Biology of Life
Biochemistry, Physiology and Philosophy
- 1st Edition - July 21, 2016
- Author: Laurence A. Cole
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 9 6 8 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 9 6 8 6 - 4
Biology of Life: Biochemistry, Physiology and Philosophy provides foundational coverage of the field of biochemistry for a different angle to the traditional biochemistry text by f… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiology of Life: Biochemistry, Physiology and Philosophy provides foundational coverage of the field of biochemistry for a different angle to the traditional biochemistry text by focusing on human biochemistry and incorporating related elements of evolution to help further contextualize this dynamic space. This unique approach includes sections on early human development, what constitutes human life, and what makes it special.
Additional coverage on the differences between the biochemistry of prokaryotes and eukaryotes is also included. The center of life in prokaryotes is considered to be photosynthesis and sugar generation, while the center of life in eukaryotes is sugar use and oxidative phosphorylation. This unique reference will inform specialized biochemistry courses and researchers in their understanding of the role biochemistry has in human life.
- Contextualizes the field of biochemistry and its role in human life
- Includes dedicated sections on human reproduction and human brain development
- Provides extensive coverage on biochemical energetics, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, and carbon monoxide-acetate pathways
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established researchers interested in biochemistry and molecular biology
- Introduction
- Section I. How Life Started
- Chapter 1. The Physics and Chemistry of Planet Earth
- The Expanding Universe
- Birth of the Solar System
- Birth of Planet Earth
- The Geology and Chemistry of Planet Earth
- Chapter 2. How Life Started
- Chapter 3. RNA, Ribozymes, and Early Life Forms
- Chapter 4. Amino Acids and Peptides, Essential Ingredients of Life
- Chapter 5. Biochemistry of Early Life
- Chapter 6. Evolutionary History of Planet Earth
- Oxygen Atmosphere
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
- Multicellular Organisms
- Chapter 7. What Is Life?
- Chapter 1. The Physics and Chemistry of Planet Earth
- Section II. DNA and RNA
- Chapter 8. The Evolution of DNA and the Genetic Code
- Evolution of DNA
- Evolution of the Genetic Code
- Chapter 9. DNA Biology: DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation
- Replication
- Transcription
- mRNA Splicing
- Translation of mRNA
- Genes and Chromosomes
- Chapter 8. The Evolution of DNA and the Genetic Code
- Section III. Energetics
- Chapter 10. Adenosine Triphosphate Energetics
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Feeding Pathways to Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Use of Adenosine Triphosphate Energy
- Adenosine Triphosphate and the Heart
- Photosynthesis and the Generation of Oxygen and Adenosine triphosphate
- Cytoplasmic Membrane Electron Transport and Adenosine Triphosphate Synthesis in Bacteria
- Evolution of Energetics
- Energetics and Life
- Chapter 11. Adenosine Triphosphate Synthase
- Chapter 10. Adenosine Triphosphate Energetics
- Section IV. 4.5 Billion Years of Evolution
- Chapter 12. Evolution Timeline
- Chapter 13. Evolution of Chemical, Prokaryotic, and Eukaryotic Life
- Chemical Life
- Prokaryotic Life
- Eukaryote Evolution from Prokaryotes
- Eukaryotic Life
- Chapter 14. Animal Evolution, Small Brain and Advanced Brain
- Animal and Mammal Evolution
- Small Brain Animals
- Advanced Brain Animals
- Chapter 15. The Evolution of Humans
- The Human Brain
- Bipedalism
- Chapter 16. Human Development
- Language
- Human Pseudoevolution
- Section V. Human Development
- Chapter 17. Human Female Oogenesis
- Oogenesis
- Ovulation
- Luteogenesis
- Chapter 18. Human Male Spermatogenesis
- Mitotic Proliferation
- Meiotic Division
- Chapter 19. Sperm Activation, Fertilization, Morula, Blastocyst Formation, and Twinning
- Sperm Activation
- Spermatozoa Capacitation
- Spermatozoa Acrosome Reaction
- Ovum Propulsion
- Fertilization
- Morula and Blastocyst Formation
- Twinning
- Chapter 20. Multiple Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Molecules
- Five or Six Completely Independent hCG Molecules
- Chapter 21. Implantation and Pregnancy Failure
- Implantation
- Pregnancy Failure
- Chapter 22. Hemochorial Placentation
- Chapter 23. Human Life, Development of the Human Brain
- Chapter 24. Human Life
- Chapter 17. Human Female Oogenesis
- Index
- No. of pages: 196
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 21, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128096857
- eBook ISBN: 9780128096864
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