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Biology Kenneth A. Mason, Jonathan B.Losos and Susan R.Singer

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York McGraw-Hill 2014Edition: TenthDescription: 1279 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780077173111
Subject(s):
Contents:
PART I. THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF LIFE : 1. The science of biology -- 2. The nature of molecules and the properties of water -- 3. The chemical building blocks of life -- PART II. BIOLOGY OF THE CELL : 4. Cell structure -- 5. Membranes -- 6. Energy and metabolism -- 7. How cells harvest energy -- 8. Photosynthesis -- 9. Cell communication -- 10. How cells divide -- PART III. GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY : 11. Sexual reproduction and meiosis -- 12. Patterns of inheritance 13. Chromosomes, mapping, and the meiosis-inheritance connection -- 14. DNA : the genetic material -- 15. Genes and how they work -- 16. Control of gene expression -- 17. Biotechnology -- 18. Genomics -- 19. Cellular mechanisms of development -- PART IV. EVOLUTION : 20. Genes within populations -- 21. The evidence for evolution -- 22. The origin of species -- 23. Systematics, phylogenies, and comparative biology -- 24. Genome evolution -- 25. Evolution of development -- PART V. DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH : 26. The origin and diversity of life -- 27. Viruses -- 28. Prokaryotes -- 29. Protists -- 30. Seedless plants -- 31. Seed plants -- 32. Fungi -- 33. Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans -- 34. Protostomes -- 35. Deuterostomes -- PART VI. PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION : 36. Plant form -- 37. Transport in plants -- 38. Plant nutrition and soils -- 39. Plant defense responses -- 40. Sensory systems in plants -- 41. Plant reproduction -- PART VII. ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION : 42. The animal body and principles of regulation -- 43. The nervous system -- 44. Sensory systems -- 45. The endocrine system -- 46. The musculoskeletal system -- 47. The digestive system -- 48. The respiratory system -- 49. The circulatory system -- 50. Osmotic regulation and the urinary system -- 51. The immune system -- 52. The reproductive system -- 53. Animal development -- PART VIII. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR : 54. Behavioral biology -- 55. Ecology of individuals and populations -- 56. Community ecology -- 57. Dynamics of ecosystems -- 58. The biosphere -- 59. Conservation biology -- Appendices
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Includes index

PART I. THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF LIFE : 1. The science of biology -- 2. The nature of molecules and the properties of water -- 3. The chemical building blocks of life -- PART II. BIOLOGY OF THE CELL : 4. Cell structure -- 5. Membranes -- 6. Energy and metabolism -- 7. How cells harvest energy -- 8. Photosynthesis -- 9. Cell communication -- 10. How cells divide -- PART III. GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY : 11. Sexual reproduction and meiosis -- 12. Patterns of inheritance 13. Chromosomes, mapping, and the meiosis-inheritance connection -- 14. DNA : the genetic material -- 15. Genes and how they work -- 16. Control of gene expression -- 17. Biotechnology -- 18. Genomics -- 19. Cellular mechanisms of development -- PART IV. EVOLUTION : 20. Genes within populations -- 21. The evidence for evolution -- 22. The origin of species -- 23. Systematics, phylogenies, and comparative biology -- 24. Genome evolution -- 25. Evolution of development -- PART V. DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH : 26. The origin and diversity of life -- 27. Viruses -- 28. Prokaryotes -- 29. Protists -- 30. Seedless plants -- 31. Seed plants -- 32. Fungi -- 33. Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans -- 34. Protostomes -- 35. Deuterostomes -- PART VI. PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION : 36. Plant form -- 37. Transport in plants -- 38. Plant nutrition and soils -- 39. Plant defense responses -- 40. Sensory systems in plants -- 41. Plant reproduction -- PART VII. ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION : 42. The animal body and principles of regulation -- 43. The nervous system -- 44. Sensory systems -- 45. The endocrine system -- 46. The musculoskeletal system -- 47. The digestive system -- 48. The respiratory system -- 49. The circulatory system -- 50. Osmotic regulation and the urinary system -- 51. The immune system -- 52. The reproductive system -- 53. Animal development -- PART VIII. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR : 54. Behavioral biology -- 55. Ecology of individuals and populations -- 56. Community ecology -- 57. Dynamics of ecosystems -- 58. The biosphere -- 59. Conservation biology -- Appendices

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