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Kent, Michael

Advanced biology / Michael Kent - New York, Oxford University Press c2000 - 624 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Contents
THE BASIS OF LIFE ;
Chapter 1. What is biology? ;
Chapter 2. The chemicals of life ;
Chapter 3. Metabolic reactions ;
Chapter 4. Cells ;

ANIMALS AND PLANTS ;
Chapter 5. Photosynthesis ;
Chapter 6. Respiration ;
Chapter 7. Gaseous exchange and transport in mammals ;
Chapter 8. Homeostasis ;
Chapter 9. Heterotrophic nutrition ;
Chapter 10. Nervous and hormonal coordination ;
Chapter 11. Locomotion and behaviour ;
Chapter 12. Animal reproduction ;
Chapter 13. Structure and transport in plants ;
Chapter 14. Reproduction and coordination in flowering plants ;

HEALTH AND DISEASE ;
Chapter 15. Infectious diseases ;
Chapter 16. Non-infectious diseases ;
Chapter 17. Microorganisms and their applications ;

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION ;
Chapter 18. Molecular biology of the gene ;
Chapter 19. Inheritance ;
Chapter 20. Evolution ;
Chapter 21. The variety of living things ;

ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ;
Chapter 22. Environmental biology ;
Chapter 23. Applied ecology


Includes index : p. 606 - 624

ISBN: 9780199141951

LCCN: 36016698

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biology.
Physiology.
Reproduction.

Dewey Class. No.: 570 / KEN