Life, the science of biology
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Life, the science of biology
Sinauer Associates , W.H. Freeman, c1992
3rd ed
Available at 18 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Life" integrates scholarship, an engaging narrative style, effective pedagogy, and art-work into a cohesive presentation of biological data and ideas that should interest students. The third edition features a new co-author - H.Craig Heller and new information - from new molecular techniques in biotechnology, immunology, and systematics. New chapters have been added on conservation biology and on recombinant DNA. Organized differently, the text addresses evolution before diversity and physiology. The artwork blends scientific precision and visual impact.
Table of Contents
- THE CELL:Small Molecules
- Large Molecules
- Organization of the Cell
- Membranes
- Energy, Enzymes, and Catalysis
- Pathways That Release Energy in Cells
- Photosynthesis
- INFORMATION AND HEREDITY:Chromosomes and Cell Division
- Mendelian Genetics and Beyond
- Nucleic Acids as the Genetic Material
- Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes
- Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Animal Development
- immune Systems and Disease
- EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES:Origins
- The Mechanisms of Evolution
- The Muftiplication of Species
- Systematics and Phylogeny
- THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY:Viruses and Monera
- Protista
- Fungi
- Plants
- Sponges and Protostomate Animals
- Deuterostomate Animals
- Patterns in the Evolution of Life
- BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS: The Flowering Plant Body
- Transport, Support, and Protection in Plants
- Plant Nutrition
- Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants
- Regulation of Plant Development
- THE BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS:Physiology, Homeostasis and the Regulation of Body Temperature
- Animal Hormones
- Animal Reproduction
- Neurons and the Nervous System
- Sensory Systems
- Effectors
- Gas Exchange in Animals
- Internal Transport and Cardiovascular Systems
- Animal Nutrition
- Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
- Animal Behavior
- ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY:Behavioral Ecology
- Structure and Dynamics of Populations
- Interactions in Biological Communities
- Ecosystems
- Biogeography
- Conservation Biology.
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