Biology Now with Physiology

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Brief chapters are written like science news articles, combining compelling science with intriguing stories. The Second Edition features NEW stories on exciting topics such as CRISPR and the human microbiome, and expanded coverage of the course's most important content areas. Biology Now is written by an author team made up of a science writer and two experienced teachers. Expanded pedagogy in the book and online encourages students to think critically and engage with biology in the world around them. BIOLOGY NOW WITH PHYSIOLOGY, 2E TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT BRIEF CONTENTS CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: The Nature of Science Caves of Death Bat Crazy The Characteristics of Living Organisms Prove Me Wrong Catching the Culprit No End in Sight Infographic: Bug Zappers REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 2: Evaluating Scientific Claims A Critical Choice True or False? Flu Shot Credentials, Please To the Books Correlation or Causation? Real or Pseudo? Fears versus Facts Infographic: Safety in Numbers REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 1: CELLS CHAPTER 3: Chemistry of Life Ingredients for Life One Picture, a Thousand Experiments The World of Water The Smell of Success Getting the Right Mix Life’s First Steps Infographic: What’s It All Made Of? Fifty More Years REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 4: Life Is Cellular Engineering Life Life, Rewritten Starting Small Congratulations, It’s a . . . Cell A Different Approach Through the Barrier Viruses—Living or Not? Another Way Through Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes What’s in a Cell? Life Goes On Infographic: Sizing Up Life REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 5: How Cells Work Rock Eaters Energy for Life An Unusual Pathway Into the Light, Part 1 Catalyzing Reactions Into the Light, Part 2 Infographic: Making Way for Renewables Bacterial Batteries REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 6: Cell Division Toxic Plastic Divide and Conquer Trade Secret Cancer: Uncontrolled Cell Division Good Cells Gone Bad Unequal Division Shuffling the DNA What Can You Do? Ten Years Later Infographic: Cancer’s Big 10 REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 2: GENETICS CHAPTER 7: Patterns of Inheritance Dog Days of Science Getting to the Genes Pet Project Crisscrossing Plants Peas in a Pod What Are the Odds? Going to the Dogs It’s Complicated Most Chronic Diseases Are Complex Traits Man’s Best Friend The New Family Pet? Infographic: Does Bigger Mean Better? REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 8: Chromosomes and Human Genetics A Deadly Inheritance A Mysterious Malady Painful Pedigree Looking for Loci X Marks the Spot Infographic: Genetic Diseases Affecting Americans More Common, but No Less Deadly: Zoe’s Story Deadly with One Allele Replacing Deadly Genes: A Work in Progress Prenatal Genetic Screening A Happy Ending for Felix REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 9: What Genes Are Pigs to the Rescue Deep in the DNA Precise Cuts Double or Nothing Making Mutations Pigs Are People Too? Infographic: The Meteoric Rise of CRISPR REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 10: How Genes Work Tobacco’s New Leaf Fighting the Flu with Tobacco Two-Step Dance, Transcription: DNA to RNA Two-Step Dance, Translation: RNA to Protein Tweaking Gene Expression To the Market Infographic: The Deadly Price of a Pandemic REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 3: EVOLUTION CHAPTER 11: Evidence for Evolution Whale Hunting Artificial to Natural Fossil Secrets The Ultimate Family Tree Clues in the Code Birthplace of Whales Growing Together Infographic: Watching Evolution Happen REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 12: Mechanisms of Evolution Battling Resistance Birth of a Superbug Rising Resistance Enter Enterococcus Primed for Pickup Sex and Selection After Vancomycin How Can You Make a Difference? Help Prevent Antibiotic Resistance! Infographic: Race against Resistance REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 13: Adaptation and Species Fast Lizards, Slow Corals Leaping Lizards What Makes a Species? Why Sex? Caribbean Corals Different Depths, Different Habitats So Many Chromosomes Infographic: On the Diversity of Species REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 4: BIODIVERSITY CHAPTER 14: The History of Life The First Bird Dinosaurs and Domains Feathered Friends The History of Life on Earth Tussling with Trees Infographic: The Sixth Extinction REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 15: Bacteria and Archaea Navel Gazing Merry Microbes Talk, but No Sex All Hands on Deck Healthy Balance Infographic: The Bugs in Your Belly Button REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 16: Plants, Fungi, and Protists The Dirt on Black-Market Plants Fungi Play Well with Others Peculiar Protists Two Cells Are Better Than One Green-Fingered Thieves Searching for Flowers Truffle Trouble Infographic: Food Banks Fighting for the Future REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 17: Animals and Human Evolution Neanderthal Sex Animal Kingdom Get a Backbone! Mammals R Us Rise of the Apes Infographic: Hereditary Heirlooms Hominins United All in the Family Uniquely Human? REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 5: ECOLOGY CHAPTER 18: General Principles of Ecology Amazon on Fire Hot and Dry A Warmer World Fire and Water Infographic: Forest Devastation How Big Is Your Ecological Footprint? The Carbon Games Waiting and Watching REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 19: Growth of Populations Zika-Busting Mosquitoes Population Control Rapid Spread Mosquito-Borne Diseases Reaching Capacity Seeking Change Friendly Fight Just the Beginning? Infographic: World’s Deadliest Animals REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 20: Communities of Organisms Of Wolves and Trees A Key Loss A Second Ripple Effect Infographic: Cause and Effect Back in the Park Safety in Numbers and Colors A Community Restored REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 21: Ecosystems Here and Gone Going Green Bottom of the Pyramid A Multitude of Measurements The Precious 1 Percent Phyto-Fight Infographic: Productive Plants Heating Up REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS UNIT 6: PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 22: Homeostasis, Reproduction, and Development Baby Bust Seeking Stability All in the Timing Spotlight on Sperm Infographic: Preventing Pregnancy Driven by Hormones “Do It for Denmark” REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 23: Digestive, Muscular, and Skeletal Systems The Sunshine Vitamin The Skin We’re In You Are What You Eat Building Bones Show of Strength Beyond Bone Infographic: Nutritional Needs REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 24: Circulatory, Respiratory, Urinary, and Nervous Systems Body (Re)Building Emergency Meeting Breathe In, Breathe Out Waste Not Coming to Your Senses What’s in Your Head? Infographic: Have a Heart REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 25: Endocrine and Immune Systems Testing the Iceman Hormonal Changes Brain-Body Connection Innate Defenders What Makes HIV So Deadly? Team Effort Adapting to the Enemy Infographic: Driven by Hormones The Iceman Cometh REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS CHAPTER 26: Plant Physiology Amber Waves of Grain Perfecting Plants Breeding Begins Crop Collaboration Infographic: GM Crops Take Root Perennial Pancakes REVIEWING THE SCIENCE THE QUESTIONS ANSWERS GLOSSARY CREDITS INDEX