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The biology book: from the origin of life to epigenetics, 250 milestones in the history of biology
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9781454910688
9781454915331
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From the Book
Origin of life
Last universal common ancestor
Prokaryotes
Algae
Eukaryotes
Fungi
Arthropods
Medulla : the vital brain
Fish
Land plants
Devonian Period
Insects
Plant defenses against herbivores
Amphibians
Seeds of success
Reptiles
Gymnosperms
Dinosaurs
Mammals
Birds
Angiosperms
Primates
Amazon rainforest
Neanderthals
Anatomically modern humans
Plant-derived medicines
Wheat : the staff of life
Agriculture
Domestication of animals
Coral reefs
Rice cultivation
Mummification
Animal navigation
Four humors
Aristotle's The history of animals
Animal migration
Botany
Pliny's Natural history
Skeletal system
Pulmonary circulation
Leonardo's human anatomy
Sense of hearing
Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica
Tobacco
Metabolism
Scientific method
Harvey's De motu cordis
Mechanical philosophy of Descartes
Placenta
Lymphatic system
Blood cells
Refuting spontaneous generation
Phosphorus cycle
Egotism and witchcraft
Leeuwenhoek's microscopic
Spermatozoa
Miasma theory
Circadian rhythms
Blood pressure
Linnean classification of species
Cerebrospinal fluid
Regeneration
Theories of germination
Artificial selection (selective breeding)
Animal electricity
Gas exchange
Nervous system communication
Paleontology
Population growth and food supply
Lamarckian inheritance
Germ-layer theory of development
Cell nucleus
Darwin and the voyages of the Beagle
Anatomy Act of 1832
Human digestion
Fossil record and evolution
Nitrogen cycle and plant chemistry
Cell theory
Plant nutrition
Urine formation
Apoptosis (programmed cell death)
Venoms
Homology versus analogy
Photosynthesis
Optical isomers
Testosterone
Trichromatic color vision
Homeostatis
The liver and glucose metabolism
Microbial fermentation
Darwin's theory of natural selection
Ecological interactions
Invasive species
Localization of cerebral function
Biological mimicry
Mendelian inheritance
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
Hemoglobin and hemocyanin
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Sexual selection
Coevolution
Nature versus nurture
Biosphere
Meiosis
Biogeography
Marine biology
Enzymes
Phototropism
Mitosis
Thermoreception
Innate immunity
Germ plasm theory of heredity
Eugenics
Gram stain
Negative feedback
Germ theory of disease
Animal coloration
Neuron doctrine
Endotoxins
Global warming
Adaptive immunity
Associative learning
Ehrlich's side-chain theory
Malaria-causing protozoan parasite
Viruses
Ecological succession
Animal locomotion
Genetics rediscovered
Ovaries and female reproduction
Blood types
Tissue culture
Secretin : the first hormone
Dendrochronology
Blood clotting
Radiometric dating
Probiotics
Why does the heart beat?
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Genes on chromosomes
Cancer-causing viruses
Continental drift
Vitamins and bereberi
Thyroid gland and metamorphosis
X-ray crystallography
Bacteriophages
Biotechnology
Neurotransmitters
Insulin
Inborn errors of metabolism
Embryonic induction
Timing fertility
Mitochondria and cellular respiration
"The monkey trial"
Population ecology
Food webs
Insect dance language
Antibiotics
Progesterone
Osmoregulation in freshwater and marine fish
Electron microscope
Imprinting
Factors affecting population growth
Stress
Allometry
Evolutionary genetics
Coelacanth : "the living fossil"
Action potential
One gene-one enzyme hypothesis
Biological species concept and reproductive isolation
Arabidopsis : a model plant
DNA as carrier of genetic information
Green revolution
Bacterial genetics
Reticular activating system
Phylogenetic systematics
The immortal HeLa cells
Cloning (nuclear transfer)
Amino acid sequence of insulin
Pattern formations in nature
Plasmids
Nerve growth factor
Miller-Urey experiment
The double helix
REM sleep
Acquired immunological tolerance and organ transplantation
Sliding filament theory of muscle contraction
Ribosomes
Lysosomes
Prenatal genetic testing
DNA polymerase
Second messengers
Protein structures and folding
Bioenergetics
Central dogma of molecular biology
Bionics and cyborgs
Pheromones
Energy balance
Chimpanzee use of tools
Cellular senescence
Cracking the genetic code for protein biosynthesis
Operon model of gene regulation
Thrifty gene hypothesis
Silent spring
Hybrids and hybrid zones
Brain lateralization
Animal altruism
Optimal foraging theory
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Endosymbiont theory
Multi-store model of memory
Hypothalamic-pituitary axis
Systems biology
Cellular determination
Cell cycle checkpoints
Punctuated equilibrium
Sustainable development
Parental investment and sexual selection
Lucy
Cholesterol metabolism
Sense of taste
Monoclonal antibodies
Sociobiology
Cancer-causing genes
Bioinformatics
In Vitro fertilization (IVF)
Biological magnification
Can living organisms be patented?
Genetically modified crops
HIV and AIDS
Polymerase chain reaction
DNA fingerprinting
Genomics
Mitochondrial Eve
Depletion of the ozone layer
Domains of life
Sense of smell
Leptin : the thinness hormone
Skin color
Human Genome Project
Protist taxonomy
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Vital mutations and pandemics
Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill
Translational biomedical research
Albumin from rice
Human Microbiome Project - Epigenetics
American chestnut tree blight
De-extinction
Oldest DNA and human evolution
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