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For courses incell biology.
Connecting fundamentalconcepts across the world of the cell
Known for its strong biochemistry coverage and clear, easy-to-followexplanations and figures, Beckers World of the Cell provides abeautifully illustrated, up-to-date introduction to cell biology concepts,processes, and applications. Informed by years of classroom experience in thecell biology course, the text features accessible and authoritativedescriptions of all major principles, as well as unique scientific insightsinto visualization and applications of cell and molecular biology. With the 10thEdition, the authors guide students to make connections throughout cell biologyand provide questions that encourage students to practice interpreting andanalyzing data. Embedded features in Pearson eText add interactivity, walkingstudents through key figures with narrated explanations.
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Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook available withinMastering that lets students read, highlight, take notes, and review keyvocabulary all in one place. If youre not using Mastering, students canpurchase Pearson eText on their own or you can assign it as a course toschedule readings, view student usage analytics, and share your own notes withstudents.
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Helps studentsmake connections across concepts in cell biology
• NEW - Make Connection Questions ask students to make connections across concepts and chapters throughout the text with two new questions in every chapter. By reinforcing fundamental conceptual connections throughout cell biology, these features help overcome students tendencies to compartmentalize information. These questions are also assignable and automatically graded in Mastering Biology.
• Concept Check questions enable students to check their understanding using the Concept Check questions after reading a main concept section. There is one question at the end of every main heading in the text and questions throughout each chapter encourage students to actively read the text. Answers to these questions are available at the back of the book.
• REORGANIZED - Material on translation and intracellular trafficking is now combined into Chapter 12, focusing on the Endomembrane System with co-translational import into the endoplasmic reticulum of proteins destined for secretion or insertion into the plasma membrane. Because the molecular genetics material comes earlier in the book, topics that relate to translation of secreted and plasma membrane-associated proteins are now more naturally integrated into the discussion of intracellular trafficking.
Insights intovisualization and applications of cell biology
• NEW - 10 Figure Walkthroughs embedded in the Pearson eText guide students through key figures with narrated explanations and figure mark-ups that reinforce important points. All Figure Walkthroughs are also assignable in Mastering Biology and paired with several auto-gradable questions for student assessment.
• NEW - Data Analysis Questions in every chapter require students to practice their ability to interpret data. Students must be able to analyze data in order to make informed decisions, generate well-formed, testable hypotheses, design follow-up experiments, and provide compelling evidence for results.
• NEW - Quantitative questions in every chapter infuse a quantitative component throughout the text. New and existing quantitative questions are flagged at the end of each chapter to encourage students to work on developing their ability to perform or interpret a calculation.
• Chapter on molecular techniques that focuses on the tools or the key technologies cell biologists use to analyze and manipulate DNA, genomes, RNA and proteins, and gene function.
• Human Connection boxes incorporate human examples and show the relevance of Cell Biology to human health and societal issues, from the human story of Henrietta Lacks to the relevance of biochemical pathways to our diet, to the many cases in which cell biology informs diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
Emphasis onmodern genetic/genomic/proteomic approaches to cell biology
• Key Technique boxes in every chapter are integrated throughout the text, demonstrating how cutting-edge technologies can be used to answer outstanding questions in Cell Biology.
• Content updates have been added throughout the book highlighting the most recent advances in the understanding of cell biology.
• Molecular genetics chapters appear early in the book and contain substantial material on chromosomes, mechanisms of DNA mutation and repair, and mobile genetics elements.
• Cell signaling, cell division, and cell cycle regulation materials are integrated with coverage of many topics in the last sections of the text. Topics related to the regulation of gene and protein expression are naturally integrated into the discussion of cell signaling and cell cycle control, immediately before the chapter on cancer.
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• Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook available within Mastering. It lets students read, highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily customize the table of contents and share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning.
• With Learning Catalytics, youll hear from every student when it matters most. You pose a variety of questions that help students recall ideas, apply concepts, and develop critical-thinking skills, and students respond using their own smartphones, tablets, or laptops.
Deliver trustedcontent240 Reading Quiz Questions check students familiarity with key concepts, prompting them to do their assigned reading before class. Additional open-ended questions help students identify the topics they found most difficult and assist instructors with just-in-time teaching.
• Many of the End-of-Chapter Questions from the book are available for auto-graded homework assignments and prepare students for the challenging problems that they may see on exams. Question types include sorting, labeling, entering numerical information, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• Test Bank Questions for every chapter include over 1,000 multiple-choice, short-answer, and inquiry/activity questions. Test bank problems allow instructors to use the same system for building tests and exams for both on- or off-line delivery. Instructors can also include a wide variety (multiple-choice, short-answer, randomized numerical, and choose-all-that-apply) of problems in weekly homework assignments.
