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 ;