Biology, life sciences Books

Book SynopsisThis new eighth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent progress in the fields of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, with particular expansion to the areas of research design and plant and animal development. Over 120 new entries include de-extinction, ecological footprint, rewilding, and Zika virus, now totalling over 5,600 authoritative and up-to-date entries. Numerous appendices include classifications of the animal and plant kingdoms, SI units, Nobel prizewinners, and a new appendix on anatomical terms. With new diagrams and updated web links, this remains the market-leading dictionary for students of biology, both at sixth form college and university level.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Ideally suited to students of biology, either at secondary or university level, or as a general reference source for anyone with an interest in life sciences * Journal of Anatomy *Lives up to its expectations; the entries are concise but explanatory. Cross-referencing and diagrammatic illustrations are welcome, additional features * Biologist *Table of ContentsPrefaceA-Z entriesAppendicesSI unitsSimplified phylogenetic tree of the animal kingdomSimplified phylogenetic tree for plantsGeological time scaleModel organisms and their genomesMajor mass extinctions of speciesNobel prizewinning contributions to biologyEvolutionAnatomical termsUseful websites

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Book SynopsisFrom a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg ''know'' what to become? How does it divide into the different cells, the separate tissues, the brain, the fingernail - every tiniest detail of the growing foetus?These are the questions that the field of developmental biology seeks to answer. It is an area that is closely linked to genetics, evolution, and molecular biology. The processes are deeply rooted in evolutionary history; the information is held in genes whose vital timings in switching on and off is orchestrated by a host of proteins expressed by other genes. Timing is of the essence. Here, the distinguished developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert gives a concise account of what we now know about development, discussing the first vital steps of growth, the patterning created by Hox genes and the development of form, embryonic stem cells, the timing of gene expression and its management, chemical signalling, and growth.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Vertebrates ; 3. Invertebrates and plants ; 4. Morphogenesis ; 5. Germ Cells and Sex ; 6. Cell differentiation and stem cells ; 7. Organs ; 8. Nervous System ; 9. Growth, Cancer and Ageing. ; 10. Regeneration ; 11. Evolution ; Further reading

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Book SynopsisA writer, broadcaster, and photographer, Editorial Consultant Adam Hart-Davis is a popular and respected explainer of science and engineering. He presented the BBC series What the Romans Did For Us, followed by further programmes on the Victorians, Tudors and Stuarts, and Ancients. He also co-presented Tomorrow's World, Science Shack, The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide, and Just Another Day, about the science and technology of everyday life. He is the author of more than 35 books on science, invention, and history.

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Book SynopsisWhy trust science? Why should science have more authority than other ways of knowing? Is science merely a social construct? Or even worse: a tool of oppression? This book boldly takes on these and other explosive questionsâlodged by ideologues on the left and the rightâand offers readers a well researched defense of science and a polemic addressed to its detractors. Why Itâs OK to Trust Science critically examines the recent history of critiques of science, including those in academia from scholars like Bruno Latour, Simon Schaffer, and Thomas Kuhn. It then presents case studies drawn from recent advances in the field of dinosaur paleontology, showing how science generates objective knowledge, even during revolutionary episodes. The book next looks at how that same objective knowledge can be gained even when researching extremely complex issues, using climate science to distinguish between genuine skepticism âupon which science dependsâfrom dogmatic denial. The Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Has Science Done for me Lately?; 1: The "Science Wars" and Why They Had to be Won; 2: The Facts About Social Constructivism; 3: Thomas Kuhn: Foe of Science?; 4: Thomas Kuhn: Friend of Science?; 5: Can We Have Good Science and the Right Values?; 6: Dinosaur Revolutions; 7: How We Know About Big, Complex Things; Conclusion; Bibliography;

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Book SynopsisWith wit, colour and clarity, What A Wonderful World quickly and painlessly brings us up to speed on how the world of the 21st century works. From economics to physics and biology to philosophy, Marcus Chown explains the complex forces that shape our universe. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing?In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, st

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Book SynopsisIn her addictive, bold voice, bestselling author Mary Roach delves into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.Trade Review‘A provocative and engaging exploration of our evolving relationship with the rest of nature.’ -- Guardian‘Combining diligently researched scientific reporting with the sniggering wit of a stand-up comic… Animal Vegetable Criminal loves an eyebrow-raising anecdote.’ -- The Times‘Bestseller Roach sheds light on nature’s malefactors in this often funny, always provocative survey…Roach’s writing is wry, full of heart, and loaded with intriguing facts… This eminently entertaining outing is another winner.’ -- Publishers Weekly, starred review‘Reading a Mary Roach book is like spending a luxurious and joyful evening with the perfect dinner guest. Delightful facts become indelibly etched in your brain, and only later do you realise that hours have passed and your face slightly hurts from smiling too hard. In Animal Vegetable Criminal, Roach’s peerless storytelling skills are paired with a sense of moral urgency, as she recounts stories of humans and other animals, uneasily and clumsily learning to co-exist in a world that they must now share.’ -- Ed Yong, science journalist and author of I Contain Multitudes‘Hilarious! With Animal Vegetable Criminal, Mary Roach again takes us into an unfamiliar scientific realm, in this case the science of managing the conflicts between humans and the natural world – lethal leopards, rampaging elephants, jet-downing birds, even killer trees. It’s an ever-widening conflict zone, but one that Ms. Roach gleefully mines for a multitude of bizarre facts that’ll make you snort coffee through your nose.’ -- Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile‘An idiosyncratic tour with Roach as the wisecracking, ever-probing guide… My favorite moments, ultimately, weren’t the funny ones, but those that reveal a bit of scientific poetry.’ * New York Times Book Review *‘With her characteristic dry wit, [Roach] brings an intense fascination to the seldom discussed details and the at times absurd miscellany in the unexplored corners of unappreciated research… It is impossible not to smirk, chortle and sometimes outright belly laugh as you read her many wry asides and funny but fascinating footnotes… But the real trick Roach pulls off is to keep you laughing while at the same time making sure the earnest points come across.’ * New Scientist *‘A hugely enjoyable exploration of what happens when the nature we’ve decided to love doesn’t love us back. By turns hilarious and horrifying – and often profound – Roach’s entertaining journeys are full of delightful curios and I was swept up in her joyful writing.’ -- Gaia Vince, author of Transcendence‘Each chapter is packed with the results of [Roach’s] detailed investigations. Roach uses footnotes to add both depth and lightness to the topic at hand by capturing misfit studies, asides, and hilarious tangents… Refreshing.’ -- Science‘Full of kernels of fascinating information… Her approach is informative and unpretentious, and she’s always armed with a dry sense of humor. Roach will change the way you think about the great outdoors. What more could you ask for?’ * BuzzFeed *‘The book brims with Roach’s irreverent humor, which particularly shines when she experiences human-animal conflict firsthand… A blend of modern science and history, with Roach’s flair for spotting hidden absurdities… As another entry in Roach’s canon of books, Animal Vegetable Criminal stands tall (and hairy), educating as much as it entertains.’ * Science News *‘[Animal Vegetable Criminal is] powerfully propelled by the force of Roach’s unflinching fascination with the weird, the gross and the downright improbable… There’s a wacky genius to [her] interjections… [Her] curious and generous engagement with her subjects makes for world-expanding reading.’ -- Washington Post‘Traveling from a bear seminar in Reno to a bird-infested island in the Pacific that plagued the American military during World War II, among many other venues, Roach joyfully explores how human culture and wildlife, including plant life, have either found ways to coexist or are constantly at odds. Throughout, Roach highlights people who are genuinely passionate about the work, and she also includes suggestions for readers on how to deal ethically (and effectively) with their own wildlife issues, wherever they live. From the terrifying to the frustrating, a great starting point for understanding the animal world.’ -- Kirkus, starred review‘A witty and thought-provoking look at the darker side of animal behaviour through the ages. Highly entertaining and informative – excellent popular science writing.’ -- Stephen Moss, naturalist and author‘As hilarious as it is thought-provoking, Animal Vegetable Criminal is a brilliant read. Only Mary Roach can make such an obscure subject so intriguing. From battles with birds to marauding macaques, Roach reveals what happens when nature breaks human laws, with fascinating results.’ -- Monty Lyman, author of The Remarkable Life of the Skin‘Mary Roach has been writing brilliant, funny and illuminating popular science books for years. Unfortunately – at least for those of us with ambitions to step into her shoes – she has gone and done it again! Animal Vegetable Criminal is as good as anything this wonderful author has ever written, and that is saying something.’ -- Graham Lawton, author of Mustn’t Grumble: The surprising science of everyday ailments‘I sometimes wonder what animals have done wrong to deserve humans and what we do to them. But I know that humanity has done something right to deserve Mary Roach, the best guide possible to the fascinating but sometimes fraught interactions between human, animal and nature. She prowls through this intersection of worlds with the sleek grace of a leopard, diving into garbage cans, Indian elephant politics and mass murders of murders of crows, with her usual wit and wisdom. There’s only one downside to this delightful and brilliant book, and that’s that the animals can’t read it too.’ -- Rose George, journalist and author of Nine Pints‘Animal Vegetable Criminal is as funny as it is immersive. It is littered with colourful details of characters… The book is sympathetic to the complex problem of our coexistence with nature, and maintains that the dilemma of animals disturbing the peacefulness of our existence is only increasing in urgency.’ -- New Statesman‘This book is such a rich stew of anecdotes and lore that it’s best savored slowly, bit by bit… No matter the situation, Roach approaches it with contagious enthusiasm.’ -- BookPage, starred review‘[A] splendid study of all things alimentary…’ -- Bill Bryson on Gulp‘The most entertaining writer in science.’ * The Times *'Mary Roach has a knack for finding quirky corners of science to explore and does so with unfailingly good nature and charm.' -- Fortean Times

