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Biology: The Essentials
Biology: The Essentials

Biology: The Essentials

ISBN10: 1260709639 | ISBN13: 9781260709636
By Mariëlle Hoefnagels

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Biology: The Essentials epitomizes what the market has come to recognize as Mariëlle Hoefnagels’s distinct and student-friendly writing style. Mariëlle presents up-to-date information through What's the Point?, Why We Care, Burning Questions, Get the Picture, and Scientific Literacy, which are pedagogical tools designed to demonstrate to readers, and her own students, that biology is everywhere. Survey the Landscape and Pull It Together concept maps illustrate the connections within each unit and chapter. Biology: The Essentials offers a broader and more conceptual introduction to biology, simplifying the more complex biological content to the essential elements that introductory students need.

Unit 1: Science, Chemistry, and Cells
1. Scientific Study of Life
2. The Chemistry of Life
3. Cells
4. The Energy of Life
5. Photosynthesis
6. Respiration and Fermentation

Unit 2: DNA, Inheritance, and Biotechnology
7. DNA Structure and Gene Function
8. DNA Replication, Binary Fission, and Mitosis9. Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
10. Patterns of Inheritance
11. DNA Technology

Unit 3: Evolution and Diversity
12. Forces of Evolutionary Change
13. Evidence of Evolution
14. Speciation and Extinction
15. Evolution and Diversity of Microbial Life
16. Evolution and Diversity of Plants
17. Evolution and Diversity of Animals

Unit 4: Ecology
18. Populations
19. Communities and Ecosystems
20. Preserving Biodiversity

Unit 5: Plant Anatomy and Physiology
21. Plant Form and Function
22. Reproduction and Development of Flowering Plants

Unit 6: Animal Anatomy and Physiology
23. Animal Tissues and Organ Systems
24. The Nervous System and the Senses
25. The Endocrine System
26. The Skeletal and Muscular Systems
27. The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
28. The Digestive and Urinary Systems
29. The Immune System
30. Animal Reproduction and Development

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About the Author

Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Mariëlle Hoefnagels is Professor Emerita in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, where she taught courses in introductory biology, mycology, and science writing. She also frequently gave presentations on study skills and related topics to student groups across campus. She received the University of Oklahoma General Education Teaching Award, the Longmire Prize (the Teaching Scholars Award from the College of Arts and Sciences), and the Holden Faculty Award (to recognize outstanding faculty who teach freshmen and sophomores). She was also awarded honorary memberships in several student honor societies. Dr. Hoefnagels received her BS in environmental science from the University of California at Riverside, her MS in soil science from North Carolina State University, and her PhD in plant pathology from Oregon State University. Her dissertation work focused on the use of bacterial biological control agents to reduce the spread of fungal pathogens on seeds. In addition to authoring Biology: The Essentials and Biology: Concepts and Investigations, her scholarly publications focused on creating investigative teaching laboratories and integrating technology into introductory biology classes. She also maintains a blog on teaching nonmajors biology.

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