Description

This book is designed for students who want to learn about and appreciate basic biological topics while studying the smallest units of biology: molecules and cells. Molecular and cellular biology is a dynamic discipline. There are thousands of opportunities within the medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial fields. In addition to preparing you for a diversity of career paths, understanding molecular and cell biology will help you make sound decisions that can benefit your diet and health.

Our writers, contributors, and editors are highly educated in sciences and humanities, with extensive classroom teaching and research experience. They are experts on preparing students for standardized tests, as well as undergraduate and graduate admissions coaching.

Take a look at the shortened table of contents:

• Chapter 1. Why Study Cell and Molecular Biology?
• Chapter 2: The Study of Evolution
• Chapter 3: What is Cell Biology?
• Chapter 4: Genetics and Our Genetic Blueprints
• Chapter 5: Getting Down with Atoms
• Chapter 6. How Chemical Bonds Combine Atoms
• Chapter 7: Water, Solutions and Mixtures
• Chapter 8: Which Elements Are in Cells?
• Chapter 9: Macromolecules Are the "Big" Molecules in Living Things
• Chapter 10: Thermodynamics in Living Things
• Chapter 11: ATP as "Fuel"
• Chapter 12: Metabolism and Enzymes in the Cell
• Chapter 13: The Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
• Chapter 14: The Structure of a Eukaryotic Cell
• Chapter 15: The Plasma Membrane: The Gatekeeper of the Cell
• Chapter 16: Diffusion and Osmosis
• Chapter 17: Passive and Active Transport
• Chapter 18: Bulk Transport of Molecules Across a Membrane
• Chapter 19: Cell Signaling
• Chapter 20: Oxidation and Reduction
• Chapter 21: Steps of Cellular Respiration
• Chapter 22: Introduction to Photosynthesis
• Chapter 23: Light-Dependent Reactions
• Chapter 24: Calvin Cycle
• Chapter 25: Cytoskeleton
• Chapter 26: How Cells Move
• Chapter 27: Cellular Digestion
• Chapter 28: What is Genetic Material?
• Chapter 29: The Replication of DNA
• Chapter 30: What is Cell Reproduction?
• Chapter 31: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
• Chapter 32: Meiosis
• Chapter 33: Cell Communities
• Chapter 34: Central Dogma
• Chapter 35: How Genes Make Proteins
• Chapter 36: DNA Repair and Recombination
• Chapter 37: Gene Regulation
• Chapter 38: Genetic Engineering of Plants
• Chapter 39: Using Genetic Engineering in Animals and Humans
• Chapter 40: What is Gene Therapy?
• Conclusion