Biological Science, Third Canadian Edition, brings together Scott Freeman's pioneering active learning approach with carefully selected coverage of Canadian issues and research. Each page of the book is designed in the spirit of active learning, asking students to apply critical thinking skills as they learn key concepts. Accounts of researchers designing and analyzing real experiments, carefully punctuated by thoughtful questions and exercises, train introductory students in the process of DOING biology.

KEY TOPICS:

Biology and the Tree of Life; Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life;Protein Structure and Function;Nucleic Acids and the RNA World;An Introduction to Carbohydrates;Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells;Inside the Cell;Energy and Enzymes;Cellular Respiration and Fermentation;Photosynthesis;Cell-Cell Interactions;The Cell Cycle;Meiosis;Mendel and the Gene;DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair;How Genes Work;Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation;Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria;Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes;The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology and Beyond;Gene Structure and Development;Evolution by Natural Selection;Evolutionary Processes;Speciation;Phylogenies and the History of Life;Bacteria and Archaea;Protists;Green Algae and Land Plants;Fungi;An Introduction to Animals;Protostome Animals ;Deuterostome Animals;Viruses;Plant Form and Function;Water and Sugar Transport in Plants;Plant Nutrition;Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses;Plant Reproduction and Development;Animal Form and Function;Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals;Animal Nutrition;Gas Exchange and Circulation;Animal Nervous Systems;Animal Sensory Systems;Animal Movement;Chemical Signals in Animals;Animal Reproduction and Development;The Immune System in Animals;An Introduction to Ecology;Behavioural Ecology;Population Ecology;Community Ecology;Ecosystems and Global Ecology;Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

MARKET:

Appropriate for General Biology (Majors) Courses.