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Biology: Exploring the Diversity of Life, 5th Edition |

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Biology: Exploring the Diversity of Life, Fifth Canadian Edition, is uniquely designed for today’s Canadian biology students. This introductory biology text captures students’ imaginations and evokes a sense of curiosity about the vast world of biology. In the middle of the book, students will find The Purple Pages, which contains basic scientific information on the chemical, physical, and environmental foundations of biology. This section immediately immerses students in the subject and can be easily referenced when needed. The authors have taken great care to encourage critical thinking and learning with engaging visuals and by integrating the material across the book’s chapters. Biology: Exploring the Diversity of Life conveys the principles of biology while helping students unravel their own misconceptions (Concept Fix features) and explore the topical relevance (Why It Matters features) and dynamic nature of biology (Research Method and Experimental Research figures), all within a uniquely Canadian and international context. This edition has been extensively updated to include context from Indigenous researchers to provide a more open, decolonized, ”multi-science” perspective that acknowledges all Indigenous Peoples as having scientific knowledge of the natural world through their own cultural lens.

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  • This edition has been updated to provide a more open, decolonized, ”multi-science” perspective that acknowledges all Indigenous Peoples as having scientific knowledge of the natural world through their own cultural lens. Specific examples from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities have been included, using the traditional terms and languages of Indigenous groups.
  • Knowledge from Indigenous researchers; research where Indigenous communities have partnered with non-Indigenous researchers; and research where Indigenous knowledge has informed, enhanced, or changed our understanding of a particular phenomenon has been cited.
  • This edition has been reorganized to more closely link related topics and preferred teaching sequences.
  • Unit 5: The Diversity of Life opens with a two-page spread with the Tree of Life, emphasizing the richness and tremendous variability among living organisms explored in the chapters of The Green Pages. With their green borders, these pages identify chapters that introduce and explore the diversity of life.
  • Chapter 45 - Defences Against Disease. Reintroduced into the book by popular demand, this chapter covers innate and adaptive immunity, vaccines, convalescent plasma and antibody therapies, malfunction and failures of the immune system, and defence systems in other organisms.
  • Observational Research Figures Observational Research Figures describe specific studies in which biologists have tested hypotheses by comparing systems under varying natural circumstances.

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  • Chapter Roadmaps provide a visual overview to show the connections between topics within the chapters and to other chapters in the book.
  • Why It Matters provides an engaging vignette that is linked to the concepts discussed within the chapter.
  • Study Break features located at the end of each major section provide students the opportunity to pause and review what was learned before moving on to the next topic.
  • Concept Fix features focus on misconceptions commonly held by biology students, points them out, and corrects them strategically throughout.
  • Research Method figures provide examples of important techniques, lead students through the purpose and protocol of the technique, and describe how scientists interpret the data generated.
  • A Summary Illustration is located at the end of each chapter to help students visualize the main concepts covered in an engaging way.
  • Self-Test Questions are found at the end of each chapter, provided in a strategic order from basic to more challenging.

Table of Contents

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Volume 1: Origins and Organization
Chapter 1: Defining Life and Its Origins
Unit One: Systems and Processes: The Cell
Chapter 2: The Cell: An Overview
Chapter 3: Energy and Enzymes
Chapter 4: Cell Membranes and Signaling
Chapter 5: Cellular Respiration
Chapter 6: Photosynthesis
Unit Two: Genes
Chapter 7: Cell Cycles
Chapter 8: Genetic Recombination
Chapter 9: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 10: Genetic Linkage, Sex Linkage, and Other Extensions to Basic Inheritance Mechanisms
Unit Three: DNA and Gene Expression
Chapter 11: DNA Structure, Replication, and Repair
Chapter 12: Gene Structure, Expression, and Mutation
Chapter 13: Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 14: DNA Technologies
Chapter 15: Genomes
Volume 2: Evolution, Ecology, and the Diversity of Life
Unit Four: Evolution and Classification
Chapter 16: Evolution: The Development of the Theory
Chapter 17: Microevolution: Changes within Populations
Chapter 18: Speciation and Macroevolution
Chapter 19: Systematics and Phylogenetics: Revealing the Tree of Life
Unit Five: The Diversity of Life
Chapter 20: Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 21: Protists
Chapter 22: Fungi
Chapter 23: Plants
Chapter 24: Animals
Chapter 25: Viruses, Viroids, and Prions: Infectious Biological Particles
Unit Six: Ecology and Behaviour
Chapter 26: Population Ecology
Chapter 27: Species Interactions and Community Ecology
Chapter 28: Ecosystems
Chapter 29: Conservation of Biodiversity
The Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biology
(The Purple Pages)
Volume 3: Systems and Processes
Unit Seven: Systems and Processes: Plants
Chapter 30: Organization of the Plant Body
Chapter 31: Transport in Plants
Chapter 32: Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants
Chapter 33: Plant Nutrition
Chapter 34: Plant Signals and Responses to the Environment
Unit Eight: Systems and Processes: Animals
Chapter 35: Introduction to Animal Organization and Physiology
Chapter 36: Animal Nutrition
Chapter 37: Gas Exchange: The Respiratory System
Chapter 38: Internal Transport: The Circulatory System
Chapter 39: Regulation of the Internal Environment: Water, Solutes, and Temperature
Chapter 40: Control of Animal Processes: Endocrine Control
Chapter 41: Animal Reproduction and Development
Chapter 42: Control of Animal Processes: Neural Control
Chapter 43: Muscles, Skeletons, and Body Movements
Chapter 44: Animal Behaviour and Responses to the Environment
Chapter 45: Defences against Disease
Appendix A: Answers to Self-Test Questions
Glossary
Index

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