TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purves,William K.
TI  - Life : : the science of biology 
SN  - 9780716732761
U1  - 579 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Sunderland
PB  - Sinauer Associates
KW  - Biology
N1  - 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
ER  -