| Description |
1 online resource (862 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS IN BRIEF -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Botany: An Introduction -- Evolution of Plants -- Evolution of Communities -- Appearance of Human Beings -- SECTION 1 BIOLOGY OF THE PLANT CELL -- 2 The Molecular Composition of Plant Cells -- Organic Molecules -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- ESSAY: Vegetarians, Amino Acids, and Nitrogen -- Nucleic Acids -- Secondary Metabolites -- 3 The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle -- Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes -- ESSAY: Cell Theory versus Organismal Theory |
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The Plant Cell: An Overview -- Nucleus -- Chloroplasts and Other Plastids -- Mitochondria -- Peroxisomes -- Vacuoles -- Endoplasmic Reticulum -- Golgi Apparatus -- Cytoskeleton -- ESSAY: Cytoplasmic Streaming in Giant Algal Cells -- Flagella and Cilia -- Cell Wall -- The Cell Cycle -- Interphase -- Mitosis and Cytokinesis -- 4 The Movement of Substances into and out of Cells -- Principles of Water Movement -- Cells and Diffusion -- Osmosis and Living Organisms -- ESSAY: Imbibition -- Structure of Cellular Membranes -- Transport of Solutes across Membranes |
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ESSAY: Patch-Clamp Recording in the Study of Ion Channels -- Vesicle-Mediated Transport -- Cell-to-Cell Communication -- SECTION 2 ENERGETICS -- 5 The Flow of Energy -- The Laws of Thermodynamics -- Oxidation-Reduction -- Enzymes -- Cofactors in Enzyme Action -- Metabolic Pathways -- Regulation of Enzyme Activity -- The Energy Factor: ATP -- 6 Respiration -- An Overview of Glucose Oxidation -- Glycolysis -- The Aerobic Pathway -- ESSAY: Bioluminescence -- Other Substrates for Respiration -- Anaerobic Pathways -- ESSAY: The Botany of Beer -- The Strategy of Energy Metabolism |
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7 Photosynthesis, Light, and Life -- Photosynthesis: A Historical Perspective -- The Nature of Light -- ESSAY: The Fitness of Light -- The Role of Pigments -- The Reactions of Photosynthesis -- The Carbon-Fixation Reactions -- ESSAY: Global Warming: The Future Is Now -- SECTION 3 GENETICS AND EVOLUTION -- 8 Sexual Reproduction and Heredity -- Sexual Reproduction -- The Eukaryotic Chromosome -- The Process of Meiosis -- How Characteristics Are Inherited -- Mendel's Two Principles -- Linkage -- Mutations -- Broadening the Concept of the Gene -- Asexual Reproduction: An Alternative Strategy |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Asexual and Sexual Reprodution -- ESSAY: Vegetative Reproduction: Some Ways and Means -- 9 The Chemistry of Heredity and Gene Expression -- The Structure of DNA -- DNA Replication -- From DNA to Protein: The Role of RNA -- The Genetic Code -- Protein Synthesis -- Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes -- The DNA of the Eukaryotic Chromosome -- Transcription and Processing of mRNA in Eukaryotes -- Noncoding RNAs and Gene Regulation -- 10 Recombinant DNA Technology, Plant Biotechnology, and Genomics -- Recombinant DNA Technology -- Plant Biotechnology |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Reading List |
SLE203 recommended text 2024
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Evert, Ray
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| ISBN |
9781319156268 |
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1319156266 |
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