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Book SynopsisA leading biologist looks at how humans have meddled with evolution throughout history – and what we will do nextTrade Review‘An accessible, enlightening writer… Big history meets big science – and it’s great entertainment.’ -- The Times, Best Books of 2021‘[Life as We Made It] provides a detailed exploration of some of the most influential technologies of our time. It also offers a tantalising glimpse of what might be in store in the future, when humanity starts to mix things up all over again.’ -- New Scientist‘[A] fun-filled survey… Shapiro’s anecdotes are full of energy… Perfect for fans of Mary Roach, this is science writing with much to savour.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘A brilliant combination of science, natural history, and first-person experience, Life as We Made It shows how our species has been manipulating nature for nearly as long as we’ve been around. Anyone who wants to better understand the future of life – human and otherwise – should read this book.’ -- Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry‘For the past two decades, Beth Shapiro has pioneered using ancient DNA to understand the diversity of life. In Life as We Made It, her twin passions for cutting-edge science and natural history leap from every page. This book will entertain and challenge you to think in new ways about our role in the future of life on Earth.’ -- Neil Shubin, evolutionary biologist and author of Your Inner Fish‘Very few people write about the insane complexities and power of biology with greater clarity, insight and levity than Beth Shapiro.’ -- Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived‘In this brilliant new book, biologist Beth Shapiro tells the incredible story of how we’re remaking much of nature and lays out a thoughtful path for how we can survive and thrive by learning to more wisely apply our god-like powers.’ -- Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin‘Shapiro chronicles the many ways humans have influenced the evolutionary trajectories of other species, from prehistory through the present day. Tools like CRISPR are just the latest way we have shaped the life on this planet. She effectively makes the case that our use of evolution as a tool is ethically acceptable, if done carefully and with informed consent.’ -- Emma Marris, author of Wild Souls‘[Shapiro’s] expansive survey of the hopes and fears – and the hypes and fails – of genetic manipulation is an enjoyable tour of “impossible” species created to solve pressing human problems… She builds a convincing case… there is no doubt that synthetic biology has the potential to help solve some of our biggest global problems. With this clear-eyed account of its humanitarian potential, Shapiro has done the field a great service.’ * Nature *‘Life as We Made It presents a compelling vision that encourages us to be more open-minded.’ -- Philippa Nuttall * New Statesman *‘Thoughtful and entertaining’ -- Adrian Woolfson * Wall Street Journal *‘In an age when “technology” has become synonymous with the information kind, it is worth being reminded that other sorts are available. And with one of them people can, if they so choose, remake themselves.’ -- Economist‘Throughout our existence, humans have been unconscious genetic engineers. In this excellent summary of the most exciting parts of 21st-century biology, Beth Shapiro shows how we have inadvertently shaped the natural world, producing extinctions and slowly altering domestic animals. Above all, she optimistically describes how we might be able to use our new conscious ability to engineer genomes to save species and deliberately change the world for the better.’ -- Professor Matthew Cobb, University of Manchester‘An engaging account of how our ancestors’ actions, over tens of thousands of years, ended up modifying our genomes and those of countless other species, a thanksgiving for the beauty and bounty wrought by these changes, and a thoughtful, refreshingly optimistic anticipation of what is to come as we, one way or another, exert ever greater control over evolution.’ -- Austin Burt, professor of evolutionary genetics, Imperial College London‘Deeply thought-provoking… Around two to three decades ago the protests against genetically modified food types seemed warranted and necessary due to far too many unknowns. Now, with more precise genetic editing, examples such as Golden Rice discussed by Shapiro demonstrate that we are now in more nuanced times, and this is a topic that does need to be examined and more closely debated. Shapiro’s book is timely and well worth reading.’ -- Simon Cocking, Irish Tech News‘The scientific study of ancient DNA preserved in extinct species and the possibility of de extinction make for truly fascinating reading. Employing just the right amount of paleontology, history, genomics, and archaeology, Shapiro warns that we stand on the precipice of fashioning a new, unnatural nature. The risk of messing up the future of other species and even the planet itself looms large.’ * Booklist *‘Shapiro takes readers on a succinct and compelling journey through historical events, inventions, and decisions that have forever changed the course of life on Earth… In what is perhaps the greatest accomplishment of Life as We Made It, Shapiro clearly articulates key questions whose answers will define how we think about and use the power we now yield… Shapiro offers readers a history lesson from which to pull both caution and inspiration. In doing so, she sets the table for a needed conversation about our lasting imprint on the tree of life. It is up to us to take a seat.’ -- Science‘Shapiro is a fantastic science communicator who addresses the many nuances of each topic she touches, and she can be disarmingly funny. I heartily recommend you read this book.’ -- The Inquisitive Biologist‘Beth Shapiro’s unmissable book… My advice is not to waste time on COP26, and read this book instead… She is a thoughtful academic… This book brings readers up to date, assessing the impact on research of the Covid-19 event and the appetite for adopting riskier technologies more quickly… Life as We Made It turns a potentially chilling threat into a promise – so long as those charged with the process are as far-seeing and practical as its author. That’s the challenge upon which readers will be left reflecting.’ -- Reaction‘Beth Shapiro takes readers on a journey of scientific discovery, explaining how symbiotic relationships between humans and the environment around us have changed – but not always for the better…’ * Engadget *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContributors Foreword Preface Part 1 Introduction 1 What is Clinical Genetics and Genomic medicine? 2 Inheritance 3 Cytogenetic & Molecular genetic techniques 4 How to read a genetic test report 5 Genetic Counselling Part 2 Cardiology 6 Structure and Congenital Heart Disease 7 Ischamic Heart Disease 8 Cardiomyopthies 9 Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Part 3 Dermatology 10 Tuberous Sclerosis 11 Gorlin syndrome 12 Dariers Disease 13 Lamellar Icthyosis 14 Mal De Meleda 15 Cutaneous Porphyria 16 Epidermolysis Bullosa 17 Cowden syndrome and Cowden-like syndrome 18 Muir-Torre Syndrome 18 X-linked Icthyosis 20 Birt-Hogg-Dube Part 4 Endocrinology 21 Disorders of sexual development and differentiation 22 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 23 Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome 24 Klinefelters syndrome 25 Turners Syndrome 26 Diabetes Mellitus 27 Diabetes Insipidus 28 Fabry-Anderson Part 5 Metabolic 29 Introduction to the genetics of metabolic disorders 30 Overview of disorders of amino acid metabolism 31 Overview of disorders of carbohydrate metabolism 32 Overview of disorders of lipid metabolism 33 Overview of peroxisomal disorders 34 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism Part 6 Gastroenterology 35 IBD 36 Wilsons 37 Heamochromatosis 38 Coeliac Disease 39 Pancreatic cancer Part 7 Haematology 40 Malignant Haematology 41 Non malignanat Haematology Part 8 Immunology 42 Severe combined immunodeficiency 43 DNA repair defects 44 Congenital abnormalities affecting the development of the thymus 45 Common variable immunodeficiency 46 X-linked (and autosomal recessive) agammaglobulinaemia 47 Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome 48 Hyperimmunoglobulin M syndromes 49 Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome 50 Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis 51 Genetic disorders associated with immune dysregulation and/or autoimmunity 52 Genetic disorders associated with familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 53 Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease 54 Chronic granulomatous disease 55 Defects in leukocyte migration 56 Defects of Toll like receptors and their signalling pathways 57 Complement deficiencies 58 Autoinflammatory diseases and periodic fever syndromes Part 9 Neurology 59 SMA 60 MND/ALS 61 Fragile X 62 HD 63 Dementia 64 Parkinsons 65 Myotonic dystrophy Part 10 Paediatrics and Obstetrics 66 Fetal anomaly screening 67 Prenatal diagnostic testing and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis 68 Edwards ' Syndrome 69 Patau syndrome 70 Williams syndrome 71 Di George syndrome Part 11 Oncology 72 Introduction to Cancer 73 Neurofibromatosis 74 Urological Cancers 75 Peutz-Jegher Syndrome 76 Von Hippel-Lindau 77 Inherited Bowel (Lower GI) Cancers 78 Inherited upper GI cancers 79 Inherited Breast Cancer 80 Retinoblastoma 81 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Part 12 Opthalmology 82 Congential and Childhood Cataracts 83 Colour blindness and Achromatopsia 84 Retinitis Pigmentosa 85 Primary Congential Glaucoma 86 Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Part 13 Renal 87 PCKD 88 Nephronophthisis 89 Medullary cystic kidney disease 90 Tuberous sclerosis 91 von Hippel-Lindau 92 Alport syndrome 93 Cystinosis 94 Cystinuria Part 14 MSK 95 Marfans 96 EDS 97 Congenital Limb Deficiencies 98 DMD 99 Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) 100 Ankylosing Spondylitis 101 Skeletal dysplasias Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I The Microbes 1 The Microbial World 1 14 Biogeochemical Cycles 521 15 Microbial Biotechnology 553 2 Bacteria and Archaea 35 3 Eukaryotic Microorganisms 97 4 Virology 133 5 Microbial Metabolism 171 Part II Microbial Genetics 6 Cultivating Microorganisms 231 7 DNA Replication and Gene Expression 269 8 Viral Replication Strategies 309 9 Bacterial Genetic Analysis and Manipulation 339 10 Microbial Genomics 377 11 Regulation of Gene Expression 407 Part III Microbial Physiology and Ecology 12 Microbial Ecosystems 441 13 Symbiotic Microbiome 481 Part IV Microbes and Disease 16 Introduction to Infectious Diseases 597 17 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology 635 18 Adaptive Immunity 671 19 Bacterial Pathogenesis 711 20 Viral Pathogenesis 761 21 Eukaryotic Pathogenesis 795 22 Control of Infectious Disease 827 23 The Microbiology of Food and Water 881 Appendix A Scientific Articles A- 1 Appendix B Microscopy A- 11 Appendix C Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Microbes A- 17 Appendix D Origin of Blood Cells A- 19 Glossary G- 1 Index I- 1

