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Understanding Biology by Kenneth A. Mason, Tod Duncan and Jonathan Losos

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A concise and engaging biology text for biology majors, Understanding Biology emphasizes fundamentals concepts to help students better understand biology and focus on developing scientific skills.This approach utilizes the Vision and Change guidelines of Core Concepts and Core Skills while helping students begin the process of becoming a scientist.

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  • Part I The Molecular Basis of Life
  • 1. The Science of Biology
  • 2. The Nature of Moleculars and the Properties of Water
  • 3. The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
  • Part II The Biology of the Cell
  • 4. Cell Structure
  • 5. Membranes
  • 6. Energy and Metabolism
  • 7. How Cells Harvest Energy
  • 8. Photosynthesis
  • 9. Cell Communication
  • 10. How Cells Divide
  • Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology
  • 11. Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
  • 12. Patterns of Inheritance
  • 13. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
  • 14. DNA: The Genetic Material
  • 15. Genes and How They Work
  • 16. Control of Gene Expression
  • 17. Biotechnology
  • 18. Genomics
  • Part IV Evolution
  • 19. Genes Within Populations
  • 20. The Evidence for Evolution
  • 21. The Origin of Species
  • Part V The Diversity of Life
  • 22. Systematics and Phylogeny
  • 23. Prokaryotes and Viruses
  • 24. Protists
  • 25. Fungi
  • 26. Plants
  • 27. Animal Diversity
  • 28. Vertebrates
  • Part VI Plant Form and Function
  • 29. Plant Form
  • 30. Flowering Plant Reproduction
  • 31. The Living Plant
  • Part VII Animal Form and Function
  • 32. The Animal Biology and How It Moves
  • 33. The Nervous System
  • 34. Fueling the Body's Metabolism
  • 35. Maintaining Homeostasis
  • 36. Reproduction and Development
  • Part VIII Ecology and Behavior
  • 37. Behavioral Biology
  • 38. Ecology of Individuals and Populations
  • 39. Community Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics
  • 40. The Living World

About the Author

Kenneth A. Mason

Kenneth A. Mason received his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Washington, worked at UC Berkeley, then pursued his PhD in Genetics at UC Davis. He has taught Gentics, Microbial Genetics, Microbiology, Advanced Molecular Genetics, Introductory Biology, and a Genetics Laboratory that he designed.

Tod Duncan

Tod Duncan is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. He currently teaches first
semester general biology and coordinates first and second semester general biology laboratories. Previously,
he taught general microbiology, virology, the biology of cancer, medical microbiology, and cell biology. A
bachelor鈥檚 degree in cell biology with an emphasis on plant molecular and cellular biology from the University
of East Anglia in England led to doctoral studies in cell cycle control, and postdoctoral research on the
molecular and biochemical mechanisms of DNA alkylation damage in vitro and in Drosophila melanogaster.
Currently, he is interested in factors affecting retention and success of incoming first-year students in diverse
demographics. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his two Great Danes, Eddie and Henry

Jonathan Losos

Jonathan Losos is a Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Losos's research has focused on studying patterns of adaptive ratiation and evolutionary diversification in lizards. The recipient of several awards including hte prestigious Theodosius Dobzhansky and David Starr Jordan Prizes for outstanding young evolutionary biologists, Losos has published more than 100 scientific articles.

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