The objectives of this Second Edition of Biotechnology: A Laboratory Course remain unchanged: to create a text that consists of a series of laboratory exercises that integrate molecular biology with protein biochemistry techniques while providing a continuum of experiments. The course begins with basic techniques and culminates in the utilization of previously acquired technical experience and experimental material. Two organisms, Sacchaomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli, a single plasmid, and a single enzyme are the experimental material, yet the procedures and principles demonstrated are widely applicable to other systems. This text will serve as an excellent aid in the establishment or instruction of introductory courses in the biological sciences. Key Features of this new edition: * All exercises and appendixes have been updated * Includes new exercises on * Polymerase chain reaction * Beta-Galactosidase detection in yeast colonies * Western blotting * New procedures introduced for * Large-scale plasmid isolation * Yeast transformation * DNA quantitation * New appendixes added, one of which provides details on accessing biological information sites on the Internet (World Wide Web) * Use of non-radioactive materials and easy access to microbial cultures * Laboratory exercises student tested for seven years

Biotechnology: A Laboratory Course

Science & Math

Baker, Jeffrey J.W.

Caldwell, Guy A.

Zachgo, Eve Ann

Biological Sciences

Academic Pr

Supplies the physical and chemical background necessary for an analysis of modern biology, concentrating upon molecular structure and chemical reactions

Matter, Energy and Life: An Introduction to Chemical Concepts

Addison-Wesley

A Course in Biology (Addison-Wesley Series in Physics)

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Matter, Energy and Life: An Introduction for Biology Students

Garland E. Allen

Addison Wesley Higher Education (a Pearson Education company)

Matter, Energy, and Life: An Introduction for Biology Students (Addison-Wesley Series in Mathematics)

The Study of Biology (Addison-Wesley Series in Biology)

Presents important principles and concepts in selected areas of biology, including cell structure and function, plant and animal anatomy and physiology, genetics, ecology, evolution, and animal behavior

The Study of Biology

The Vital Process: Photosynthesis

Children's Books

DOUBLEDAY

"This is a time of enormous change in the life sciences, and today's students need to appreciate science as an ongoing process. Using colorful and interesting examples ranging from medicine and cell biology to evolution and ecology, this book gives the reader a real feel for the dynamic process of science and conveys a clear sense of how discoveries are made. Together with its treatment of important ethical issues, this well written book will make a major contribution to teaching introductory biology." -- Geoffrey M. Cooper, Professor of Biology and Chair, Department of Biology, Boston University

Biology: Scientific Process and Social Issues

Allen, Garland

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This book complements fact-drive textbooks in introductory biology courses, or courses in biology and society, by focusing on several important points: (1) Biology as a process of doing science, emphasizing how we know what we know. (2) It stresses the role of science as a social as well as intellectual process, one that is always embedded in its time and place in history. In dealing with the issue of science as a process, the book introduces students to the elements of inductive and deductive logic, hypothesis formulation and testing, the design of experiments and the interpretation of data. An appendix presents the basics of statistical analysis for students with no background in statistical reasoning and manipulation. Reasoning processes are always illustrated with specific examples from both the past (eighteenth and nineteenth century) as well as the present. In dealing with science and social issues, this book introduces students to historical, sociological and philosophical issues such as Thomas Kuhn’s concept of paradigms and paradigm shifts, the social-constructions view of the history of science, as well as political and ethical issues such human experimentation, the eugenics movement and compulsory sterilization, and religious arguments against stem cell research and the teaching of evolution in schools.
In addition to specific examples illustrating one point or another about the process of biology or social-political context, a number of in-depth case studies are used to show how scientific investigations are originated, designed, carried out in particular social/cultural contexts. Among those included are: Migration of monarch butterflies, John Snow’s investigations on the cause of cholera, Louis Pasteur’s controversy over spontaneous generation, the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, and the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.

Scientific Process and Social Issues in Biology Education (Springer Texts in Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Allen, Garland E.

Philosophy

Springer

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