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Life, the science of biology / William K. Purves . . . [et al.]. - 6th edition. - Sunderland : Sinauer Associates, c2001. - xxxviii, 1044 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Contents;

1. An evolutionary framework for biology
Part one: The cell
2. Small molecules: structure and behavior
3. Macro molecules: their chemistry and biology
4. The Organization of cells
5. Cellular membrane
etc...

Part two. Information and heredity
9. Chromosomes, the cell cycle and the cell division
10. Genetics, Mendel and beyond
11. DNA and its role in heredity
etc...

Part three. Evolutionary processes
20. The history of life on earth
21. The mechanisms of evolution
22. Species and their formation
etc...

Part four. The evolution of diversity
23. Bacteria and archaea: the prokaryotic domain
24. Protists and the dawn of the eukarya
25. Plants without seeds: From sea to land
etc...
Part five. The biology of flowering plants
Part six. The biology of animals
Part seven. Ecology and biogeography



Includes index.

0009247

ISBN: 9780716738732 0716738732 (cloth) 0716738759 (hardcover with CD bound in) 0716738740 (CD disk)

LCCN: 00048235

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biology.

Dewey Class. No.: 570 / LIF