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Over 100 Tutorials and activities teach complex cell processes and feature specific wrong-answer feedback, hints, and a wide variety of educationally effective content. The hallmark Hints and Feedback offer instruction similar to what students would experience in an office-hours visit, allowing them to learn from their mistakes without being given the answer.
• Over 100 molecular and microscopy videos help students visualize topics in cell biology through vivid images of cellular processes.
• PowerPoint® Lecture Tools include customizable lecture outlines containing all of the figures and photos and embedded animations, and 5-10 Personal Response System clicker questions per chapter.
• NEW - Study Tips, provided in the preface, list the many resources available to students and offer suggestions to make their study habits more effective.
• NEW - End-of-chapter summaries present information in succinct outlines with key terms in bold type, organizing facts as lists with bullet points to help students read and study efficiently.
• NEW - Figure, table, and graph questions for each chapter feature practice questions similar to the kinds of questions students will see on a test or exam.
• A wide variety of self-assessment questions support active learning and help students prepare for quizzes and tests, such as:
o Figure Questions accompany selected figures within the chapter and give students practice interpreting illustrations.
o Did You Get It? questions encourage students to check their understanding of concepts as they are reading and reviewing chapter material.
o End-of-chapter Review Questions give students practice answering the kinds of questions that may appear on a quiz or test.
o Critical Thinking and Clinical Application Questions challenge students to apply what they’ve learned to clinical situations and problem solving.
• Call-outs for Mastering A&P direct students to relevant study tools in the Study Area and refer instructors to assignable Building Vocabulary Coaching Activities for each chapter.
• What, How, Why chapter previews introduce key examples of anatomy and physiology concepts that will be covered in the chapter, helping learners home in on what they are studying, how it functions, and why it is important for them to learn.
• Critical Thinking & Clinical Application Questions at the end of each chapter challenge students to apply what they’ve learned to clinical situations and now appear in the instructor guide, in Mastering, or both.
• Concept Links reinforce previously learned concepts and help students make connections across body systems while learning new material.
• Exceptionally clear photos and illustrations include dozens of new and improved figures, which present concepts and processes at the right level of detail.
• Concise illustrated tables summarize complex information and serve as a “one-stop shopping” study tool for comparing and contrasting anatomical structures and physiological functions.
• Systems in Sync figures for each body system summarize, illustrate, and explain the interrelationships between body systems.
• A Developmental Aspects section appears in each body system chapter and discusses how that particular body system develops and changes throughout the human lifespan, with an emphasis on problems that accompany the aging process.
• A Closer Look essays explore relevant and timely discoveries in medical research and clinical procedures. Updates include new information about COVID-19 and the pandemic (Chapter 12), anabolic steroids (Chapter 6), dopamine imaging techniques (Chapter 7), cleanliness and asthma (Chapter 13), obesity (Chapter 14), and more.
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• UPDATED content throughout the text keeps students and instructors up to date with current research, medical recommendations, and terminology for relevant topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, connective tissue, genetics, dietary recommendations, and more. Numerous figures and photos have also been updated.
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• Videos and Animations are embedded in the eText and can be assigned in Mastering A&P.
o Anatomy Review Animations are available as links in IP 2.0 and cover body systems from the original award-winning Interactive Physiology tutorial program. The animations are assignable as coaching activities in Mastering A&P.
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Contents
1. A Preview of Cell Biology
2. The Chemistry of the Cell
3. The Macromolecules of the Cell
4. Cells and Organelles
5. Bioenergetics: The Flow of Energy in the Cell
6. Enzymes: The Catalysts of Life
7. Membranes: Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry
8. Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier
9. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Glycolysis and Fermentation
10. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Aerobic Respiration
11. Phototrophic Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis
12. The Endomembrane System and Protein Sorting
13. Cytoskeletal Systems
14. Cellular Movement: Motility and Contractility
15. Beyond the Cell: Cell Adhesions, Cell Junctions, and Extracellular Structures
16. The Structural Basis of Cellular Information: DNA, Chromosomes, and theNucleus
17. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
18. Gene Expression: I. Transcription
19. Gene Expression: II. The Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis
20. The Regulation of Gene Expression
21. Molecular Biology Techniques for Cell Biology
22. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: I. Electrical and Synaptic Signaling inNeurons
23. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: II. Messengers and Receptors
24. The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
25. Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis, and Genetic Recombination
26. Cancer Cells
Appendix: Visualizing Cells and Molecules
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