Biology
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Biology
McGraw-Hill, c2005
7th ed
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Includes index
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BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook with evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill has consulted extensively with previous users, noted experts and professors in the field. It is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity.
Table of Contents
I The Origin of Living Things 1 The Science of Biology 2 The Nature of Molecules 3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life 4 The Origin and Early History of Life II Biology of the Cell 5 Cell Structure 6 Membranes 7 Cell-Cell Interactions8 Energy and Metabolism 9 How Cells Harvest Energy 10 Photosynthesis 11 How Cells DivideIII Genetic and Molecular Biology12 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis 13 Patterns of Inheritance 14 DNA: The Genetic Material 15 Genes and How They Work 16 Gene Technology 17 Genomes18 Control of Gene Expression 19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development 20 Molecular Biology and MedicineIV Evolution 21 Genes within Populations 22 The Evidence for Evolution 23 The Origin of Species 24 Evolution and Phylogeny V Diversity of Life on Earth25 Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution26 Viruses 27 Prokaryotes28 Protists29 Overview of Plant Diversity30 Fungi 31 Overview of Animal Diversity 32 Noncoelomate Invertebrates33 Coelomate Invertebrates 34 VertebratesVI Plant Form and Function35 Plant Form36 Vegetative Plant Development 37 Transport in Plants 38 Plant Nutrition 39 Plant Defense Responses40 Sensory Systems in Plants41 Plant ReproductionVII Animal Form and Function42 The Animal Body and How It Moves43 Fueling Body Activities: Digestion 44 Circulation and Respiration45 The Nervous System 46 Sensory Systems 47 The Endocrine System 48 The Immune System 49 Maintaining the Internal Environment50 Sex and Reproduction 51 Vertebrate DevelopmentVIII Ecology and Behavior52 Behavioral Biology53 Population Ecology54 Community Ecology55 Dynamics of Ecosystems56 The Biosphere 57 Conservation Biology
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