Life Matters: Connecting Biology to Your World, 1e

Dora Cavallo-Medved, Brock Fenton, Bill Milsom, Shelby Riskin, Kenneth Wilson

AVAILABLE FOR CANADIAN INSTITUTIONS ONLY. Previously published by Nelson. Life Matters explores the biology that affects all of us every day. The text presents fundamental biological concepts with a unique conceptual, hands-on approach. By investigating the importance of biology and its relation to other academic disciplines beyond the basic scientific facts, students will better navigate difficult decisions involving health, the environment, business, and society. The text explores the subject from a global perspective, using an approach that helps students relate biology to their own fields of study and to their lives.

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Table of Contents for Life Matters: Connecting Biology to Your World, 1e

  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1: Biology in Your Life
  • Chapter 2: Life: Diverse, Complex, and Always Changing
  • Chapter 3: The Cell Is the Basic Unit of Life
  • Chapter 4: Life Is a Transfer of Energy
  • Chapter 5: Harvesting and Utilizing Energy in Cells
  • Chapter 6: A Cell’s Life
  • Chapter 7: Gaining Genetic Diversity
  • Chapter 8: Genes and Patterns of Inheritance
  • Chapter 9: DNA Structure and Replication
  • Chapter 10: Gene Expression and Regulation
  • Chapter 11: Biotechnology
  • Chapter 12: Species: What Are They?
  • Chapter 13: Selection and Evolution