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Book SynopsisPrinciples of Biology is reflective of the shift taking place in the majors biology course from large and detail rich to short and conceptual, with a focus on new, cutting-edge science. A succinct and inviting text focused on central concepts, Principles of Biology helps students connect fundamental principles while challenging them to develop and hone critical thinking skills.Table of Contents1 An Introduction to BiologyUNIT I Chemistry2 The Chemical Basis of Life I: Atoms, Molecules, and Water3 The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic MoleculesUNIT II Cells4 Evolutionary Origin of Cells and Their General Features5 Membranes: The Interface Between Cells and Their Environment6 How Cells Utilize Energy7 How Cells Capture Light Energy via Photosynthesis8 How Cells Communicate with Each Other and with the EnvironmentUNIT III Genetics9 The Information of Life: DNA and RNA Structure, DNA Replication, and Chromosome Structure 10 The Expression of Genetic Information via Genes I: Transcription and Translation11 The Expression of Genetic Information via Genes II: Non-coding RNAs 12 The Control of Genetic Information via Gene Regulation 13 Altering the Genetic Material: Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer14 How Eukaryotic Cells Sort and Transmit Chromosomes: Mitosis and Meiosis15 Transmission of Genetic Information from Parents to Offspring I: Patterns That Follow Mendel’s Laws 16 Transmission of Genetic Information from Parents to Offspring II: Epigenetics, Linkage, and ExtranuclearInheritance17 The Simpler Genetic Systems of Viruses, Bacteria, and Archaea18 Genetic Technologies: How Biologists Study Genes and Genomes UNIT IV Evolution19 Evolution of Life I: How Populations Change from Generation to Generation 20 Evolution of Life II: The Emergence of New Species 21 How Biologists Classify Species and Study Their Evolutionary Relationships22 The History of Life on Earth and Human Evolution UNIT V Diversity23 Diversity of Microbial Life: Archaea, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi24 Microbiomes: Microbial Systems on and Around Us 25 Plant Evolution: How Plant Diversification Changed Planet Earth26 Invertebrates: The Vast Array of Animal Life Without a Backbone 27 Vertebrates: Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, and MammalsUNIT VI Flowering Plants28 An Introduction to Flowering Plant Form and Function29 How Flowering Plants Sense and Interact with Their Environments 30 How Flowering Plants Obtain and Transport Water, Mineral Nutrients, and Organic Compounds31 How Flowering Plants Reproduce and DevelopUNIT VII Animals 32 General Features of Animal Bodies, and Homeostasis as a Key Principle of Animal Biology33 Neuroscience I: The Structure, Function, and Evolution of Nervous Systems34 Neuroscience II: How Sensory Systems Allow Animals to Interact with the Environment35 How Muscles and Skeletons Are Adaptations for Movement, Support, and Protection36 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Transporting Solutes and Exchanging Gases37 Digestive and Excretory Systems: Maintaining Nutrient, Water, and Energy Balance and Removing Waste 38 How Endocrine Systems Influence the Activities of All Other Organ Systems39 The Production of Offspring: Reproduction and Development 40 Immune Systems: How Animals Defend Against Pathogens and Other Dangers41 An Example of a System-Wide Response to a Challenge to HomeostasisUNIT VIII Ecology42 Behavioral Ecology: The Struggle to Find Food and Mates and to Pass on Genes43 Population Growth and Species Interactions44 Communities and Ecosystems: Ecological Organization at Large Scales45 Biomes: How Climate Affects the Distribution of Species on Earth46 The Age of Humans47 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

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Book SynopsisAllan Jones, Chancellor's Award Fellow in Ecology, Environmental Science and Zoology at the University of Dundee, UK.  Rob Reed, Emeritus Professor (Education and Science) at Central Queensland University, Australia.  Jonathan Weyers, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, U

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Book SynopsisEnsure students achieve top exam marks, and can confidently progress to further study, with an academically rigorous yet accessible approach from Cambridge examiners. With full syllabus match, extensive practice and exam guidance this new edition embeds a comprehensive understanding of scientific concepts and develops advanced skills for strong assessment potential. Be confident of full syllabus support with a comprehensive syllabus matching grid and learning objectives drawn directly from the latest syllabus (9700), for first examination from 2022. Written by Cambridge examiners, this new edition if packed with focused and explicit assessment guidance, support and practice to ensure your students are fully equipped for their exams. With a stretching yet accessible approach Cambridge International AS & A Level Complete Biology develops advanced problem solving and scientific skills and contextualizes scientific concepts to ensure your students are ready to progress to further study. Al

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Book SynopsisExam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed by Edexcel Supports Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Biology B (9BI0) specificationBuild investigative skills, test understanding and apply biological theory to topical examples with this Edexcel Year 1 Student Book- Supports all 16 required practicals with activities and questions to help students explain procedures, analyse data and evaluate results- Provides clear definitions, as well as explanations, of the meanings of all technical vocabulary needed for the new specification- Helps bring students up to speed with a summary of prior knowledge and diagnostic questions at the start of each chapter- Offers assessment guidance with Exam Practice Questions at the end of each chapter, graded by difficulty to support progression, along with Challenge Questions to stretc

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Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Encourage students to learn independently and build on their knowledge with this textbook that leads students seamlessly from basic biological concepts to more complicated theories.- Develop experimental, analytical and evaluation skills with activities that introduce the practicals required by OCR and other experimental investigations in Biology- Provide assessment guidance with synoptic questions and multiple choice questions throughout the book, and revision tips and skills all in one chapter- Strengthen understanding of key concepts with contemporary and engaging examples, illustrated with accessible diagrams and images- Give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding of all aspects of practical work with Test Yourself Questions and Exam Practice Questions- Offer detailed gui

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Book SynopsisIn his beautifully written prose, Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world.Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the Alaskan Arctic reveals that fat is not the enemy, but the hero; a stint in the Himalayas uncovers the boundary where the brain ends and the mind begins; and eating a sheep''s head in Iceland offers a lesson in empathy. By relating his experiences in far-flung lands and among unique cultures back to the body''s inner workings, he shows how our organs live inextricably intertwined lives in an internal ecosystem that reflects the natural world around us.Reisman''s unique perspective on the natural world and his expert wielding of wit ultimately helps us make sense of our lives, our bodies and our world in a way readers have never before imagined.''An elTrade ReviewA fascinating, lyrical book . . . Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine - the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organisation of the brain - is extraordinary! * Mary Roach, author of STIFF *A magnificent travelogue through the human body by a truly intrepid explorer. A genuine 'must' for anyone who is even remotely curious about their own body and how it works. I really loved it. * Professor Sue Black, author of WRITTEN IN BONE and ALL THAT REMAINS *An intelligent, innovative, eclectic and accessible book in which Reisman views the human body with a remarkable degree of lateral thinking. Sometimes funny, often gruesome but always entertaining and educational. * Samer Nashef, author of THE ANGINA MONOLOGUES *The author's literary approach to this complicated subject proved excellent bedside material. [Reisman] comes across as a generous and thoughtful physician . . . [who can] make sense out of it all. -- Ms. Bone * Wall Street Journal *If you are fascinated by the human body and how it works, or you are thinking about studying medicine, or you are just a curious person you will find this book a joy to read . . . This is a great and easy read which I heartily (excuse the pun) recommend. * Professor Alex Rodgers, author of THE DEEP *Terrific, memorable, original, and full of information that informs one's understanding not only of the body but what has stopped us from knowing more. There is palpable joy at learning in Reisman's writing and readers will know him as an individual whose humility and empathy are as impressive as his adventurous, travel-hungry spirit. * Kenneth S. Brecher, cultural anthropologist and author of TOO SAD TO SING *Through his acute and extensive observations of the seen world of nature and human nature, Reisman illuminates the analogous workings of our unseen bodies. An Alexander von Humboldt of the human body, Dr. Reisman's comparisons give us an ingenious perspective from which to understand the ways in which our internal organs function alone and together. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in understanding and appreciating the marvels of the human body. * Warren Zapol. M.D., professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Antarctic researcher, and inventor *THE UNSEEN BODY is an elegant, elegiac, and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy, by way of brain-tanned buckskin, blood as the last salty remnant of life's oceanic origins, and the World Testicle Cooking Championships. The images Reisman conjures will linger long after you've devoured his delightful prose. * Nicola Twilley, co-author of UNTIL PROVEN SAFE and co-host of GASTROPOD podcast *A remarkable travel narrative that documents the author's trip through a seemingly familiar place, the human body, and with a blend of science and personal experience renders that place both strange and fascinating, so much so that the reader will feel not only delighted, but also proud to be a lifelong inhabitant of it. * Lawrence Millman, award-winning author of FUNGIPEDIA *Quirky, never-dull popular science * Kirkus Reviews *An engaging book likely to pique the curiosity of readers interested in a wide range of medical conditions or naturalistic medicine * Library Journal *Dr Reisman engagingly relates provocative stories for the fifteen body parts uncovered in this treatise, and goads the reader to re-evaluate their perception of the body * City Book Review *Physician and naturalist Reisman offers a 'behind-the-scenes look at life itself' via an odyssey through the human body . . . deep curiosity driv[es] his narrative * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisWhether you’re a student or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Barron’s Painless Biology provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format.An essential resource for: Virtual Learning Homeschool Learning pods Supplementing classes/in-person learning Inside you’ll find: Comprehensive coverage of biology, including, nature of science, cell anatomy, biochemistry, animals and plants, genetics, and much more Diagrams, charts, and instructive science illustrations Painless tips, common pitfalls, and informative sidebars Brain Tickler quizzes and answers throughout each chapter to test your progress

