Biological Science with MasteringBiology™:International Edition

Description

Features

• The unique Storytelling Approach emphasizing the process of scientific discovery and experimental design teaches students how to think like scientists. The hypothesis-testing focus of text and art challenges the student to consider the scientific method and think critically about the basis for what we now consider “facts” at the same time they are learning fundamental concepts.
• Unifying Themes of evolution and molecular biology help students appreciate the integrative aspects of the discipline. Most chapters include at least one case history of an analysis done at the molecular level. Evolutionary concepts such as adaptation, homology, and natural selection and examples of phylogenetic thinking are found in virtually every chapter. 
•  End-of-Chapter Essays demonstrate the biology and current research behind contemporary issues of personal, social, and global importance.
• Integrated Questions and Exercises in the running narrative, as well as figure and tables, constantly challenge students to re-examine, interpret, and apply what they read and see. This Socratic approach encourages comprehension and retention rather than brute memorization and better prepares students to apply and analyze the biological content they have mastered.
• A visual program rooted in principles of effective information design helps students hone in on key information while supporting active learning. 
  • An elegant, unobtrusive book design efficiently delivers the intertwined lessons of text and art.
  • An orderly visual hierarchy deploys color and content in figures with a carefully considered pedagogic purpose. Bright colors are reserved for the most important information. Process diagrams underscore the core logic of complex biological processes.
• Figure Pointers act like the professor's hand at the whiteboard, guiding students' attention to a figure's major and minor teaching points.
• Art and Table Questions and Exercises challenge students to critically examine and interact with the information in figures and tables-not just commit it to memory. 
• Experiment Boxes simulate and reinforce the hypothesis-testing process of scientific discovery (starting with a question, then moving through observations to hypotheses, experimental design and analysis, conclusions, and ultimately development of the next question). 
• Experiment Exercises in selected Experiment Boxes take the hypothesis-testing approach one step further by challenging students to fill in blank spaces with null hypotheses, predicted outcomes, and conclusions.

New to this Edition

• Intertwined, color-coded "Learning Threads” help students first pick out and then assess their own understanding of key concepts:
  • The Gold “Learn It” thread helps students find important ideas first while reading and again when studying for exams.
    • Key Concepts listed at the beginning of the chapter and repeated in the Chapter Summary, as well as key factual information, are now highlighted within the prose without compromising the engaging, storytelling narrative.
    • An increased number of Summary Tables distill and organize important factual information in conceptually enlightening ways.
  • The Blue “Practice It” thread helps students test their understanding as they are reading the text.
    • More “You should be able to …” activities now appear in Check Your Understanding boxes and are also highlighted within the prose, inviting students to apply their knowledge to new situations.
    • More Art and Table Questions and Exercises continue to challenge students to critically examine information in figures and tables. Over one-third of figures and many tables include Questions or Exercises.
  • “Learn It” and “Practice It” threads are brought together in redesigned Check Your Understanding boxes and Chapter Summaries. Check Your Understanding boxes present easy-to-use, bulleted lists of “If you understand…” learning objectives paired with “You should be able to…” integrative self-assessment activities. Chapter Summaries now include their own “You should be able to…” activities to prompt students to revisit the major themes of the chapter and recognize how they are connected.
• Expanded Appendixes help students improve their basic skills (e.g., interpreting chemical formulas and structures and reading graphs) and provide background information on selected lab techniques (e.g., different forms of electron microscopy).
• An enhanced student media package includes Mastering Biology ®, interactive e-book, new BioFlix ™, and the option of access to the MasteringBiology online tutorial and assessment system.
• Improved Active-Learning instructor support is provided in the new Instructor Resource CD-DVD-ROM. Some of the most innovative features include:
  • Videos of Scott Freeman and other biology educators demonstrating teaching techniques for an active classroom; tips on how to employ such techniques in the classroom; reprints of key research articles on biology education.
  • New “Active Lecture” question formats in PowerPoint ®, including multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, and questions about figures, which can be used for a variety of classroom response systems.
  • Access to the new BioBlog, a new community Website for sharing teaching ideas.
• BioFlix™ animations and student tools cover the most difficult biology topics with 3-D, movie-quality animations, labeled slide shows, carefully constructed student tutorials, study sheets, and quizzes that support all types of learners. Topics include Tour of An Animal Cell, Tour of A Plant Cell, Membrane Transport, Cellular Respiration, Photosynthesis, Mitosis, Meiosis, DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis, Water Transport in Plants, How Neurons Work, Synapses, and Muscle Contraction.
• The Study Area of MasteringBiology™ provides the student study resources that appeared on the Freeman Companion Website and have been updated, expanded, and integrated to offer students an unparalleled opportunity to practice biology. The Study Area contains the new BioFlix™ 3-D animations and tutorials plus hundreds of additional interactive activties, investigations, Discovery Channel Videos, MP3 Tutors, a customizable eBook, quizzes, and more.

