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General Zoology / Introduction to the Living Animal
Introduction to the Living Animal
- Life: Biological Principles and the Science of Zoology
- Fundamental Properties of Life
- Does Life Have Defining Properties?
- General Properties of Living Systems
- Life Obeys Physical Laws
- Zoology as a Part of Biology
- Principles of Science
- Nature of Science
- Scientific Method
- Experimental versus Evolutionary Sciences
- Theories of Evolution and Heredity
- Darwin's Theory of Evolution
- Mendelian Heredity and the Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
- The Animal Rights Controversy
- Contributions of Cell Biology
- References
- The Origin and Chemistry of Life
- Organic Molecular Structure of Living Systems
- Carbohydrates: Nature's Most Abundant Organic Substance
- Phospholipids
- Steroids
- Amino Acids and Proteins
- Nucleic Acids
- Chemical Evolution
- Prebiotic Synthesis of Small Organic Molecules
- Formation of Polymers
- Thermal Condensations
- Origin of Living Systems
- Origin of Metabolism
- Appearance of Photosynthesis and Oxidative Metabolism
- Precambrian Life
- Prokaryotes and the Age of Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae)
- Appearance of the Eukaryotes
- References
- Cells as Units of Life
- Cell Concept
- How Cells Are Studied
- Organization of Cells
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
- Components of Eukaryotic Cells and Their Functions
- Surfaces of Cells and Their Specializations
- Membrane Function
- Diffusion and Osmosis
- Endocytosis
- Mitosis and Cell Division
- Structure of Chromosomes
- Phases in Mitosis
- Cytokinesis: Cytoplasmic Division
- Cell Cycle
- Flux of Cells
- References
- Cellular Metabolism
- Energy and the Laws of Thermodynamics
- The Role of Enzymes
- Enzymes and Activation Energy
- Nature of Enzymes
- Action of Enzymes
- Specificity of Enzymes
- Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
- Chemical Energy Transfer by ATP
- Cellular Respiration
- How Electron Transport Is Used to Trap Chemical Bond Energy
- Aerobic Versus Anaerobic Metabolism
- Overview of Respiration
- Glycolysis
- Acetyl Coenzyme A: Strategic Intermediate in Respiration
- Krebs Cycle: Oxidation of Acetyl Coenzyme A
- Electron Transport Chain
- Efficiency of Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Anaerobic Glycolysis: Generating ATP without Oxygen
- Metabolism of Lipids
- Metabolism of Proteins
- Management of Metabolism
- References