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Provides students and professionals in life sciences, pharmacy and biochemistry with everything they need to know about molecular biotechnology.Table of ContentsAbbreviations xix Part I Fundamentals of Cellular and Molecular Biology 1 1 The Cell as the Basic Unit of Life 3Michael Wink References 8 Further Reading 8 2 Structure and Function of Cellular Macromolecules 9Michael Wink 2.1 Structure and Function of Sugars 9 2.2 Structure of Membrane Lipids 13 2.3 Structure and Function of Proteins 17 2.4 Structure of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids (DNA and RNA) 25 References 32 Further Reading 32 3 Structure and Functions of a Cell 33Michael Wink 3.1 Structure of a Eukaryotic Cell 33 3.1.1 Structure and Function of the Cytoplasmic Membrane 33 3.1.1.1 Membrane Permeability 33 3.1.1.2 Transport Processes Across Biomembranes 34 3.1.1.3 Receptors and Signal Transduction at Biomembranes 37 3.1.2 Endomembrane System in a Eukaryotic Cell 40 3.1.3 Mitochondria and Chloroplasts 45 3.1.4 Cytoplasm 49 3.1.5 Cytoskeleton 51 3.1.6 Cell Walls 53 3.2 Structure of Bacteria 53 3.3 Structure of Viruses 55 3.4 Differentiation of Cells 56 3.5 Cell Death 60 References 61 Further Reading 61 4 Biosynthesis and Function of Macromolecules (DNA, RNA, and Proteins) 63Michael Wink 4.1 Genomes, Chromosomes, and Replication 63 4.1.1 Genome Size 63 4.1.2 Composition and Function of Chromosomes 67 4.1.3 Mitosis and Meiosis 69 4.1.4 Replication 71 4.1.5 Mutations and Repair Mechanisms 72 4.2 Transcription: From Gene to Protein 77 4.3 Protein Biosynthesis (Translation) 81 Further Reading 85 5 Distributing Proteins in the Cell (Protein Sorting) 87Michael Wink 5.1 Import and Export of Proteins via the Nuclear Pore 87 5.2 Import of Proteins in Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes 88 5.3 Protein Transport into the Endoplasmic Reticulum 89 5.4 Vesicle Transport from the ER via the Golgi Apparatus to the Cytoplasmic Membrane 92 References 94 Further Reading 94 6 Evolution and Diversity of Organisms 95Michael Wink 6.1 Prokaryotes 95 6.2 Eukaryotes 95 References 101 Further Reading 101 Part II Standard Methods in Molecular Biotechnology 103 7 Isolation and Purification of Proteins 105Thomas Wieland 7.1 Introduction 105 7.2 Producing a Protein Extract 106 7.3 Gel Electrophoretic Separation Methods 107 7.3.1 Principles of Electrophoresis 107 7.3.2 Native Gel Electrophoresis 107 7.3.3 Discontinuous Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) 107 7.3.4 Two-Dimensional (2D) Gel Electrophoresis and Isoelectric Focusing (IEF) 108 7.3.5 Detecting Proteins in Gels 108 7.4 Methods of Protein Precipitation 109 7.5 Column Chromatography Methods 109 7.5.1 General Principles of Separation 109 7.5.1.1 Size Exclusion Chromatography (Gel Filtration) 109 7.5.1.2 Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography 111 7.5.1.3 Ion Exchange Chromatography 111 7.5.1.4 Hydroxyapatite Chromatography 112 7.5.2 Group-Specific Separation Techniques 112 7.5.2.1 Chromatography on Protein A or Protein G 112 7.5.2.2 Chromatography on Cibacron Blue (Blue Gel) 112 7.5.2.3 Chromatography on Lectins 112 7.5.2.4 Chromatography on Heparin 113 7.5.3 Purification of Recombinant Fusion Proteins 113 7.5.3.1 Chromatography on Chelating Agents 113 7.5.3.2 Chromatography on Glutathione Matrices 114 7.6 Examples 114 7.6.1 Example 1: Purification of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase from the Cytosol of Bovine Retina Rod Cells 114 7.6.2 Example 2: Purification of Recombinant His6-RGS16 After Expression in E. coli 114 Further Reading 115 8 Mass Spectrometry and Applications in Proteomics and Microbial Identification 117Andreas Schlosser and Wolf D. Lehmann 8.1 Principles of ESI and MALDI Mass Spectrometry 117 8.2 Instrumental Setup 118 8.3 Intact Protein Analysis 119 8.3.1 Protein Digestion 119 8.3.2 Peptide Fragmentation 119 8.3.3 Protein Identification with MS/MS Spectra 121 8.4 Protein and Proteome Quantification 121 8.4.1 Label-Free Quantification 121 8.4.2 Chemical Stable Isotope Labeling 121 8.4.3 Metabolic Stable Isotope Labeling 122 8.5 Protein–Protein Interaction Analysis 123 8.6 Analysis of Posttranslational Modifications 124 8.7 Microbial Identification and Resistance Detection 125 References 126 9 Isolation of DNA and RNA 129Hans Weiher 9.1 Introduction 129 9.2 DNA Isolation 129 9.3 RNA Isolation 131 9.3.1 Enrichment of mRNA 131 Reference 131 10 Chromatography and Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids 133Hans Weiher 10.1 Introduction 133 10.2 Chromatographic Separation of Nucleic Acids 133 10.3 Electrophoresis 134 10.3.1 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis: Submarine Electrophoresis 134 10.3.2 Pulsed-Field Agarose Gel Electrophoresis 134 10.3.3 Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) 135 Further Reading 135 11 Hybridization of Nucleic Acids 137Hans Weiher 11.1 Significance of Base Pairing 137 11.2 Experimental Hybridization: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control 137 11.3 Analytical Techniques 138 11.3.1 Clone Detection, Southern Blotting, Northern Blotting, and Gene Diagnosis 138 11.3.2 Systematic Gene Diagnosis and Expression Screening Based on Gene Arrays 139 11.3.3 In Situ Hybridization 139 References 140 Further Reading 140 12 Use of Enzymes in the Modification of Nucleic Acids 141Ingrid Herr and MichaelWink 12.1 Restriction Enzymes (Restriction Endonucleases) 141 12.2 Ligases 142 12.3 Methyl transferases 142 12.4 DNA Polymerases 143 12.5 RNA Polymerases and Reverse Transcriptase 144 12.6 Nucleases 144 12.7 T4 Polynucleotide Kinase 144 12.8 Phosphatases 145 Further Reading 145 13 Polymerase Chain Reaction 147Richard Jäger and Hans Weiher 13.1 Introduction 147 13.2 PCR Methods 147 13.2.1 Basic Principle 147 13.2.2 Primer Design and Hot Start PCR 148 13.2.3 Multiplex PCR 149 13.2.4 RT-PCR 149 13.2.5 Qualitative Analysis of the PCR Products 149 13.3 PCR as a Quantitative Method 149 13.3.1 PCR Phases and PCR Efficiency 149 13.3.2 Quantitative Real-Time PCR 150 13.3.3 Digital PCR 151 13.4 Areas of Application 151 13.4.1 Genome Analysis 151 13.4.2 Cloning Techniques 152 13.4.3 Gene Expression Studies 152 Further Reading 152 14 DNA Sequencing 153Richard Jäger and HansWeiher 14.1 Introduction 153 14.2 The Sanger Method 153 14.3 Pyrosequencing 154 14.4 Second-Generation Sequencing: Illumina and Ion Torrent 155 14.4.1 Overview 155 14.4.2 The Illumina Sequencing System 155 14.4.3 The Ion Torrent Sequencing System 156 14.5 Third-Generation Sequencing Techniques 156 14.5.1 Overview 156 14.5.2 SMRT Sequencing 157 14.5.3 Nanopore Sequencing 157 14.6 The Impact of the DNA Sequencing Technology 158 References 158 Further Reading 158 Websites 158 15 Cloning Procedures 159Thomas Wieland and Susanne Lutz 15.1 Introduction 159 15.2 Construction of Recombinant Vectors 159 15.2.1 Insert 159 15.2.2 Vector 161 15.2.3 Essential Components of Vectors 162 15.2.3.1 Bacterial Origin of Replication (ori) 162 15.2.3.2 Antibiotic Resistance 162 15.2.3.3 Polylinkers 162 15.2.4 Cloning Using Recombination Systems 162 15.2.5 Further Components of Vectors for Prokaryotic Expression Systems 163 15.2.5.1 Promoter 163 15.2.5.2 Ribosome-Binding Site 163 15.2.5.3 Termination Sequence 164 15.2.5.4 Fusion Sequence 164 15.2.6 Further Components of Eukaryotic Expression Vectors 164 15.2.6.1 Eukaryotic Expression Vectors: Yeast 164 15.2.6.2 Eukaryotic Expression Vectors for Mammal Cells 165 15.2.6.3 Viral Expression Systems for Mammalian Cells 167 15.2.7 Nonviral Introduction of Heterologous DNA to Host Organisms (Transformation, Transfection) 168 15.2.7.1 Transformation of Prokaryotes 168 15.2.7.2 Transformation of Yeast Cells 169 15.2.7.3 Transfection of Mammal Cells 169 Further Reading 170 16 Expression of Recombinant Proteins 171Thomas Wieland 16.1 Introduction 171 16.2 Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Host Organisms 171 16.2.1 Expression in E. coli 172 16.2.2 Expression in Yeasts 175 16.2.3 Expression in Insect Cells 177 16.2.3.1 Expression Based on Recombinant Baculoviruses 177 16.2.3.2 Expression of Proteins in Stably Transfected Insect Cells 178 16.2.4 Expression of Proteins in Mammalian Cells 178 16.3 Expression in Cell-Free Systems 179 16.3.1 Expression of Proteins in Reticulocyte Lysates 180 16.3.2 Protein Expression Using E. coli Extracts 180 Further Reading 180 17 Patch Clamp Method 181Robert Kraft 17.1 Ion Channels 181 17.2 Technical Requirements of the Patch Clamp Method 181 17.3 Patch Clamp Configurations 182 17.4 Applications of the Patch Clamp Method 183 Reference 185 Further Reading 185 18 Cell Cycle Analysis 187Stefan Wölfl 18.1 Introduction 187 18.2 Analyzing the Cell Cycle 187 18.3 Experimental Analysis of the Cell Cycle 189 18.3.1 Preparing Synchronized Cell Cultures of S. cerevisiae 189 18.3.1.1 Centrifugal Elutriation 190 18.3.1.2 Cell Cycle Arrest Using α-Factor 190 18.3.2 Identification of Cell Cycle Stages 191 18.3.2.1 Budding Index 191 18.3.2.2 Fluorescent Staining of the Nucleus 191 18.3.2.3 Detection of Cell Cycle Phases Using Fluorescent Proteins as Reporters 194 Acknowledgments 195 Further Reading 196 19 Microscopic Techniques 197Stephan Diekmann 19.1 Introduction 197 19.2 Electron Microscopy 197 19.2.1 Cryo-electron Microscopy 199 19.2.2 Electron Tomography 199 19.3 Atomic or Scanning Force Microscopy 199 19.3.1 Force Spectroscopy 200 19.3.2 Advantages and Disadvantages 201 19.4 Light Microscopy 201 19.4.1 Deconvolution 202 19.4.2 Confocal Microscopy 202 19.4.3 Why Fluorescence? 203 19.4.4 Nanoscopy 203 19.5 Microscopy in the Living Cell 204 19.5.1 Analysis of Fluorescently Labeled Proteins In Vivo 205 19.5.2 Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching 206 19.5.3 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy 206 19.5.4 Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy 207 19.5.5 Single-Molecule Fluorescence 207 Further Reading 207 20 Laser Applications 209Rainer Fink 20.1 Laser Development: A Historical Perspective 209 20.2 Types of Lasers and Setups 210 20.3 Properties of Laser Radiation 210 20.4 Applications 211 20.4.1 Laser Scanning Microscopy 211 20.4.2 Optical Tweezers 212 20.4.3 Laser Microdissection and Laser Therapy 212 20.4.4 Manufacturing of Products in Medical Technology and Biotechnology Products 213 Further Reading 213 Part III Key Topics 215 21 Sequencing the Universe of Life 217Stefan Wiemann 21.1 What to Sequence? 217 21.1.1 Whole-Genome Sequencing 217 21.1.2 Exome Sequencing 220 21.1.3 (Gene) Panel Sequencing 220 21.1.4 RNA Sequencing 221 21.1.4.1 Tag- vs. Full-Length Sequencing 221 21.1.4.2 Sequencing of RNA Species and Modifications 221 21.1.4.3 Sequencing of Single Cells 222 21.1.4.4 In Situ Sequencing 222 21.1.5 (Whole-Genome) Bisulfite Sequencing of DNA 223 21.1.6 Sequencing to Characterize Chromatin Structure and Beyond 223 21.2 Sequencing Projects: Human 224 21.2.1 Initial Sequencing of the Human Genome 224 21.2.2 The 1000 Genomes Project: Assessing Natural Variation 224 21.2.3 Screening for Genetic Disease 225 21.2.4 Sequencing of Populations 226 21.2.5 TCGA and ICGC: Screening for Cancer Driver Mutations 226 21.3 Sequencing Other Species, Environments,… 228 21.4 Sequencing in the Clinics: Personalizing Oncology 228 21.5 Sequencing in the Private Sector: Direct to Consumer Testing (DTC) 231 21.6 The Information Content of a Genome Sequence and Ethical Consequences 231 References 232 22 Cellular Systems Biology 239Melanie Boerries, Hauke Busch, and Rainer König 22.1 Introduction 239 22.2 Analysis of Cellular Networks by Top-Down Approaches 240 22.2.1 Motivation 240 22.2.2 Definitions and Construction of the Networks 240 22.2.3 Gene Set Enrichment Tests 241 22.2.4 Inferring Gene Regulators Employing Gene Regulatory Models 242 22.2.5 Network Descriptors 243 22.2.5.1 Scale-Free Networks 243 22.2.5.2 Centrality 243 22.2.5.3 The Clustering Coefficient 244 22.2.6 Detecting Essential Enzymes with a Machine Learning Approach 244 22.2.7 Elementary Flux Modes 244 22.3 Overview over Bottom-Up Modeling of Biochemical Networks 247 22.3.1 Motivation 247 22.3.2 Choosing Model Complexity and Model Building 248 22.3.3 Model Simulation 251 22.3.4 Model Calibration 252 22.3.5 Model Verification and Analysis 254 22.3.6 Examples 254 Further Reading 258 References 259 23 Protein–Protein and Protein–DNA Interactions 261Peter Uetz and Ehmke Pohl 23.1 Protein–Protein Interactions 261 23.1.1 Classification and Specificity: Protein Domains 261 23.1.2 Protein Networks and Complexes 262 23.1.3 Structural Properties of Interacting Proteins 262 23.1.4 Which Forces Mediate Protein–Protein Interactions? 