BIO 200: Integrative Biology
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Library demo & discussion
This library session was recorded on August 27, 2020. Many thanks to Professor Gotsch and class for participating and making this recording available. The research focus was plant physiology, which you will also explore later in the semester. Search strategies, using Discover and Web of Science will also serve you well, as you research Dictyostelium and other soil-dwelling amoeba.
Selected Books & eBooks
The Social Amoebae by ISBN: 9781400833283Publication Date: 2008-12-29Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things.
The Second Messengers Cyclic Di-GMP by ISBN: 9781283034371Publication Date: 2010-01-01In recent years, researchers have discovered a new type of signaling mechanism based on cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP). This newly recognized second messenger is strongly associated with the transition between the motile and sessile states of many bacteria as well as the formation and dispersion of biofilms in many bacteria.
Dictyostelium by Call Number: QK635 .D5 K47 2001ISBN: 9780521583640Publication Date: 2001-01-11Dictyostelia are soil amoebae capable of extraordinary feats of survival, motility, chemotaxis, and development. Characterised by their ability to transform from a single-celled organism into an elaborate assemblage of thousands of synchronously-moving cells, Dictyostelids are often referred to as 'social amoebae', and have been the subjects of serious study since the 1930s.
Life in the Soil by Call Number: QH84.8 .N36 2007ISBN: 9780226568522Publication Date: 2007-10-15The biological world under our toes is often unexplored and unappreciated, yet it teems with life. In one square meter of earth, there lives trillions of bacteria, millions of nematodes, hundreds of thousands of mites, thousands of insects and worms, and hundreds of snails and slugs. But because of their location and size, many of these creatures are as unfamiliar and bizarre to us as anything found at the bottom of the ocean.
The Kingdom Fungi by Call Number: QK603 .S74 2010ISBN: 9780881928914Publication Date: 2010-04-21The Kingdom Fungi provides a comprehensive look at the biology, structure, and morphological diversity of these necessary organisms. It sheds light on their ecologically important roles in nature, their fascinating relationships with people, plants, and animals, and their practical applications in the manufacture of food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals.
Elevated Carbon Dioxide by ISBN: 9781439855058Publication Date: 2016-04-19Between 1958 and 2008, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere increased from 316 to 385 ppm. Continued increases in CO2 concentration will significantly affect long-term climate change, including variations in agricultural yields.
Plant Abiotic Stress by ISBN: 9781118764329Publication Date: 2013-10-30A fully revised review of the latest research in molecular basis of plant abiotic stress response and adaptation Abiotic stressors are non-living environmental stressors that can have a negative impact on a plants ability to grow and thrive in a given environment. Stressors can range from temperature stress (both extreme heat and extreme cold) water stress, aridity, salinity among others.
Plant Physics by ISBN: 9780226586342Publication Date: 2012-02-01From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelionOCOs pappus and the maple treeOCOs samara, many of our greatest physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have learned much from studying plants.
The Restless Plant by ISBN: 9780674059436Publication Date: 2011-01-15The book is probably the most up-to-date account of movement in plants. It draws on examples across the spectrum of plant families, including mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. The book begins with an explanation of how cellular motors work and then describes how cells manage to move organs.
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