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About life : concepts in modern biology
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- Creator
- Paul S. Agutter and Denys N. Wheatley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2007
- Physical Details
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- viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786610804399, 1402054181, 9048173639, 9781402054174, 1280804394, 1402054173
- OCLC
- ocm76852306, ocn317881309
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-236) and index.
- Ingredients of the simplest cells (prokaryotes and the sizes of their contents) -- Bigger cells (eukaryotic cells and their contents) -- Hives of industry (a survey of intermediary metabolism) -- Delights of transport (how the cell's contents are moved around) -- As if standing still (cellular homeostasis and regulatory processes) -- Internal state and gene expression (transcription and its control) -- Sustaining and changing the internal state (the interrelationship between gene expression and the cell's current composition and functional state) -- Responding to the environment (signal processing, gene expression and internal state) -- The living state (a characterization of 'life') -- Stability and change in DNA (how genes can be altered) -- The spice of life (diversity, natural selection and symbiosis) -- Curriculum vitae (an outline history of life on Earth) -- The origin of life (some major ideas and unanswered questions) -- Other worlds (the possibility of extraterrestrial life) -- Intelligent behavior and brains (the biological meaning of "intelligence") -- Human evolution (human intelligence and the question of human uniqueness) -- Cells, brains and computers: towards a characterisation of mind