263 23.1.4.1 Thermodynamics 264 23.1.4.2 Energetics 264 23.1.5 Methods to Examine Protein–Protein Interactions 264 23.1.6 Theoretical Prediction of Protein–Protein Interactions 266 23.1.7 Regulation of Protein–Protein Interactions 266 23.1.8 Biotechnological and Medical Applications of Protein–Protein Interactions 268 23.2 Protein–DNA Interactions 269 23.2.1 Specific Protein–DNA Interaction 269 23.2.2 Thermodynamic Consideration 270 23.2.3 Methods to Study Protein–DNA Interactions 270 23.2.3.1 Structural Classification of Protein–DNA Complexes 270 23.2.4 Regulatory Networks and System Biology 270 23.2.5 Medical Importance of Protein–DNA Interactions 273 23.2.6 Biotechnological Applications 274 References 275 Further Reading 275 24 Bioinformatics 277Benedikt Brors 24.1 Introduction 277 24.2 Data Sources 277 24.2.1 Primary Databases: EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ, PIR, and Swiss-Prot 277 24.2.2 Genome Databases: Ensembl and GoldenPath 278 24.2.3 Motif Databases: BLOCKS, PROSITE, Pfam, ProDom, and SMART 278 24.2.4 Molecular Structure Databases: PDB and SCOP 278 24.2.5 Transcriptome Databases: SAGE, ArrayExpress, and GEO 279 24.2.6 Reference Databases: PubMed, OMIM, and GeneCards 279 24.2.7 Pathway Databases and Gene Ontology 279 24.3 Sequence Analysis 280 24.3.1 Kyte–Doolittle Plot, HelicalWheel Analysis, and Signal Sequence Analysis 280 24.3.2 Pairwise Alignment 281 24.3.2.1 Local/Global 281 24.3.2.2 Optimal/Heuristic 282 24.3.3 Alignment Statistics 282 24.3.4 Multiple Alignment 282 24.4 Evolutionary Bioinformatics 283 24.4.1 StatisticalModels of Evolution 283 24.4.2 Relation to Score Matrices 284 24.4.3 Phylogenetic Analysis 285 24.5 Gene Prediction 285 24.5.1 Neural Networks or HMMs Based on Hexanucleotide Composition 286 24.5.2 Comparison with Expressed Sequence Tags or Other Genomes (Fugu, Mouse) 286 24.6 Bioinformatics in Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis 287 24.6.1 Preprocessing and Normalization 287 24.6.2 Feature Selection 288 24.6.3 Similarity Measures: Euclidean Distance, Correlation, Manhattan Distance, Mahalanobis Distance, and Entropy Measures 288 24.6.4 Unsupervised Learning Procedures: Clustering, Principal Component Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, and Correspondence Analysis 289 24.6.5 Supervised Learning Procedures: Linear Discriminant Analysis, Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, and ANNs 289 24.6.6 Analysis of Overrepresentation of Functional Categories 290 24.7 Analysis of Ultraparallel Sequencing Data 291 24.7.1 Mapping of Ultraparallel Sequencing Data 291 24.7.2 Genome (Re-)sequencing 292 24.7.3 Transcriptome Sequencing 292 24.7.4 ChIP-seq 293 24.7.5 Epigenetic Analysis 293 24.7.6 Single-Cell Analysis 294 24.7.7 Bioethics of Human Sequencing Data 294 24.8 Bioinformatic Software 294 Further Reading 295 25 Drug Research 297Manfred Koegl, Ralf Tolle, Ulrich Deuschle, Claus Kremoser, and Michael Wink 25.1 Introduction 297 25.2 Active Compounds and Their Targets 297 25.2.1 Identification of Potential Targets in the Human Genome 298 25.2.2 Comparative Genome Analysis 298 25.2.3 Experimental Target Identification: In Vitro Methods 299 25.2.4 Experimental Identification of Targets: Model Organisms 300 25.2.5 Experimental Target Identification in Humans 300 25.2.6 Difference Between Target Candidates and Genuine Targets 301 25.2.7 Biologicals 301 25.2.8 DNA and RNA in New Therapeutic Approaches 302 25.2.9 Patent Protection for Targets 303 25.2.10 Compound Libraries as a Source of Drug Discovery 304 25.2.11 High-Throughput Screening 304 25.2.12 High-Quality Paramounts in Screening Assays 304 25.2.13 Virtual Ligand Screening 306 25.2.14 Activity of Drugs Described in Terms of Efficacy and Potency 307 25.2.15 Chemical Optimization of Lead Structures 307 25.3 Preclinical Pharmacology and Toxicology 308 25.4 Clinical Development 309 25.5 Clinical Testing 309 Further Reading 310 26 Drug Targeting and Prodrugs 311Gert Fricker 26.1 Drug Targeting 311 26.1.1 Passive Targeting by Exploiting Special Physiological Properties of the Target Tissue 311 26.1.2 Physical Targeting 312 26.1.3 Active Targeting 313 26.1.4 Cellular Carrier Systems 316 26.2 Prodrugs 316 26.2.1 Prodrugs to Improve Drug Solubility 316 26.2.2 Prodrugs to Increase Stability 317 26.3 Penetration of Drugs Through Biological Membranes 317 26.4 Prodrugs to Extend Duration of Effect 318 26.5 Prodrugs for the Targeted Release of a Drug 318 26.6 Prodrugs to Minimize Side Effects 320 References 320 27 Molecular Diagnostics in Medicine 323Stefan Wölfl and Reinhard Gessner 27.1 Introduction 323 27.2 Uses of Molecular Diagnostics 323 27.2.1 Introduction 323 27.2.2 Monogenic and Polygenic Diseases 323 27.2.3 Individual Variability in the Genome: Forensics 325 27.2.4 Individual Variability in the Genome: HLA Typing 325 27.2.5 Individual Variability in the Genome: Pharmacogenomics 325 27.2.6 Individual Variability in the Genome: Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases 326 27.2.7 Viral Diagnosis 326 27.2.8 Microbial Diagnosis and Resistance Diagnosis 327 27.3 Which Molecular Variations Should be Detected 327 27.3.1 Point Mutations 327 27.3.2 Insertions and Deletions 328 27.3.3 Nucleotide Repeats 328 27.3.4 Deletion or Duplication of Genes 328 27.3.5 Recombination Between Chromosomes 329 27.3.6 Epigenetic Changes 329 27.4 Molecular Diagnostic Methods 330 27.4.1 DNA/RNA Purification 331 27.4.2 Detection of Target Sequence and Known Sequence Variations 331 27.4.2.1 Nucleic Acid Tests 331 27.4.2.2 Quantitative PCR 332 27.4.2.3 Multiplexing of Nucleic Acid Detection: Nucleic Acid Microarrays 333 27.4.2.4 Production and Manufacture of Microarrays 334 27.4.2.5 Applications of Fragment Length Analysis 335 27.4.2.6 Minisequencing 336 27.4.2.7 Determination of Unknown Mutations 336 27.5 Outlook 337 Further Reading 338 Historic Article: “News & Views” 338 Reviews 338 Web Link 338 Textbooks 338 28 Recombinant Antibodies and Phage Display 339Gustavo Marçal Schmidt Garcia Moreira and Stefan Dübel 28.1 Introduction 339 28.2 Generation of Specific Recombinant Antibodies 340 28.2.1 Generation of Antibody Gene Libraries 341 28.2.2 Selection Systems for Recombinant Antibodies 342 28.2.2.1 Transgenic Mice with Human IgG Genes 342 28.2.2.2 In Vitro Selection Systems 342 28.3 Production and Purification of Recombinant Antibodies 348 28.4 Features and Applications of Recombinant Antibodies 349 28.4.1 Advantages of Recombinant Antibodies 349 28.4.2 Formats and Applications of Recombinant Antibodies 350 28.4.2.1 Camelid Antibodies and VH Domains 351 28.4.2.2 scFv and dsFv 351 28.4.2.3 scFv–Fc Fusions, Fc Engineering, and the Addition of Constant Domains 352 28.4.2.4 IgG, Fusion Proteins, and Derivatives for Therapy 352 28.4.2.5 Bispecific Antibodies 354 28.4.2.6 Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) 355 28.4.3 The Future of Therapeutic Antibodies 355 28.4.4 Research and In Vitro Diagnostics 356 28.4.5 Intracellular and Cell-Penetrating Antibodies 356 28.5 Outlook 357 Further Reading 357 Textbooks 357 References 358 29 Genetically Modified Mice and Their Impact in Medical Research 361Rolf Sprengel and Mazahir T. Hasan 29.1 Overview 361 29.2 Transgenic Mice 362 29.2.1 Retroviral Infection 362 29.2.2 Pronuclear Injection 363 29.3 Homologous Recombination: Knockout (Knock-In) Mice 364 29.4 Endonuclease-Based Knockout Mice 366 29.5 Endonuclease-Based Knock-In Mice 367 29.6 Conditionally Regulated Gene Expression 367 29.7 Gene Transfer to Subpopulations of Cells 368 29.7.1 Electroporation of Mouse Embryos (Plasmid DNA) 368 29.7.2 Virus-Mediated Gene Transfer (Lentivirus, rAAVs) 369 29.7.3 Virus-Mediated Gene Deletion (Cre/lox) 370 29.7.4 Virus-Mediated Gene Knockdown (shRNA, Antagomirs) 370 29.8 Impact of Genetically Modified Mice in Biomedicine 370 29.8.1 Alzheimer’s Disease 370 29.8.2 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) 370 29.8.3 Psychological and Cognitive Disorders 371 29.8.4 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 371 29.8.5 Chemogenetics, Optogenetics, and Magnetogenetics 372 29.9 Outlook 372 Reference 373 Further Reading 373 30 Plant Biotechnology 375Helke Hillebrand and Rüdiger Hell 30.1 Introduction 375 30.1.1 Green Genetic Engineering: A New Method Toward Traditional Goals 375 30.1.2 Challenges in Plant Biotechnology 376 30.2 Gene Expression Control and Genome Editing 376 30.2.1 Gene Expression Control 377 30.2.2 Genome Editing 377 30.3 Production of Transgenic Plants 378 30.3.1 Transformation Systems 379 30.3.1.1 Agrobacterium as a Natural Transformation System 379 30.3.1.2 Biolistic Method: Gene Gun 381 30.3.1.3 Plastid Transformation 382 30.3.1.4 Viral Systems 382 30.4 Selection of Transformed Plant Cells 383 30.4.1 Requirements for an Optimal Selection Marker System 383 30.4.2 Negative Selection Marker Systems 384 30.4.3 Positive Selection Marker Systems 385 30.4.4 Selection Systems, Genetic Engineering Safety, and Marker-Free Plants 385 30.5 Regeneration of Transgenic Plants 387 30.5.1 Regeneration Procedures 387 30.5.2 Composition of Regeneration Media 387 30.6 Plant Analysis: Identification and Characterization of Genetically Engineered Plants 388 30.6.1 DNA and RNA Verification 388 30.6.2 Protein Analysis 389 30.6.3 Genetic and Molecular Maps 389 30.6.4 Stability of Transgenic Plants 390 Further Reading 390 31 Biocatalysis in the Chemical Industry 393Michael Breuer and Bernhard Hauer 31.1 Introduction 393 31.2 Bioconversion/Enzymatic Procedures 395 31.3 Development of an Enzyme for Industrial Biocatalysis 397 31.3.1 Identification of Novel Biocatalysts 397 31.3.2 Improvement of Biocatalysts 399 31.3.3 Production of Biocatalysts 399 31.3.4 Outlook 399 31.3.5 Case Study 1: Screening for New Nitrilases 400 31.3.6 Case Study 2: Use of Known Enzymes for New Reactions: Lipases for the Production of Optically Active Amines and Alcohols 400 31.3.7 Case Study 3: Enzyme Optimization with Rational and Evolutive Methods 401 31.4 Fermentative Procedures 402 31.4.1 Improvement of Fermentation Processes 402 31.4.2 Classical Strain Optimization 403 31.4.3 Metabolic Engineering 404 31.4.4 Case Study 4: Fermentative Production of n-Butanol 405 31.4.5 Case Study 5: Production of Glutamic Acid with C. glutamicum 406 31.4.5.1 Molecular Mechanism of Glutamate Overproduction 406 31.4.6 Case Study 6: Production of Lysine with C. glutamicum 407 31.4.6.1 Molecular Mechanism of Lysine Biosynthesis 407 31.4.6.2 Deregulation of the Key Enzyme Aspartate Kinase 408 31.4.7 Genomic Research and Functional Genomics 409 31.4.8 Case Study 7: Fermentative Penicillin Production 409 31.4.9 Case Study 8: Vitamin B2 Production 409 31.4.9.1 Riboflavin Biosynthesis 410 31.4.9.2 Classical Strain Development 410 References 410 Part IV Biotechnology in Industry 411 32 Industrial Application: Biotech Industry,Markets, and Opportunities 413 Julia Schüler 32.1 Historical Overview and Definitions of Concepts 413 32.2 Areas of Industrial Application of Molecular Biotechnology 414 32.2.1 Red Biotechnology 414 32.2.1.1 Biopharmaceutical Drug Development 414 32.2.1.2 Gene and Cell Therapy 416 32.2.1.3 Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine 419 32.2.1.4 Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine 421 32.2.1.5 Molecular Diagnostic Agents 421 32.2.1.6 Systems Biology 422 32.2.1.7 Synthetic Biology 422 32.2.2 Green Biotechnology 422 32.2.2.1 Transgenic Plants 422 32.2.2.2 Genomic Approaches in Green Biotechnology 423 32.2.2.3 Novel Food and Functional Food 423 32.2.2.4 Livestock Breeding 423 32.2.3 White Biotechnology 424 32.3 Status Quo of the Biotech Industry Worldwide 424 32.3.1 Global Overview 424 32.3.2 United States 424 32.3.3 Europe 424 33 Patents in the Molecular Biotechnology Industry: Legal and Ethical Issues 425David Resnik 33.1 Patent Law 425 33.1.1 What is a Patent? 425 33.1.2 How Does One Obtain a Patent? 426 33.1.3 What is the Proper Subject Matter for a Patent? 426 33.1.4 Types of Patents in Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology 427 33.1.5 Patent Infringement 427 33.1.6 International Patent Law 428 33.2 Ethical and Policy Issues in Biotechnology Patents 428 33.2.1 No Patents on Nature 428 33.2.2 Threats to Human Dignity 429 33.2.3 Problems with Access to Technology 430 33.2.4 Benefit Sharing 432 33.3 Conclusions 433 Acknowledgments 433 34 Drug Approval in the European Union and United States 435Gary Walsh 34.1 Introduction 435 34.2 Regulation Within the European Union 435 34.2.1 The EU Regulatory Framework 435 34.2.2 The EMA and National Competent Authorities 436 34.2.3 New Drug Approval Routes 437 34.2.3.1 The Centralized Procedure 437 34.2.3.2 Decentralized Procedure and Mutual Recognition 438 34.3 Regulation in the United States 438 34.3.1 CDER and CBER 439 34.3.2 The Approvals Procedure 439 34.4 The Advent and Regulation of Biosimilars 440 34.5 International Regulatory Harmonization 441 References 442 35 Emergence of a Biotechnology Industry 445Claus Kremoser Reference 451 Further Reading 451 36 The 101 of Founding a Biotech Company 453Claus Kremoser and Michael Wink 36.1 First Steps Toward Your Own Company 453 36.2 Employees: Recruitment, Remuneration, and Participation 456 37 Marketing 459Claus Kremoser and Michael Wink 37.1 Introduction 459 37.2 What Types of Deals Are Possible? 460 37.3 What Milestone or License Fees Are Effectively Paid in a Biotech/Pharma Cooperation? 460 37.4 PR and IR in Biotech Companies 461 Further Reading 462 Websites 462 Glossary 463 Index 491

