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Biology / Neil A. Campbell.

By: Series: Benjamin/Cummings series in the life sciencesPublication details: Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co., c1996.Edition: 4th editionDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0805319409
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QH 308.2 C187b 1996
Contents:
Contents 1. Introduction: themes in he study of life Unit one. The chemistry of life 2. The Chemical Context of Life 3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 6. An introduction to metabolism Unit two. The cell 7. A Tour of the Cell 8. Membrane Structure and Function 9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy 10. Photosynthesis 11. The reproduction of cells Unit three. Gene 12. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 13. Mendel and the Gene Idea 14. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 15. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 16. From Gene to Protein 17. Microbial models: the genetics of viruses and bacteria 18. Genome organization and expression in eukaryotes 19. DNA technology Unit four. Mechanisms of evolution 20. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 21. The Evolution of Populations 22. The Origin of Species 23. Tracing phylogeny: macroevolution, the fossil record, and systematics Unit five. The evolutionary history of biological diversity 24. Early earth and the origin of life 25. Prokaryotes and the origins of metabolic diversity 26. The origins of eukaryotic diversity 27. Plants and the colonization of land 28. Fungi 29. Invertebrates and the origin of animal diversity 30. The Vertebrates genealogy Unit six. Plant form and function 31. Plant Structure and Growth 32. Transport in Plants 33. Plant Nutrition 34. Plant reproduction and development 35. Control systems in plants Unit seven. Animal form and function 36. An introduction to animal structure and function 37. Animal Nutrition 38. Circulation and Gas Exchange 39. The Body's defenses 40. Controlling the internal environment 41. Chemical signals in animals 42. Animal Reproduction 43. Animal Development 44. Nervous Systems 45. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms Unit eight. Ecology 46. An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and adaptations of organisms 47. Population Ecology 48. Community Ecology 49. Ecosystems 50. Behavior
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: themes in he study of life

Unit one. The chemistry of life
2. The Chemical Context of Life
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
6. An introduction to metabolism

Unit two. The cell
7. A Tour of the Cell
8. Membrane Structure and Function
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis
11. The reproduction of cells

Unit three. Gene
12. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
13. Mendel and the Gene Idea
14. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
15. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
16. From Gene to Protein
17. Microbial models: the genetics of viruses and bacteria
18. Genome organization and expression in eukaryotes
19. DNA technology

Unit four. Mechanisms of evolution
20. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
21. The Evolution of Populations
22. The Origin of Species
23. Tracing phylogeny: macroevolution, the fossil record, and systematics

Unit five. The evolutionary history of biological diversity
24. Early earth and the origin of life
25. Prokaryotes and the origins of metabolic diversity
26. The origins of eukaryotic diversity
27. Plants and the colonization of land
28. Fungi
29. Invertebrates and the origin of animal diversity
30. The Vertebrates genealogy

Unit six. Plant form and function
31. Plant Structure and Growth
32. Transport in Plants
33. Plant Nutrition
34. Plant reproduction and development
35. Control systems in plants

Unit seven. Animal form and function
36. An introduction to animal structure and function
37. Animal Nutrition
38. Circulation and Gas Exchange
39. The Body's defenses
40. Controlling the internal environment
41. Chemical signals in animals
42. Animal Reproduction
43. Animal Development
44. Nervous Systems
45. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Unit eight. Ecology
46. An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and adaptations of organisms
47. Population Ecology
48. Community Ecology
49. Ecosystems
50. Behavior

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