01996cam a22003737a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200015000840200018000990200018001170200015001350200031001500200028001810200039002090200036002480350024002840400066003080420014003740500023003882450069004112460054004802600038005343000038005725000020006105000105006305050230007355050248009655050231012135050122014446500013015666500019015797000024015981654786820240315102023.0101119s2012    nyua          001 0 eng d  a  2010941508  a0716773244  a9780716773245  a9781464125768  a1464125767  a9781429254717 (loose leaf)  a1429254718 (loose leaf)  a9781429268240 (physiology booklet)  a1429268247 (physiology booklet)  a(OCoLC)ocn714086504  aYDXCPcYDXCPdBWXdTOLdUABdORXdLANGCdVMYdBTCTAdKSUdDLC  alccopycat00aQH307.2b.B56 201200aBiology for a changing world /cMichèle Schuster ... [et al.].13aScientific american biology for a changing world.  aNew York :bW.H. Freeman,cc2012.  axx, 539 p. :bcol. ill. ;c28 cm.  aIncludes index.  a"W. H. Freeman and Scientific American present a new introduction to biology for non-majors"--Cover.0 aPt. 1. What is life made of? Process of science -- Chemistry and molecules of life -- Cell function and structure -- Nutrition, metabolism, enzymes -- Energy flow and photosynthesis -- Dietary energy and cellular respiration.0 aPt. 2. How does life perpetuate? DNA structure and replication -- Genes to proteins -- Cell division and mitosis genetic mutations and cancer -- Single-gene inheritance and meiosis -- Complex inheritance -- Stem cells and cell differentiation.0 aPt. 3. How does life change over time? -- Natural selection and adaptation -- Nonadaptive evolution and speciation -- Evidence for evolution -- Life on earth -- Prokaryotic diversity -- Eukaryotic diversity -- Human evolution.0 aPt. 4. What makes up our environment? Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystem ecology -- Sustainability. 0aBiology. 0aHuman biology.1 aShuster, Michèle.