The living world / George B. Johnson
Publication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2000Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xviii, 780 p. : col.ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 069736061X
- 9780697360618
- 22 570 JOH
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PART ONE. THE STUDY OF LIFE
Chapter 1. The science of biology
Chapter 2. Evolution and ecology
PART TWO. THE LIVING CELL
Chapter 3. The chemistry of life
Chapter 4. Cells
Chapter 5. Energy and life
PART THREE. THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE
Chapter 6. How cells divide
Chapter 7. Foundations of genetics
Chapter 8. How genes work
Chapter 9. Gene technology
PART FOUR. THE EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE
Chapter 10. Evolution and natural selection
Chapter 11. How we name living things
Chapter 12. The first single-celled creatures
Chapter 13. Advent of the Eukaryotes
Chapter 14. Evolution of Multicellular life
PART FIVE. PLANT LIFE
Chapter 15. Evolution of plants
Chapter 16. Plant form and function
Chapter 17. Plant reproduction and growth
PART SIX. EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE
Chapter 18. Evolution of the animal phyla
Chapter 19. History of the vertebrates
Chapter 20. How humans evolved
PART SEVEN. ANIMAL LIFE
Chapter 21. The animal body and how it moves
Chapter 22. Circulation and respiration
Chapter 23. The path of food through the animal body
Chapter 24. How the animal body defends itself
Chapter 25. The nervous system
Chapter 26. Chemical Signalling with in the animal body
Chapter 27. Reproduction and development
PART EIGHT. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 28. Ecosystems
Chapter 29. Living in ecosystems
Chapter 30. Planet under stress
Includes index
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