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Book SynopsisBiology is a traditional, comprehensive introductory biology textbook with coverage from cell structure and function to the conservation of biodiversity and is appropriate for a one- or two-semester biology course. Biology focuses on three themes: systems, evolution, and the nature of science. These themes are integrated into all aspects of the textbook, from the unit learning outcomes to the theme-based feature readings in the text. Recognizing that instructors are increasingly being asked to engage their students while still providing them with a firm foundation in core biological principles, the authors of Biology integrated relevant content throughout the text to better allow students to make connections and think more scientifically.

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Book SynopsisWynn Kapit graduated in 1955 from the University of Miami, Florida with honors in Business Administration and Law. He then attended Art Center School in Los Angeles and worked in New York as a graphic designer and advertising art director from 1960-66. He moved to California to pursue a painting career and was given a one-man show at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco in 1968. He then attended the University of California at Berkeley and received a Masters in Painting and worked as a portraitist and teacher of figure drawing. While taking a class in human anatomy at San Francisco City College, he discovered a way to effectively learn the subject by coloring in drawings, diagrams and names. The teacher of the course, Lawrence Elson, Ph.D. agreed to help him produce a coloring book. Elson wrote and Kapit designed and illustrated The Anatomy Coloring Book, which was published in 1977 and has been a widely-translated bestseller ever since. The Physiology ColoriTable of Contents 1. Cell Physiology. 2. Nerve, Muscle and Synapse. 3. Circulation. 4. Respiration. 5. Kidney. 6. Digestion. 7. Nervous System. 8. Endocrines and Hormonal Regulation. 9. Metabolic Physiology. 10. Blood and Defense. 11. Reproduction.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"If ants are your interest, look no further than this title . . . . This beautifully illustrated 224-page book, which includes over 200 colour photographs and infographics, explores the extraordinary diversity of ants and offers insights into their elaborate social systems." * Pest Magazine *"I am an ant biologist, and I am often contacted by people with a newfound interest in ants, asking about a good introductory book. . . . I have never had a good answer until now. This is the volume I would recommend."---John T. Longino, The Quarterly Review of Biology"A very attractive and easy-to-read book that can be picked up and read in short bursts, revealing the astonishing diversity of Formicidae family."---Stephen Fleming, BeeCraft"This is a book that will satisfy you page after page and you will absorb a great storehouse of knowledge, almost effortlessly."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds""An excellent comprehensive introduction to the fascinating world of ants and beautifully illustrated.""---Roy Stewart, British Naturalists Association"This book offers access to the sometimes hidden world of the ubiquitous ant."---G.C. Stevens, Choice

