Keywords:
Biology.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Surveys of Biological Progress, Volume I is an 11-chapter text that covers the advances in some aspects of biology, including growth and development, gene, virus, hormones, and ecological studies. This book starts with an introduction to the status of biological education in school curriculum and to the nature of gene actions. The subsequent chapter deals with the salient features of tracer methods and their application in biological and biochemical studies. Considerable chapters are devoted to various topics of biological interest, including nutrition, reproduction, growth and development, virus-causing tumors, and the link between hormones and sex differentiation. These topics are followed by a discussion on the specific activities of growth hormones and their link with the phenomena of tissue growth and differentiation. The concluding chapters consider the improvement in plant breeding methods and the effect of environmental factors on vitamin C content of food plants. These chapters also review the contribution of ecological studies in delineating population issues. This book is of value to biologists, and biology teachers and students.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (407 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483225036
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1817804
DDC:
574
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Survey of Biological Progress -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. Teaching Biology Today -- Chapter 2. The Genes and Gene Action -- SYNOPSIS -- I. THE GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS -- II. MUTATION AND THE NATURE OF THE GENE -- III. THE NATURE OF GENE ACTION -- IV. THE GENE AND THE CHROMOSOME -- V. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. Tracer Methods in Biological Research -- SYNOPSIS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BASES OF TRACER METHODOLOGY AND OTHER PRELIMINARIES -- III. SURVEY OF TRACER METHODOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. Nutrition and Reproduction -- SYNOPSIS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INVERTEBRATES -- III. FISHES, AMPHIBIA, REPTILES -- IV. BIRDS -- V. MAMMALS -- ADDENDUM -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. Growth and Development -- SYNOPSIS -- I. GENERAL CONCEPTS OF GROWTH -- II. POLARITY AND SYMMETRY -- III. THE SPERMATOZOON AND FERTILIZATION -- IV. CELL DIVISION -- V. BIOCHEMICAL EMBRYOLOGY -- VI. GASTRULATION -- VII. NEURULATION -- VIII. DIFFERENTIATION -- IX. HETEROPLOIDY -- X. EFFECTS OF RADIATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT -- XI. EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON DEVELOPMENT -- XII. INDUCTION, GENE HORMONES, AND GENETIC CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. Virus Tumors -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WOUND-TUMOR DISEASE -- III. CANCER OF THE KIDNEY IN LEOPARD FROGS -- IV. FOWL LEUCOSIS COMPLEX -- V. ROUS SARCOMA NUMBER -- VI. INFECTIOUS MYXOMA AND INFECTIOUS FIBROMA OF RABBITS -- VII. INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS (WARTS) OF RABBITS -- VIII. MAMMARY CARCINOMA OF THE MOUSE -- IX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7. Hormones and the Differentiation of Sex -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR SEX DIFFERENTIATION IN THE EMBRYO -- III. THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PROBLEM -- IV. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE GONAD -- V. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SEX DUCTS -- VI. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE URINOGENITAL SINUS.
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VII. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE EXTERNAL GENITALIA -- VIII. EMBRYONIC CASTRATION AND THE HORMONE THEORY -- IX. THE NATURE AND IDENTITY OF SEX DIFFERENTIATING AGENTS -- X . SPECIFICITY OF HORMONE ACTION AND PARADOXICAL EFFECTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. Growth Hormones and Tissue Growth in Plants -- SYNOPSIS -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIMARY EFFECTS OF HORMONES -- THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THESE EFFECTS -- TISSUE CULTURE. A TECHNIQUE FOR STUDYING THIS COMMON DENOMINATOR -- TYPES OF CELLULAR RESPONSE -- TYPES OF REGENERATION -- GALLS AND TUMORS -- TISSUE CULTURES OF TUMORS AND OF NORMAL TISSUES -- AUXINS AS FACTORS IN TUMOR FORMATION -- CELLULAR ADAPTATION -- HABITUATION" IN TISSUE CULTURES -- TISSUE AUTONOMY -- HYPOTHESES CONCERNING THE NATURE OF HABITUATION -- HORMONES IN BIOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9. Newer Methods in the Rapid Development of Disease- Resistant Vegetables -- SYNOPSIS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BASIC RELATIONSHIPS -- III. FACILITATING FLOWERING AND FRUIT SET -- IV. SEED GERMINATION -- V. SEED STORAGE -- VI. PUBLICATION -- VIII. THE SELECTION PROGRAM -- IX. F1 HYBRIDS -- X. PROOF OF COMMERCIAL VALUE -- XI. THE FUTURE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10. Influence of Environmental Factors on the Vitamin Content of Food Plants -- I. ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) -- II. THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC FACTORS ON ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT -- III. THE INFLUENCE OF SOIL VARIABLES ON ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT -- IV. THE INFLUENCE OF STORAGE, HANDLING, PROCESSING AND COOKING -- V. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11. Ecological Studies on Populations -- SYNOPSIS -- I. THE GROWTH OF A POPULATION -- II. NATALITY -- III. MORTALITY -- IV. COMPETITION BETWEEN TWO SPECIES -- V. PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS IN POPULATION DENSITY -- REFERENCES -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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