Highlights of Content Updates:

• Unit 1 (Biochemistry) features a reorganized Chapter 2 that emphasizes the role of water and carbon. Selected topics from Chapters 2 and 3 have been moved to Unit 2.
• Unit 2 (Cells) incorporates new research on the nature of the Golgi apparatus and features ground-breaking new image sof mitochondrial structure.
• Unit 3 (Genetics) provides and expanded section on adaptive significance of meiosis and sexual reproduction, more coverage of general themes of negative and positive control, a new discussion on the latest research on RNA interference, a new section on micro RNAs, and an overhauled chapter on genetic engineering that empahsizes basic techniques.
• Unit 4 (Development) has been rebuilt as a three-chapter sequence: a new introduction to the Principles of Development, Animal Development, and Plant Development-all with an emphasis on molecular mechanisms.
• Unit 5 (Evolution) includes new sections on typological vs. population thinking, fitness trade-offs, differentiation between homology and homoplasy, the end-Permian extinction, and an extensively revised and updated master timeline figure in Chapter 27.
• Unit 6 (Diversity) features updated phylogenic tree diagrams that reflect recent breakthroughs in the placement of microsporidians, gymnosperms, and other groups.
• Unit 7 (Plant Physiology) includes dramatically revised chapters on Plant Form and Function and Plant Communication.
• Unit 8 (Animal Physiology) has several new figures and expanded discussions on how drugs affect nephron function, the nature of signaling systems, and the structure and function of the avian female reproductive tract.
• Unit 9 (Ecology) introduces recent field experiments on the consequences of global warming and exceptionally current datagraphics. 

Table of Contents

1 Biology and the Tree of Life 

Unit 1:The Molecules of Life

2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life

3. Protein Structure and Function 

4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World 

5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates 

6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells 

Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function 

7. Inside the Cell 

8. Cell-Cell Interactions 

9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 

10. Photosynthesis 

11. The Cell Cycle 

Unit 3: Gene Structure and Expression 

12. Meiosis 

13. Mendel and the Gene 

14. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair

15. How Genes Work 

16. Transcription and Translation 

17. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria 

18.Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 

19. Analyzing and Engineering Genes

20. Genomics 

Unit 4: Developmental Biology 

21. Principles of Development 

22. An Introduction to Animal Development 

23. An Introduction to Plant Development

Unit 5: Evolutionary Processes and Patterns 

24. Evolution by Natural Selection 

25. Evolutionary Processes

26. Speciation 

27. Phylogenies and the History of Life 

Unit 6: The Diversification of Life 

28. Bacteria and Archaea

29. Protists 

30. Green Plants

31. Fungi

32. An Introduction to Animals

33. Protostome Animals

34. Deuterostome Animals

35. Viruses

Unit 7: How Plants Work 

36. Plant Form and Function 

37. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants 

38. Plant Nutrition 

39. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses

40. Plant Reproduction 

Unit 8: How Animals Work 

41. Animal Form and Function 

42. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals 

43. Animal Nutrition 

44. Gas Exchange and Circulation

45. Electrical Signals in Animals 

46. Animal Sensory Systems and Movement 

47. Chemical Signals in Animals 

48. Animal Reproduction 

49. The Immune System in Animals 

Unit 9: Ecology 

50. An Introduction to Ecology 

51. Behavior 

52. Population Ecology 

53. Community Ecology 

54. Ecosystems 

55. Biodiversity and Conservation 

Author

Scott Freeman

Scott Freeman received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington and was subsequently awarded an Albert Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution at Princeton University. His research publications explore a range of topics, including the behavioral ecology of nest parasitism and the molecular systematics of the blackbird family. Scott teaches the majors' general biology course as a Lecturer at the University of Washington. He assisted in the groundbreaking and influential redesign of the course, which emphasizes an inquiry-based appraoch and the logic of experimental design. With Jon Herron, Scott is co-author of the standard-setting Evolutionary Analysis, which over 50,000 students have used to explore evolution with the same spirit of inquiry. He is currently conducting research on how active learning and peer teaching techniques affect student learning.

Kim Quillin

Illustrator, Kim Quillin, combines expertise in biology and information design to create lucid and scientifically accurate visual

representations of biological principles. She received her B.A. in Biology at Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology

(as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow) from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught undergraduate biology at both schools.