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Biology of life : biochemistry, physiology and philosophy /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
�2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Biology of Life
- Biology of Life: Biochemistry, Physiology and Philosophy
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- I
- How Life Started
- 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
- REFERENCES
- 2
- How Life Started
- REFERENCES
- 3
- RNA, Ribozymes, and Early Life Forms
- REFERENCES
- 4
- Amino Acids and Peptides, Essential Ingredients of Life
- REFERENCES
- 5
- Biochemistry of Early Life
- REFERENCES
- 6
- Evolutionary History of Planet Earth
- OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE
- PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS
- MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS
- REFERENCES
- 7
- What Is Life?
- REFERENCES
- II
- DNA and RNA
- 8
- The Evolution of DNA and the Genetic Code
- EVOLUTION OF DNA
- EVOLUTION OF THE GENETIC CODE
- REFERENCES
- FURTHER READING
- 9
- DNA Biology: DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation
- REPLICATION
- TRANSCRIPTION
- MRNA SPLICING
- TRANSLATION OF MRNA
- GENES AND CHROMOSOMES
- FURTHER READING
- III
- Energetics
- 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
- REFERENCES
- 11
- Adenosine Triphosphate Synthase
- FURTHER READING
- IV
- 4.5 Billion Years of Evolution
- 12
- Evolution Timeline
- FURTHER READING
- 13
- Evolution of Chemical, Prokaryotic, and Eukaryotic Life
- CHEMICAL LIFE
- PROKARYOTIC LIFE
- EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION FROM PROKARYOTES
- EUKARYOTIC LIFE
- FURTHER READING.
- 14
- Animal Evolution, Small Brain and Advanced Brain
- ANIMAL AND MAMMAL EVOLUTION
- SMALL BRAIN ANIMALS
- ADVANCED BRAIN ANIMALS
- FURTHER READING
- 15
- The Evolution of Humans
- THE HUMAN BRAIN
- BIPEDALISM
- REFERENCES
- 16
- Human Development
- LANGUAGE
- HUMAN PSEUDOEVOLUTION
- REFERENCES
- V
- Human Development
- 17
- Human Female Oogenesis
- OOGENESIS
- OVULATION
- LUTEOGENESIS
- REFERENCE
- FURTHER READING
- 18
- Human Male Spermatogenesis
- MITOTIC PROLIFERATION
- MEIOTIC DIVISION
- Cytodifferentiation and Packaging of Sperm Cells
- Endocrine Control of Spermatogenesis
- Maturation of Spermatozoa
- Seminal Fluids
- FURTHER READING
- 19
- Sperm Activation, Fertilization, Morula, Blastocyst Formation, and Twinning
- SPERM ACTIVATION
- SPERMATOZOA CAPACITATION
- SPERMATOZOA ACROSOME REACTION
- OVUM PROPULSION
- FERTILIZATION
- MORULA AND BLASTOCYST FORMATION
- TWINNING
- FURTHER READING
- 20
- Multiple Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Molecules
- FIVE OR SIX COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT HCG MOLECULES
- REFERENCES
- 21
- Implantation and Pregnancy Failure
- IMPLANTATION
- PREGNANCY FAILURE
- REFERENCES
- 22
- Hemochorial Placentation
- REFERENCES
- 23
- Human Life, Development of the Human Brain
- REFERENCES
- FURTHER READING
- 24
- Human Life
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Back Cover.