The Cell: A Molecular Approach is an ideal resource for undergraduate students in a one-semester introduction to cell biology.Cell biology instructors face the challenge of cultivating both the foundational knowledge and analytical skills that students need for their entry into an increasingly complex field.The Cell: A Molecular Approach endeavors to address those issues with succinct writing, incorporation of current research, a test bank that encourages critical thinking, and an active learning framework. The text presents fundamental concepts and current research, including chapters on Genomics and Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics, and new in-text boxed features on Molecular Medicine and Key Experiments.The Cell: A Molecular Approach is available with Oxford Insight. Oxford Insight pairs best-in-class OUP content with curated media resources, activities, and gradable assessment, in a guided learning environment that delivers performance analytics, drives student engagement, and improves student outcomes.The eBook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: Find the eBook on VitalSource.New to this EditionAnimations and Videos, accompanied by assignable quizzes.
Videos: Information and engaging videos help students understand complex cellular and molecular structures and processes. And Animations: Narrated animations of key concepts and processes. These are available with Oxford Insight.Self-Study and Personalized Practice: These are: Chapter Overviews; Micrographs--which illustrate cellular structure and are accompanied by practice assessments for student self-study; additional Data Analysis Problems, Self-Assessment quizzes, Flashcards, and Suggested Reading and Web Links. These are available with Oxford Insight.Assessment: Chapter Quizzes: Multiple-choice quizzes test comprehension of each chapter's key material. Assignable by instructors with Oxford Insight.Fills in the gaps where molecular explanations were less apparent or have changedSixteen new Interactive Data Analysis problems, at the end of each chapter, present data from original research papers and ask students to analyze experimental methods and results.
These help students integrate the product of science with the practice of science. Available with Oxford Insight.Expedited discussion of the flow of genetic information to allow students to develop a stronger foundational knowledge of the concepts before applying them in the context of methodologies in later chaptersNew coauthor Kenneth Adams has contributed to the improved organization and Data Analysis problemsIncorporates recent discoveries and advances.