05309cam a2200481Ia 4500 ocn954195240 OCoLC 20190328114815.0 m o d cr |n||||||||| 160729s2016 enka ob 001 0 eng d IDEBK eng pn IDEBK N$T YDXCP EBLCP OPELS N$T OCLCF YDX CCO OCLCQ WAU IDB MERUC OCLCQ NJR U3W OCLCQ UUM D6H JF0 OCLCQ WYU 957597383 959879599 1066443345 0128096861 (electronic bk.) 9780128096864 (electronic bk.) 9780128096857 0128096853 (OCoLC)954195240 (OCoLC)957597383 (OCoLC)959879599 (OCoLC)1066443345 QH331 NAT 027000 bisacsh SCI 008000 bisacsh SCI 086000 bisacsh 570.1 23 Cole, Laurence A. Biology of life : biochemistry, physiology and philosophy / [electronic resource] Laurence A. Cole. London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, �2016. 1 online resource (xi, 184 pages) : illustrations (some color) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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. Biology Philosophy. NATURE Reference. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences General. bisacsh Biology Philosophy. fast (OCoLC)fst00832439 Electronic books. Print version: Cole, Laurence A. Biology of life. London, United Kingdom : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016] 9780128096857 (OCoLC)950450252 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128096857 247385 247385