生物学导论=Essential Biology

图书标准信息

• 作者 [美]坎贝尔（Neil A.Campbell）、[美]瑞思（Jane B.Reece） 著
• 出版社 高等教育出版社
• 出版时间 2002-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787040113723
• 定价 98.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 12开
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 490页
• 正文语种 英语
• 原版书名 Essential Biology

【内容简介】

随着克隆羊的问世和人类基因组计划的完成，生命科学成为21世纪名副其实的领头学科，生物高新技术产业逐步成为高科技产业的核心。生物科技和生物产业的发展对世界科技、经济、政治和社会发展等方面产生着深刻的影响，这也是我国赶超世界发达国家生产力水平最有前途和希望的领域。生命科学与技术全方位的发展呼唤高等教育培养更多高水平的复合型科技人才。

【作者简介】

NeilA.Campbellhastaughtgeneralbiologyfor30yearsandisacoauthor,withJaneReeceandLarryMitchell,ofBiology,FifthEdition,andBiology.ConceptsandConnections,ThirdEdition.Hisenthusiasmforsharingthefunofsciencewithstudentsstemsfromhisownundergraduateexperience.HebeganatLongBeachStateCollegeasahistorymajor,butswitchedtozoologyaftergeneraleducationrequirements"forced"himtotakeasciencecourse.FollowingaB.S.fromLongBeach,heearnedanM.A.inZoologyfromUCLAandaPh.D.inPlantBiologyfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Riverside.Hehaspublishednumerousarticlesonhowcertaindesertplantssurviveinsaltysoilandhowthesensitiveplant（Mimosa）andotherlegumesmovetheirleaves.Hisdiverseteachingexperiencesincludecoursesfornon-biologymajorsatCornellUniversity,PomonaCollege,andSanBernardinoValleyCollege,wherehereceivedthecollegesfirstOutstandingProfessorAwardin1986.Dr.CampbelliscurrentlyavisitingscholarintheDepartmentofBotanyandPlantSciencesatUCRiverside.
JaneB.Reecehasworkedinbiologypublishingsince1978,whenshejoinedtheeditorialstaffofBenjaminCummings.Sheisacoauthor,withNeilCampbellandLarryMitchell,ofBiology,FifthEdition,andBiology:ConceptsandConnections,ThirdEdition.HereducationincludesanA.B.inBiologyfromHarvardUniversity,anM.S.inMicrobiologyfromRutgersUniversity,andaPh.D.inBacteriologyfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.AtUCBerkeley,andlaterasapostdoctoralfellowingeneticsatStanfordUniversity,herresearchfocusedongeneticrecombinationinbacteria.ShetaughtbiologyatMiddlesexCountyCollege（NewJersey）andQueensboroughCommunityCollege（NewYork）.Duringher12yearsasaneditoratBenjaminCummings,Dr.ReeceplayedmajorrolesinanumberofsuccessfultextbooksincludingMicrobiology:AnIntroduction,byG.J.Tortora,B.R.Funke,andC.L.Case,andMolecularBiologyoftheGene,FourthEdition,byJ.D.Watsonetal.ShewasalsoacoauthorofTheWorldoftheCell,ThirdEdition,withW.M.BeckerandM.EPoenie.

【目录】

1Introduction:BiologyToday1
UNITONECells
2EssentialChemistryforBiology24
3TheMoleculesofLife39
4ATouroftheCell58
5CellularRespiration:HarvestingChemicalEnergy83
6Photosynthesis:ConvertingLightEnergytoChemicalEnergy103

UNITTWOGenetics
7TheCellularBasisofReproductionandInheritance120
8PatternsofInheritance143
9MolecularBiologyoftheGene172
10TheControlofGeneExpression198
11DNATechnologyandtheHumanGenome219

UNITTHREEEvolution
12HowPopulationsEvolve250
13HowBiologicalDiversityEvolves276
14TheEvolutionofMicrobialLife303
15Plants,Fungi,andtheMoveontoLand326
16TheEvolutionofAnimals350

UNITFOUREcology
17TheBiosphere:EarthsDiverseEnvironments392
18PopulationEcology418
19CommunityEcology440
20EcosystemsandConservationBiology459

Appendices
AMetricConversionTableA-1
BAnswerstoSelf-QuizQuestionsB-1
CPhotographicCreditsC-1
DIllustrationandTextCreditsD-1
GlossaryG-1
IndexI-1