Biology : the dynamics of life / Alton Biggs, Chris Kapicka, and Linda Lundgren
Publication details: New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, c1998Description: xxix, (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0028254317
- 0078299047
- 9780028254319
- 22 570 BIO
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CONTENTS
UNIT 1: WHAT IS BIOLOGY
Biology: The science of life
Scientific methods in biology
UNIT 2: ECOLOGY
Principles of ecology
Community distribution
Population biology
Wise use of our resources
UNIT 3: THE LIFE OF A CELL
The chemistry of life
A view of the cell
Homeostasis and the plasma membrane
Energy in a cell
Cell reproduction
UNIT 4: GENETICS
Mendel and meiosis
Genes and chromosomes
Patterns of heredity
Human heredity
DNA technology
UNIT 5: CHANGE THROUGH TIME
The history of life
The theory of evolution
Primate evolution
UNIT 6: THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
Organizing life
Viruses and bacteria
Protists
Fungi
UNIT 7: PLANTS
What is a plan
Ferns and gymnosperms
Flowering plants
Reproduction in flowering plants
UNIT 8: INVERTEBRATES
What is an animal
Sponges, Cnidarians
Molluscs and segmented worms
Arthropods
Echinoderms and invertebrate chordates
UNIT 9: VRTEBRATES
Fishes and amphibians
Reptiles and birds
Mammals
Animal behaviour
UNIT 10: HUMAN BIOLOGY
Protection, support and locomotion
Digestion and nutrition
Respiration, circulation and excretion
The nervous system and the effects of drugs
Reproduction and development
Immunity from diseases
Includes index
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