Authors:
John T Beneski, Ph.D., West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Jack Waber, Ph.D., West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Acquisitions Editor: Nedah Rose
Executive Technology Project Manager: Donna E. Kelley
Biology Technology Project Manager: Keli Sato Amann
Photo Research and Permissions: Sue Howard
Developmental Editor: Debbie Notkin
Logo Design: Wendy Hoag
Peer Review: Professor Roy Clariana, Penn State School of Graduate Professional Studies, Pennsylvania; Professor Lori Garrett, Danville Area Community College, California; Professor Marilyn Shopper, Johnson County Community College, Kansas; Professor Timothy Wakefield, John Brown University, Arkansas; Professor Jennifer Warner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina; Professor Scott D. Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin Stout, Wisconsin
Art and Photo Credits:
Cell Division: Mitosis photos: © Dr. Andrew Bajer; Meiosis photos, with thanks to the John Innes Foundations Trustees, computer-enhanced by Gary Head
Genetics: Glyptodont art, Joe Tucciarone
Photosynthesis: Plant cell, Michael Clayton, University of Wisconsin, Plant Image Collection
Cell Chemistry: Camarasaurus, Edmontosaurus, Bagaceratops skull photos, Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution; Tyrannosaurus skull photo, University of California Museum of Paleontology Website
Microscopy: Blood, Amoeba, Spinal Smear, Neuron, Onion Root, Leaf, Root, Embryos, Ovum, Bacteria Light Micrographs by John Beneski and Jack Waber; Golgi body, © Don W. Fawcett/Visuals Unlimited; Rat Small Intestine SEM, Bat Trachea SEM, Adipose SEM, Frog Pancreas TEM, Mitochondrion TEM, Bat Duodenum TEM, Rat Trachea TEM, Frog Striated Muscle TEM, Rat Liver TEM, Rat Thyroid TEM, Courtesy of Keith R. Porter and Mary A. Bonneville; Plant Cell TEM, Chloroplast TEM, Chromoplast TEM, Dictyosome TEM, © Biophoto Associaties/Photo Researchers Inc.; E. coli TEM © Biophoto Associates/Photo Researchers, Inc.
Cell Structure: Plant cell, animal cell, prokaryote cell art from C. Starr, Biology: Concepts and Applications, 5th Edition, © 2003 Wadsworth Group; Plasma membrane, membrane macromolecules, cell wall, mitochondrion, golgi, nucleus, nucleolus, smooth ER, vacuole art in Organelles exercise from C. Starr, Biology: Concepts and Applications, 5th Edition, © 2003 Wadsworth Group;
Cell membrane of Frog Pancreas, Courtesy of Keith R. Porter and Mary A. Bonneville; Cell wall of Plant Cell, © Biophoto Associates/Photo Researchers Inc.; Mitochondion TEM, Courtesy of Keith R. Porter and Mary A. Bonneville; Golgi body, © Don W. Fawcett/Visuals Unlimited; Nucleus and nucleolus of Rat Trachea Cell TEM, Courtesy of Keith R. Porter and Mary A. Bonneville; Nuclear Pores SEM, Professors P. Motta and T. Naguro/SPL/Photo Researchers, Inc.; Chloroplast TEM, © Biophoto Associaties/Photo Researchers Inc.; Smooth ER, rough ER, © Don W. Fawcett/Visuals Unlimited; Centriole TEM © Biology Media / Photo Researchers, Inc. ; Vacuole (Chloroplast TEM) © Biophoto Associaties/Photo Researchers Inc.
Software Credits:
Quizzes and crosswords produced with Hot Potatoes, from Half-Baked Software, Inc.
Molecular images created with KineMage and JavaMage, open source software from Duke University.
Shockwave is a registered trademark of Macromedia, Inc.
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