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Biology: a global approach Global Edition by Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Lisa Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781292008653
Publication Date: 2015
Five users can access this book at a time.
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Living Shores by George Branch; Margo Branch
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781431700813
Publication Date: 2018-06-15
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Two Oceans by George Branch; Margo Branch; Lynnath Beckley; Charles Griffiths
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781775842750
Publication Date: 2017-05-31
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Encyclopedia of Cell Biology by Ralph A. Bradshaw (Editor-In-Chief); Philip D. Stahl (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: Available online
ISBN: 9780123947963
Publication Date: 2015-08-07
The Encyclopedia of Cell Biology offers a broad overview of cell biology, offering reputable, foundational content for researchers and students across the biological and medical sciences. This important work includes 285 articles from domain experts covering every aspect of cell biology, with fully annotated figures, abundant illustrations, videos, and references for further reading. Each entry is built with a layered approach to the content, providing basic information for those new to the area and more detailed material for the more experienced researcher. With authored contributions by experts in the field, the Encyclopedia of Cell Biology provides a fully cross-referenced, one-stop resource for students, researchers, and teaching faculty across the biological and medical sciences"--Publisher’s description.

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Biology
Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand.

Material Type: Full Course
Provider Set: OpenStax College
License: Creative Commons Attribution

Biology, Biological Diversity, Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea, Prokaryotic Diversity
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Describe the evolutionary history of prokaryotes
- Discuss the distinguishing features of extremophiles
- Explain why it is difficult to culture prokaryotes

Material Type: Module
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

Biology, Biological Diversity, Protists, Characteristics of Protists
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Describe the cell structure characteristics of protists
- Describe the metabolic diversity of protists
- Describe the life cycle diversity of protists

Material Type: Module
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

Biology, Biological Diversity, Introduction to Animal Diversity, Animal Phylogeny
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Interpret the metazoan phylogenetic tree
- Describe the types of data that scientists use to construct and revise animal phylogeny
- List some of the relationships within the modern phylogenetic tree that have been discovered as a result of modern molecular data

Material Type: Module
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

Biology, Biological Diversity, Introduction to Animal Diversity, Introduction
Material Type: Module
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

Biology, Biological Diversity, Seed Plants, Introduction
Material Type: Module
License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial

JoVE video collection for Campbell Biology
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