant chemistry -- Cell theory -- Plant nutrition -- Urine
formation -- Apoptosis (programmed cell death) -- Venoms -- Homology versus
analogy -- Photosynthesis -- Optical isomers -- Testosterone -
- Trichromatic color vision -- Homeostatis -- The liver and glucose
metabolism -- Microbial fermentation -- Darwin's theory of natural selection --
Ecological interactions -- Invasive species -
- Localization of cerebral function -- Biological mimicry -- Mendelian
inheritance -- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny -- Hemoglobin and hemocyanin
-- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) -- Sexual selection - Coevolution -- Nature versus
nurture -- Biosphere -- Meiosis - Biogeography -- Marine biology -- Enzymes --
Phototropism -- Mitosis -- Thermoreception -- Innate immunity -- Germ plasm
theory of heredity -- Eugenics -- Gram stain -- Negative feedback -- Germ theory
of disease -- Animal coloration -- Neuron doctrine -- Endotoxins -- Global
warming -- Adaptive immunity - Associative learning --
Ehrlich's side-chain theory -- Malaria-causing protozoan parasite -- Viruses --
Ecological succession -- Animal locomotion -- Genetics rediscovered -- Ovaries
and female reproduction
-- Blood types -- Tissue culture -
- Secretin: the first hormone -- Dendrochronology -- Blood clotting --
Radiometric dating -- Probiotics -- Why does the heart beat? -- Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium -- Genes on chromosomes -- Cancer-causing viruses -- Continental
drift -- Vitamins and bereberi -- Thyroid gland and metamorphosis -- X-ray
crystallography --
Bacteriophages -- Biotechnology
-- Neurotransmitters -- Insulin --
Inborn errors of metabolism -- Embryonic induction -- Timing fertility --
Mitochondria and cellular respiration -- "The monkey trial" -- Population ecology
-- Food webs -- Insect dance language -- Antibiotics -- Progesterone --
Osmoregulation in freshwater and marine fish -- Electron microscope --
, Imprinting -- Factors affecting population growth -- Stress -- Allometry --
Evolutionary genetics -- Coelacanth: "the
living fossil" -- Action potential -- One gene-one enzyme hypothesis -- Biological
species concept and reproductive isolation -- Arabidopsis: a model plant -- DNA
as carrier of genetic information -- Green revolution -- Bacterial genetics -
Reticular activating system -- Phylogenetic systematics -- The immortal HeLa
cells -- Cloning (nuclear transfer) -- Amino acid sequence of insulin -- Pattern
formations in nature -- Plasmids -- Nerve growth factor -- MillerUrey experiment
-- The double helix -- REM sleep -- Acquired immunological tolerance and organ
transplantation -- Sliding filament theory of muscle contraction -- Ribosomes --
Lysosomes -- Prenatal genetic testing -- DNA polymerase -- Second messengers -
- Protein structures and folding -- Bioenergetics -- Central dogma of molecular
biology -- Bionics and cyborgs -- Pheromones -- Energy balance -- Chimpanzee
use of tools -- Cellular senescence -- Cracking the genetic code for protein
biosynthesis -- Operon model of gene regulation -- Thrifty gene hypothesis --
Silent spring -- Hybrids and hybrid zones -- Brain lateralization -- Animal altruism
-- Optimal foraging theory -- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics -- Endosymbiont
theory -- Multi-store model of memory -- Hypothalamicpituitary axis -- Systems
biology -- Cellular determination -- Cell cycle checkpoints -- Punctuated
equilibrium -- Sustainable development -- Parental investment and sexual
selection -- Lucy -- Cholesterol metabolism -- Sense of taste -- Monoclonal
antibodies -- Sociobiology -- Cancer-causing genes -- Bioinformatics -- In Vitro
fertilization (IVF) -- Biological magnification -- Can living organisms be patented?
-- Genetically modified crops -- HIV and AIDS -- Polymerase chain reaction --
DNA fingerprinting -- Genomics -- Mitochondrial Eve -- Depletion of the ozone
layer -- Domains of life -- Sense of smell -- Leptin: the thinness hormone -- Skin
color -- Human Genome Project -- Protist taxonomy -- Induced pluripotent stem
cells -- Vital mutations and pandemics -- Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill --
Translational biomedical research -- Albumin from rice -- Human Microbiome
Project - Epigenetics -- American chestnut tree blight -- Deextinction -- Oldest
DNA and human evolution. Subjects:
Biology--History. Biology.
Form/Genre: History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-522)
and index. Series: Sterling Milestones series Sterling Milestones series.
The cardiac lymphatic system: an overview LCCN: 2013935496
