Biological science : molecules to man.
Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1963Edition: Blue versionDescription: xx, 716, lvi, 130 p. : illus. (part col.) ports., col. maps. ; 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 574 20 BIO
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library | 574 BIO 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | AAS0000480 |
Contents
Unit one: Biology : The interaction of facts and ideas
Science as inquiry
The variety of living things
The means of evolution: two conflicting views
The origin of living things
Unit two: The evolution of the cell
The forerunners of life
Chemical energy for life
Master molecules
The biological code
Unit three: The evolving organism
Light as energy for life
The evolved cell
The cell theory
The multicellular organism
Unit four: Multicellular organisms: new individuals
Reproduction
Development
Unit five: Multicellular organisms: genetic continuity
Patterns of heredity
Genes and chromosomes
Origin of new species
The human species
Unit six: Multicellular organisms: energy utilization
photosynthesis
transport systems
respiratory systems
digestive systems
excretory systems
Unit seven: Multicellular organisms: integrative systems
Regulatory systems
nervous systems
skeletal systems
the integrated organism and behavior
Unit eight: Higher levels of organization
Populations
Societies
communities
Includes bibliographies.
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