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Life : the science of biology / William K. Purves . . . [et al.]. - 5th edition - Sunderland : Sinauer Associates, c1998. - (various paging) : col. ill. ; 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
19. The history of life on earth
20. The mechanisms of evolution
21. Species and their formation
etc...

Part four. The evolution of diversity
25. Bacteria and archaea: the prokaryotic domain
26. Protists and the dawn of the eukarya
27. Plants: Pioneers of the terrestrial environmental
etc.

Part five. The biology of flowering plants
31. The flowering plant body
32. Transport in plants
33. Plant responses to environmental challenges
34. Plant nutrition
etc.

Part six. The biology of animals
37. Physiology, homeostasis, and temperature regulation
38. Animal hormones
39. Animal reproduction
40. Animal development
etc.

Part seven. Ecology and biogeography
50. Behavioral ecology
51. Population ecology
52. Community ecology
53. Ecosystems
etc.



Includes index.

ISBN: 9780716732761 0716732769

LCCN: 00048235

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biology.

Dewey Class. No.: 579 / LIF