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Book SynopsisThe only series for MYP 4 and 5 developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (IB)Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach presented in global contexts.- Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP concepts and related concepts at the heart of each chapter.- Learn by asking questions with a statement of inquiry in each chapter. - Prepare for every aspect of assessment using support and tasks designed by experienced educators.- Understand how to extend your learning through research projects and interdisciplinary opportunities.This title is also available in two digital formats via Dynamic Learning. Find out more by clicking on the links at the top of the page.

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Book SynopsisTo understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics. This book weaves together these disparate elements for senior undergraduate and graduate students.Trade Review“I recommend the book unreservedly to wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism.” (Tahrcountry, 10 August 2014)Table of ContentsPreface xi About the companion website xiii 1 Introduction: goals and decisions 1 1.1 How to use this book 1 1.2 What is wildlife conservation and management? 2 1.3 Goals of management 3 1.4 Hierarchies of decision 6 1.5 Policy goals 7 1.6 Feasible options 7 1.7 Summary 8 Part 1 Wildlife ecology 9 2 Food and nutrition 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Constituents of food 11 2.3 Variation in food supply 14 2.4 Measurement of food supply 17 2.5 Basal metabolic rate and food requirement 20 2.6 Morphology of herbivore digestion 23 2.7 Food passage rate and food requirement 26 2.8 Body size and diet selection 27 2.9 Indices of body condition 28 2.10 Summary 33 3 Home range and habitat use 35 3.1 Introduction 35 3.2 Estimating home range size and utilization frequency 36 3.3 Estimating habitat availability and use 38 3.4 Selective habitat use 40 3.5 Using resource selection functions to predict population response 42 3.6 Sources of variation in habitat use 42 3.7 Movement within the home range 45 3.8 Movement among home ranges 48 3.9 Summary 51 4 Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution 53 4.1 Introduction 53 4.2 Dispersal 53 4.3 Dispersion 55 4.4 Distribution 56 4.5 Distribution, abundance, and range collapse 61 4.6 Species reintroductions or invasions 62 4.7 Summary 67 5 Population growth and regulation 69 5.1 Introduction 69 5.2 Rate of increase 69 5.3 Geometric or exponential population growth 73 5.4 Stability of populations 73 5.5 The theory of population limitation and regulation 76 5.6 Evidence for regulation 81 5.7 Applications of regulation 85 5.8 Logistic model of population regulation 86 5.9 Stability, cycles, and chaos 88 5.10 Intraspecific competition 90 5.11 Interactions of food, predators, and disease 93 5.12 Summary 93 6 Competition and facilitation between species 95 6.1 Introduction 95 6.2 Theoretical aspects of interspecific competition 96 6.3 Experimental demonstrations of competition 98 6.4 The concept of the niche 103 6.5 The competitive exclusion principle 106 6.6 Resource partitioning and habitat selection 106 6.7 Competition in variable environments 113 6.8 Apparent competition 113 6.9 Facilitation 114 6.10 Applied aspects of competition 119 6.11 Summary 122 7 Predation 123 7.1 Introduction 123 7.2 Predation and management 123 7.3 Definitions 123 7.4 The effect of predators on prey density 124 7.5 The behavior of predators 125 7.6 Numerical response of predators to prey density 129 7.7 The total response 130 7.8 Behavior of the prey 136 7.9 Summary 138 8 Parasites and pathogens 139 8.1 Introduction and definitions 139 8.2 Effects of parasites 139 8.3 The basic parameters of epidemiology 140 8.4 Determinants of spread 143 8.5 Endemic pathogens 144 8.6 Endemic pathogens: synergistic interactions with food and predators 144 8.7 Epizootic diseases 146 8.8 Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife 147 8.9 Parasites and the regulation of host populations 150 8.10 Parasites and host communities 151 8.11 Parasites and conservation 152 8.12 Parasites and control of pests 155 8.13 Summary 156 9 Consumer–resource dynamics 157 9.1 Introduction 157 9.2 Quality and quantity of a resource 157 9.3 Kinds of resource 157 9.4 Consumer–resource dynamics: general theory 158 9.5 Kangaroos and their food plants in semi-arid Australian savannas 161 9.6 Wolf–moose–woody plant dynamics in the boreal forest 167 9.7 Other population cycles 172 9.8 Summary 175 10 The ecology of behavior 177 10.1 Introduction 177 10.2 Diet selection 177 10.3 Optimal patch or habitat use 183 10.4 Risk-sensitive habitat use 186 10.5 Social behavior and foraging 187 10.6 Summary 190 11 Climate change and wildlife 191 11.1 Introduction 191 11.2 Evidence for climate change 191 11.3 Wildlife responses to climate change 192 11.4 Mechanisms of response to climate change 196 11.5 Complex ecosystem responses to climate change 199 11.6 Summary 201 Part 2 Wildlife conservation and management 203 12 Counting animals 205 12.1 Introduction 205 12.2 Total counts 205 12.3 Sampled counts: the logic 207 12.4 Sampled counts: methods and arithmetic 212 12.5 Indirect estimates of population size 220 12.6 Indices 227 12.7 Harvest-based population estimates 228 12.8 Summary 231 13 Age and stage structure 233 13.1 Introduction 233 13.2 Demographic rates 233 13.3 Direct estimation of life table parameters 235 13.4 Indirect estimation of life table parameters 236 13.5 Relationships among parameters 238 13.6 Age-specific population models 239 13.7 Elasticity of matrix models 242 13.8 Stage-specific models 243 13.9 Elasticity of the loggerhead turtle model 245 13.10 Short-term changes in structured populations 246 13.11 Environmental stochasticity and age-structured populations 246 13.12 Summary 249 14 Experimental management 251 14.1 Introduction 251 14.2 Differentiating success from failure 251 14.3 Technical judgments can be tested 252 14.4 The nature of the evidence 255 14.5 Experimental and survey design 257 14.6 Some standard analyses 262 14.7 Summary 271 15 Model evaluation and adaptive management 273 15.1 Introduction 273 15.2 Fitting models to data and estimation of parameters 274 15.3 Measuring the likelihood of the observed data 276 15.4 Evaluating the likelihood of alternate models using AIC 278 15.5 Adaptive management 281 15.6 Summary 284 16 Population viability analysis 285 16.1 Introduction 285 16.2 Environmental stochasticity 285 16.3 PVA based on the exponential growth model 286 16.4 PVA based on the diffusion model 287 16.5 PVA based on logistic growth 290 16.6 Demographic stochasticity 291 16.7 Estimating both environmental and demographic stochasticity 294 16.8 PVA based on demographic and environmental stochasticity 296 16.9 Strengths and weaknesses of PVA 296 16.10 Extinction caused by environmental change 298 16.11 Extinction threat due to introduction of exotic predators or competitors 298 16.12 Extinction threat due to unsustainable harvesting 300 16.13 Extinction threat due to habitat loss 302 16.14 Summary 302 17 Conservation in practice 305 17.1 Introduction 305 17.2 How populations go extinct 305 17.3 How to prevent extinction 315 17.4 Rescue and recovery of near-extinctions 316 17.5 Conservation in National Parks and reserves 317 17.6 Community conservation outside National Parks and reserves 322 17.7 International conservation 323 17.8 Summary 324 18 Wildlife harvesting 325 18.1 Introduction 325 18.2 Fixed-quota harvesting strategy 325 18.3 Fixed-proportion harvesting strategy 329 18.4 Harvesting in practice: dynamic variation in quotas or effort 332 18.5 No-harvest reserves 334 18.6 Age- or sex-biased harvesting 335 18.7 Commercial harvesting 340 18.8 Bioeconomics 340 18.9 Game cropping and the discount rate 344 18.10 Summary 346 19 Wildlife control 347 19.1 Introduction 347 19.2 Definitions 347 19.3 Effects of control 348 19.4 Objectives of control 348 19.5 Determining whether control is appropriate 349 19.6 Methods of control 350 19.7 Summary 356 20 Evolution and conservation genetics 357 20.1 Introduction 357 20.2 Maintenance of genetic variation 358 20.3 Natural selection 359 20.4 Natural selection and life history tradeoffs 361 20.5 Natural selection due to hunting 363 20.6 Natural selection due to fishing 365 20.7 Selection due to environmental change 367 20.8 Ecological dynamics due to evolutionary changes 372 20.9 Heterozygosity 374 20.10 Genetic drift and mutation 375 20.11 Inbreeding depression 376 20.12 How much genetic variation is needed? 377 20.13 Effective population size 378 20.14 Effect of sex ratio 379 20.15 How small is too small? 380 20.16 Summary 380 21 Habitat loss and metapopulation dynamics 381 21.1 Introduction 381 21.2 Habitat loss and fragmentation 381 21.3 Ecological effects of habitat loss 384 21.4 Metapopulation dynamics 386 21.5 Territorial metapopulations 389 21.6 Mainland–island metapopulations 390 21.7 Source–sink metapopulations 391 21.8 Metacommunity dynamics of competitors 392 21.9 Metacommunity dynamics of predators and prey 393 21.10 Corridors 394 21.11 Summary 398 22 Ecosystem management and conservation 399 22.1 Introduction 399 22.2 Definitions 400 22.3 Gradients of communities 400 22.4 Niches 400 22.5 Food webs and intertrophic interactions 400 22.6 Community features and management consequences 402 22.7 Multiple states 404 22.8 Regulation of top-down and bottom-up processes 405 22.9 Ecosystem consequences of bottom-up processes 407 22.10 Ecosystem disturbance and heterogeneity 408 22.11 Ecosystem management at multiple scales 410 22.12 Biodiversity 411 22.13 Island biogeography and dynamic processes of diversity 413 22.14 Ecosystem function 415 22.15 Summary 417 Appendices 419 Glossary 423 References 435 Index 489

