Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Biology Basics
  • Chapter 1: Exploring the Living World
    • It All Starts with a Cell
    • Life Begets Life: Reproduction and Genetics
    • Making the Connection between Ecosystems and Evolution
    • Getting Up Close and Personal with the Anatomy and Physiology of Animals
    • Comparing Plants to People
  • Chapter 2: How Life Is Studied
    • Living Things: Why Biologists Study Them and What Defines Them
    • Making Sense of the World through Observations
    • Seeing Science as the Constant Sharing of New Ideas
    • Tracking Down Scientific Information
  • Chapter 3: The Chemistry of Life
    • Exploring Why Matter Matters
    • Recognizing the Differences between Atoms, Elements, and Isotopes
    • Molecules, Compounds, and Bonds
    • Acids and Bases (Not a Heavy Metal Band)
    • Carbon-Based Molecules: The Basis for All Life
  • Chapter 4: The Living Cell
    • An Overview of Cells
    • Peeking at Prokaryotes
    • Examining the Structure of Eukaryotic Cells
    • Cells and the Organelles: Not a Motown Doo-wop Group
    • Presenting Enzymes, the Jump-Starters
  • Chapter 5: Acquiring Energy to Run the Motor
    • What’s Energy Got to Do with It?
    • Photosynthesis: Using Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, and Water to Make Food
    • Cellular Respiration: Using Oxygen to Break Down Food for Energy
    • Energy and Your Body
• Part 2: Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby: Cell Reproduction and Genetics
  • Chapter 6: Dividing to Conquer: Cell Division
    • Reproduction: Keep On Keepin’ On
    • Welcome to DNA Replication 101
    • Cell Division: Out with the Old, In with the New
    • How Sexual Reproduction Creates Genetic Variation
  • Chapter 7: Making Mendel Proud: Understanding Genetics
    • Why You’re Unique: Heritable Traits and the Factors Affecting Them
    • “Monk”ing Around with Peas: Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
    • Diving into the Pool of Genetic Terminology
    • Bearing Genetic Crosses
    • Studying Genetic Traits in Humans
    • Moving Beyond Mendel
  • Chapter 8: Reading the Book of Life: DNA and Proteins
    • Proteins Make Traits Happen, and DNA Makes the Proteins
    • Moving from DNA to RNA to Protein: The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
    • Mistakes Happen: The Consequences of Mutation
    • Giving Cells Some Control: Gene Regulation
  • Chapter 9: Engineering the Code: DNA Technology
    • Understanding Just What’s Involved in DNA Technology
    • Mapping the Genes of Humanity
    • Genetically Modifying Organisms
• Part 3: It’s a Small, Interconnected World
  • Chapter 10: Exploring the Living World: Biodiversity and Classification
    • Biodiversity: Recognizing How Our Differences Make Us Stronger
    • Meet Your Neighbors: Looking at Life on Earth
    • Climbing the Tree of Life: The Classification System of Living Things
  • Chapter 11: Observing How Organisms Get Along
    • Ecosystems Bring It All Together
    • Studying Populations Is Popular in Ecology
    • Moving Energy and Matter around within Ecosystems
  • Chapter 12: Evolving Species in an Ever-Changing World
    • What People Used to Believe
    • How Charles Darwin Challenged Age-Old Beliefs about Life on Earth
    • The Evidence for Biological Evolution
    • Why So Controversial? Evolution versus Creationism
    • How Humans Evolved
• Part 4: Systems Galore! Animal Structure and Function
  • Chapter 13: Pondering the Principles of Physiology
    • Studying Function at All Levels of Life
    • Wrapping Your Head around the Big Physiological Ideas
  • Chapter 14: Moving and Shaking: Skeletal and Muscular Systems
    • Doing the Locomotion, Animal-Style
    • The Types of Skeletal Systems
    • Why Muscles Are So Essential
  • Chapter 15: Going with the Flow: Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
    • Passing Gas: How Animals “Breathe”
    • Circulation: Nutrients In, Garbage Out
    • Getting to the Heart of Simpler Animals
    • Exploring the Human Heart and Circulatory System
    • A Bloody-Important Fluid
  • Chapter 16: Checking Out the Plumbing: Animal Digestive and Excretory Systems
    • Obtaining Food and Breaking It Down
    • The Ins and Outs of Digestive Systems
    • Traveling through the Human Digestive System
    • Absorbing the Stuff Your Body Needs
    • What’s for Dinner? Making Wise, Nutritious Food Choices
    • Exploring the Human Excretory System
  • Chapter 17: Fighting Back: Human Defenses
    • Microbial Encounters of the Best and Worst Kinds
    • Built to Protect You: Innate Human Defenses
    • Learning a Lesson: Adaptive Human Defenses
    • Giving Your Defenses a Helping Hand
    • Aging and Ailing: Changes in the Immune System
  • Chapter 18: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems, Messengers Extraordinaire
    • The Many Intricacies of Nervous Systems
    • What a Sensation! The Brain and the Five Senses
    • Following the Path of Nerve Impulses
    • The Endocrine System: All Hormones Are Not Raging
  • Chapter 19: Reproduction 101: Making More Animals
    • This Budding’s for You: Asexual Reproduction
    • The Ins and Outs of Sexual Reproduction
    • How Other Animals Do It
    • Developing New Humans
    • Differentiation, Development, and Determination
• Part 5: It’s Not Easy Being Green: Plant Structure and Function
  • Chapter 20: Living the Life of a Plant
    • Presenting Plant Structure
    • Obtaining Matter and Energy for Growth
    • Going It Alone: Asexual Reproduction
    • Mixing Sperm and Eggs: Sexual Reproduction
  • Chapter 21: Probing into Plant Physiology
    • How Nutrients, Fluids, and Sugars Move through Plants
    • Sending Signals with Plant Hormones
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 22: Ten Great Biology Discoveries
    • Seeing the Unseen
    • Discovering Penicillin, the First Antibiotic
    • Protecting People from Smallpox
    • Defining DNA Structure
    • Finding and Fighting Defective Genes
    • Discovering Modern Genetic Principles
    • Evolving the Theory of Natural Selection
    • Formulating Cell Theory
    • Amplifying DNA with PCR
    • Editing DNA with CRISPR
  • Chapter 23: Ten Ways Biology Affects Your Life
    • Keeping You Fed
    • Putting Microbial Enzymes to Work
    • Designing Genes
    • Powering the Planet
    • Causing and Treating Infectious Disease
    • Staying Alive
    • Providing You with Clean Water
    • Changing Physically and Mentally
    • Creating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
    • Facing Extinction
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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