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Examkrackers MCAT Biology Description:

This book reviews all the biology tested by the MCAT. It includes nine 30 minute exams in the MCAT format, and 135 additional stand alone questions. All 342 questions are in MCAT form and fully annotated. The book is illustrated in black and white, and in color. This book is expensive because it is the best MCAT biology review available.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3993 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 283 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781893858442
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Customer Reviews:

Re: The best MCAT Biology review out there
I was enrolled in the Princeton Review Course during this summer in order to take the MCAT in August, while the physical sciences were very well covered by the Princeton Review themselves, the Biology portion on the other hand was way overblown. They had over 300 pages of Biology Facts and Materials of which the majority is not even tested on the MCAT. So, when I ordered the Examkrakers Biology book I was much relieved to see that the info is condensed into half the pages and it was also written in a much easy to read and friendly manner. They emphasized matering the basics which can be used to answer the more complex facts tested on the MCAT. I just took my MCAT and I have to say that this book helped a lot.

Far beyond Kaplen!
The Examkrackers’ MCAT review subjects are absolutely fabulous!! In comparing the Kaplen review with the Examkracker review, subject by subject, I’d give Examkrackers an A+ and Kaplen a B-. I can’t stress Examkrackers superiority enough! Extremely thorough! In addition, font and color variations in the Examkrackers books are used to emphasize the most important material. It also helps to break up the monotonous task of reviewing… My only complaint is with the “1001 questions…” volumes. While EK’s pick the toughest stand-alone questions, there are no passage-based questions in the “1001 questions…” series. However, EK’s naturally includes passage-based questions in the subject review volumes… I have both the Biology and Organic Chemistry volumes (along with the 1001 questions for each), and both far exceed Kaplen!

Examkrackers, MCAT - Biology
I would like to take this opportunity and recommend the MCAT series from Jonathan Orsay to everybody. There are many MCAT preparation books on the bookshelves today and I know how hard it is to choose the best one. I looked at many preparation books before deciding. After very careful review I bought the Examkrackers series. I have been studying from these books for two months now and I must say that they are incredible. They simply cover everything one needs to know for MCAT in interesting and simple way. They emphasize the deep understanding of concepts which help me to remember all the rules, processes and formulas much better. I do not have to go back to my textbooks or notes at all; instead I can concentrate on and learn material that will be tested on MCAT. Question passages after each topic pinpoint many tricky questions used on MCAT and Explanation passages make the answers very clear and understandable. The books are also full of great diagrams and helpful mnemonic tricks to help to remember things. As an example I can use mnemonic trick from Lecture 2 (Genes) that helped me to memorize the direction of replication of DNA forever: ” DNA is complicated to understand, so reading it is like paddling upstream, from 3′ to 5′. However, once it is read, synthesizing DNA is downstream, from 5′ to 3′” I believe that you will find these books as helpful as I did.

Review
“The Examkrackers MCAT books are the best MCAT prep materials I’ve seen-and I looked at many before deciding…” — Med student at USCF who used this book for her MCAT

About the Author
Jonathan Orsay is uniquely qualified to write an MCAT preparation book. He graduated on the Dean’s list with a B.A. in History from Columbia University. While considering medical school, he sat for the real MCAT three times from 1989 to 1996. He scored in the 90 percentiles on all sections before becoming an MCAT instructor. He has lectured in MCAT test preparation for thousands of hours and across the country for every MCAT administration since August 1994. He has taught premeds from such prestigious Universities as Harvard and Columbia. He was the editor of one of the best selling MCAT prep books in 1996 and again in 1997. Orsay is currently the Director of MCAT for Examkrackers. He has written and published the following books and audio products in MCAT preparation: “Examkrackers Complete MCAT Study Package”; “Examkrackers MCAT Physics”; “Examkrackers MCAT Chemistry”; “Examkrackers MCAT Organic Chemistry”; “Examkrackers MCAT Biology”; “Examkrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning & Math”; “Examkrackers 1001 questions in MCAT Physics”, “Examkrackers MCAT Audio Osmosis with Jordan and Jon”.

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A gene is a series of DNA nucleotides that codes for the production of a single polypeptide or RNA. Eukaryotes have more than one copy of some genes, called repetitive sequence DNA, while prokaryotes have only one copy of each gene, called unique-sequence DNA. Even in eukaryotes, unique-sequence DNA dominates. Unique sequence DNA usually codes for proteins, while moderately repetitive DNA sequences code for some proteins but mostly rRNA and tRNA. Highly repetitive DNA sequences appear to be associated with noncoding DNA called heterochromatin.
There are between 26,000 and 38,000 genes in the human genome. The entire DNA sequence of an organism is called the genome. Only a little over 1% of a human genome actually codes for protein. Variation of the nucleotide sequence among humans is small; human DNA differs from individual to individual at approximately 1 nucleotide out of every 1200 or about 0.08%. The variation between humans and chimpanzees is about 2%.
The Central Dogma of gene expression is that DNA is transcribed to RNA, which is translated to amino acids forming a protein. All organisms use this same method to express their genes.