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Concepts in Modern Biology
by PAULS. AGUTTER
Glossop, Derbyshire, U.K.
Theoretical and Cell Biology Consultancy, and
DENYS N. WHEATLEY
BioMedES, Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire, U.K.
AC.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-5417-3 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5417-4 (HB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-5418-1 (e-book)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5418-1 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AADordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
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Preface....................................................................................................vii
1 Introduction.......................................................................................1
2. Ingredients of the simplest cells........................................................7 (Prokaryotes and the sizes of their contents)
3. Bigger cells.....................................................................................17 (Eukaryotic cells and their contents)
4. Hives of industry.............................................................................29 (A survey of intermediary metabolism)
5. Delights of transport.......................................................................39 (How the cell’s contents are moved around)
6. As if standing still...........................................................................49 (Cellular homeostasis and regulatory processes)
7. Internal state and gene expression..................................................57 (Transcription and its control)
8. Sustaining and changing the internal state......................................67 (The interrelationship between gene expression and the cell’s current composition and functional state)
9. Responding to the environment .....................................................79 (Signal processing, gene expression and internal state)
Curriculum vitae...........................................................................131 (An outline history of life on Earth) 14. The origin of life...........................................................................147 (Some major ideas and unanswered questions)
Other worlds.................................................................................163
(How genes can be altered) ( ) Diversity, natural selection and symbiosis ( ) The possibility of extraterrestrial life
16. Intelligent behaviour and brains.................................................... (The biological meaning of “intelligence”)
17. Human evolution...........................................................................195 (Human intelligence and the question of human uniqueness)
18. Cells, brains and computers: towards a characterisation of mind..........................................................................................209
