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Biology / Kenneth A. Mason, University of Iowa, Jonathan B. Losos, Washington University, Tod Duncan, University of Colorado, Denver ; contributors, Charles J. Welsh, Duquesne University.

By: Mason, Kenneth A.
Contributor(s): Losos, Jonathan B [author.] | Duncan, Tod [author.] | Welsh, Charles J [contributors.].
New York, NY, USA : McGraw-Hill Education, ©2020Edition: Twelfth edition.Description: xix, 1345 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781260565959 (pbk).Subject(s): Biology | Biology -- TextbooksDDC classification: 570 M38
Contents:
Part I The Molecular Basis of Life 1 The Science of Biology2 The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life Part II Biology of the Cell 4 Cell Structure5 Membranes6 Energy and Metabolism7 How Cells Harvest Energy8 Photosynthesis9 Cell Communication10 How Cells Divide Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology 11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis12 Patterns of Inheritance13 Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection14 DNA: The Genetic Material15 Genes and How They Work16 Control of Gene Expression17 Biotechnology18 Genomics19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development Part IV Evolution 20 Genes Within Populations21 The Evidence for Evolution22 The Origin of Species23 Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Comparative Biology24 Genome Evolution Part V Diversity of Life on Earth 25 Origin and Diversity of Life26 Viruses27 Prokaryotes28 Protists29 Seedless Plants30 Seed Plants31 Fungi32 Animal Diversity & the Evolution of Body Plans33 Protostomes34 Deuterostomes Part VI Plant Form and Function 35 Plant Form36 Transport in Plants37 Plant Nutrition and Soils38 Plant Defense Responses39 Sensory Systems in Plants40 Plant Reproduction Part VII Animal Form and Function 41 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation42 The Nervous System43 Sensory Systems44 The Endocrine System45 The Musculoskeletal System46 The Digestive System47 The Respiratory System48 The Circulatory System49 Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System50 The Immune System51 The Reproductive Systems52 Animal Development Part VIII Ecology and Behavior 53 Behavioral Biology54 Ecology of Individuals and Populations55 Community Ecology56 Dynamics of Ecosystems57 The Biosphere and Human Impacts58 Conservation Biology
Summary: "Based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden; George Engelmann, Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University."
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"Based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden; George Engelmann, Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University."
Includes index.

Part I The Molecular Basis of Life 1 The Science of Biology2 The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life Part II Biology of the Cell 4 Cell Structure5 Membranes6 Energy and Metabolism7 How Cells Harvest Energy8 Photosynthesis9 Cell Communication10 How Cells Divide Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology 11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis12 Patterns of Inheritance13 Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection14 DNA: The Genetic Material15 Genes and How They Work16 Control of Gene Expression17 Biotechnology18 Genomics19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development Part IV Evolution 20 Genes Within Populations21 The Evidence for Evolution22 The Origin of Species23 Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Comparative Biology24 Genome Evolution Part V Diversity of Life on Earth 25 Origin and Diversity of Life26 Viruses27 Prokaryotes28 Protists29 Seedless Plants30 Seed Plants31 Fungi32 Animal Diversity & the Evolution of Body Plans33 Protostomes34 Deuterostomes Part VI Plant Form and Function 35 Plant Form36 Transport in Plants37 Plant Nutrition and Soils38 Plant Defense Responses39 Sensory Systems in Plants40 Plant Reproduction Part VII Animal Form and Function 41 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation42 The Nervous System43 Sensory Systems44 The Endocrine System45 The Musculoskeletal System46 The Digestive System47 The Respiratory System48 The Circulatory System49 Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System50 The Immune System51 The Reproductive Systems52 Animal Development Part VIII Ecology and Behavior 53 Behavioral Biology54 Ecology of Individuals and Populations55 Community Ecology56 Dynamics of Ecosystems57 The Biosphere and Human Impacts58 Conservation Biology

"Based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden; George Engelmann, Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University."

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