Principles of Cell Biology 3rd Edition
by George Plopper (Author), Diana Bebek Ivankovic (Author)
 
Description

Principles of Cell Biology, Third Edition is an educational, eye-opening text that not only helps students learn the material, but also updates instructors on the latest findings in order guide students to look up new subjects, not yet covered in other similar cell biology books. Students will learn the material through 14 comprehensible principles, which give context to the underlying theme that make the details fit together. The Third Edition emphasizes how evolution shapes organisms at the cellular level, highlighting holobionts, natural, and artificial selection. The core texts covers the complexity that arises by natural selection and adheres to the standard categories (transcription, translation, metabolism, etc.)., but the first and last chapters introduce cellular evolution and natural selection, to conclude and describe the humans’ involvement in replacing natural selection with artificial selection.
 
Table Of Contents
 

      Chapter 1  Life is a Team Sport
      Chapter 2  DNA is the Instruction Book for Life
      Chapter 3  Proteins are The Engines of Evolution
      Chapter 4  Membranes are Complex Fluids that Define Compartments
      Chapter 5  The Cytoskeleton Forms the Architectural Foundation for The Structural                              Complexity of Life
      Chapter 6  The Rise of Multicellularity Was a Watershed Moment in Evolution
      Chapter 7  The Nucleus is the Brain of a Cell
      Chapter 8  RNA Links the Information in DNA to Actions Performed by Proteins
      Chapter 9  The Endomembrane System Serves as the Cellular Import/Export Machinery for             Most Macromolecules
      Chapter 10  Chemical Bonds and Ion Gradients are Cellular Fuel
      Chapter 11  Signaling Networks are the Nervous System of a Cell
      Chapter 12  Protein Complexes are Cellular Decision-Making Devices
      Chapter 13  Progression Through the Cell Cycle is the Most Vulnerable Period in A Cell's Life
      Chapter 14  Human Activity Is Triggering a Paradigm Shift in Evolution