Understanding Biology - Hardcover

Mason, Kenneth A.; Duncan, Tod; Losos, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1265339023 ISBN 13: 9781265339029

Verlag: McGraw Hill, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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’s 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 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.

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McGraw Hill
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1265339023
• ISBN 13: 9781265339029
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1072
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