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Book SynopsisPlease note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: A Level Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017.Exactly matched to the specification, this Revision Guide is packed with revision and practice material to keep you focused as you revise for your AQA A Level Biology exams. You will find a large number of of exam-style questions to test your knowledge and practice your skills. As well as this hands on practice approach, there are a number of features that help you to take your learning further including: modelled examples, links between related content clearly marked, and Go further boxes. It is not only important that you prepare effectively for your exams; this revision guide will motivate you to carry on studying and retain your interest in biology.

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Book SynopsisThe full story of how our relationship with light shapes our health, productivity and mood. 'A sparkling and illuminating study, one of those rare books that could genuinely improve your life' Sunday Times 'Life changing' Daily Mail 'Fascinating and readable ... Geddes's lovely book will fill you with longing!' The Times Since the dawn of time, humans have worshipped the sun. And with good reason. Our biology is set up to work in partnership with it. From our sleep cycles to our immune systems and our mental health, access to sunlight is crucial for living a happy and fulfilling life. New research suggests that our sun exposure over a lifetime - even before we were born - may shape our risk of developing a range of different illnesses, from depression to diabetes. Bursting with cutting-edge science and eye-opening advice, Chasing the Sun explores the extraordinary significance of sunlight, from ancient solstice celebrations to modern sleep labs, and from the unexpected health benefits of sun exposure to what the Amish know about sleep that the rest of us don't. As more of us move into light-polluted cities, spending our days in dim offices and our evenings watching brightly lit screens, we are in danger of losing something vital: our connection to the star that gave us life. It's a loss that could have far-reaching consequences that we're only just beginning to grasp.Trade ReviewLife-changing * Daily Mail *Readable and frequently fascinating ... Geddes's lovely book will fill you with longing for bright summer days, blue skies and a baking hot sun dispensing vitamin D and happiness to all who bask in its glow. Roll on, summer! -- James Marriott * The Times *A fascinating and deeply researched study into the surprising importance of sunlight for our health and wellbeing. Geddes will convince even the most committed sofa sloths to step outside into the sun. -- Gaia VinceWhat a BRILLIANT book! The antidote to anecdote, a great survey of current evidence. Just what the midwife ordered! -- Professor Alice RobertsThis sparkling study explains how sunlight is vital to our physical and mental health: a book that could genuinely improve your life. * Sunday Times *Illuminating -- Sam Kean * The Wall Street Journal *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction xvii Acknowledgements xxv About the Companion Website xxvii Part I Decay and the Discovery and Recovery of Human Remains 1 1 The Decay of Human Bodies 3 2 The Discovery, Recovery, and Study of Human Bodies 29 Part II DNA Analysis 41 3 Molecular Biology 43 Part III Body Tissues and Fluids and Wound Analysis 81 4 Blood 83 5 Saliva, Semen, Vitreous Humour, Urine, and Faeces 109 6 Human Tissues 123 7 Wounds 157 Part IV Invertebrates 205 8 Invertebrates 1: Biological Aspects 207 9 Invertebrates 2: Practical Aspects 239 Part V Vertebrates and Wildlife Crime 271 10 Vertebrates 273 11 Wildlife Forensics 301 Part VI Plants, Protists, Fungi, and Microbes 327 12 Protists, Fungi, and Plants 329 13 Microbes and Viruses 365 References 397 Index 435

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Book SynopsisA Scientific American Top Ten Book of 2023If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains-eating, pooping, and dying along the way-are its heart and arteries, pumping nitrogen and phosphorus from deep-sea gorges up to mountain peaks, from the Arctic to the Caribbean. Without this conveyor belt of crucial, life-sustaining nutrients, the world would look very different. The dynamics that shape our physical world-atmospheric chemistry, geothermal forces, plate tectonics, and erosion through wind and rain-have been explored for decades. But the effects on local ecosystems of less glamorous forces-rotting carcasses and deposited feces-as well as their impact on the global climate cycle, have been largely overlooked. The simple truth is that pooping and peeing are daily rituals for almost all animals, the ellipses of ecology that flow through life. We eat, we poop, and we die. From the volcanoes of Iceland to the tropical waters of Hawaii, the great plains of the American heartland, and beyond, Eat, Poop, Die takes readers on an exhilarating and enlightening global adventure, revealing the remarkable ways in which the most basic biological activities of animals make and remake the world-and how a deeper understanding of these cycles provides us with opportunities to undo the environmental damage humanity has wrought on the planet we call home.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year""Terrific. . . . Futuyma writes an accessible overview of bird evolution that lay readers, especially birders, will be able to understand." * BirdWatching *"[Futuyma] skillfully weaves together salient themes of evolutionary biology from the living aviary, stressing the important role that birds played in advancing our understanding of evolution."---Alan Feduccia, Science"This engaging and wide-ranging summary of virtually every aspect of avian evolution synthesizes the earliest insights from Darwin to those of modern phylogenetics, using birds to illustrate each concept. ... [Futuyma] may be the ideal person to explain the marvels of bird evolution."---Daniel S. Cooper, The Quarterly Review of Biology"How Birds Evolve is accessible, exhilarating science for everyone – amateur birder, professional naturalist or just the average man. It’s a great book and one to read over and over and I thoroughly recommend it to all. This is already my Bird Book of 2022 and I can't see it being bettered."---Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog"How Birds Evolve is a book full of accessible and exhilarating science for everyone and not just birders and professional naturalists. It’s simply a stunning book and one to read numerous times and an example of the amalgamation of science and nature writing at its finest and I thoroughly recommend it to everyone."---Roy Stewart, British Naturalists Association"The delight is in the detail. . . . Futuyma unpacks the story of evolutionary science alongside the story of how birds evolved. . . . [How Birds Evolve] is entertaining and passionate."---Simon Ings, New Scientist"[Futuyma’s] life-long passion and competence guide us across the pages of this book with a hint of humour."---Gaia Bazz, Community Ecology ​​​​​​​

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Book SynopsisWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, more than half of the landmass of the planet is urbanized, and the rest is covered by farms,pasture, and plantations. Increasingly, as we become ever more city-centric, species and ecosystems crafted by millions of years of evolution teeter on the brink of extinction - or have already disappeared.A growing band of 'urban ecologists' is beginning to realize that natural selection is not so easily stopped. They are finding that more and more plants and animals are adopting new ways of living in the seemingly hostile environments of asphalt and steel that we humans have created. Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai, for example, have learned to use passing traffic to crack nuts for them; otters and bobcats, no longer persecuted by humans, are waiting at the New York City gates; superb fairy-wrens in Australia have evolved different mating structures for nesting in strips of vegetation along roads; while distinct populations of London underground mosquitoes have been fashioned by the varied tube line environments.Menno Schilthuizen shows us that evolution can happen far more rapidly than Darwin had dared dream.Trade ReviewInvigorating and beautifully written. - BBC WildlifeMy eyes and ears have been opened to the emerging science of urban ecology by Menno Schilthuizen - Financial TimesDelightful and charmingly written - Daily TelegraphSpellbinding and important - Sunday Times

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Book SynopsisAn accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.Population genetics—the branch of evolutionary biology concerned with understanding how and why populations’ genetic compositions change over time—rests on a well-developed theoretical foundation that draws on genetics, mathematics, and computer science. This textbook provides an approachable but rigorous treatment for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in building a quantitative understanding of the genetics of evolution. Existing texts either assume very mathematically advanced readers, or avoid much of the underlying theory, instead focusing on current methods of data analysis. In contrast, The Foundations of Population Genetics develops the theory from first principles. Requiring only confidence in algebra, this self-contained, student-friendly book illustrates the conceptual framework, terminology

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