Biology /
By: Mader, Sylvia S.
Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2004Edition: 8th ed., international student edition.Description: xxxiv, 955, [44] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072418826 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780072418828; 9780072418828 (hardback : alk. paper); 0071214879; 9780071214872; 0072919345 (hbk. : alk paper); 9780072919349 (hbk. : alk paper).Subject(s): BiologyDDC classification: 570Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references, appendix, glossary and index.
A view of life -- part 1. The cell -- Basic chemistry -- The chemistry of organic molecules -- Cell structure and function -- Membrane structure and function -- Metabolism: energy and enzymes -- Photosynthesis -- Cellular respiration -- part 2. Genetic basis of life -- The cell cycle and cellular reproduction -- Meiosis and sexual reproduction -- Mendelian patterns of inheritance -- Chromosomal patterns of inheritance -- DNA structure and functions -- Gene activity: how genes work -- Regulation of gene activity and genetic mutations -- Biotechnology and genomics -- part 3. Evolution -- Darwin and evolution -- Process of evolution -- Origin and history of Life -- Classification of living things -- part 4. Microbiology and evolution -- Viruses, bacteria, and archaea -- The protists -- The fungi -- part 5. Plant evolution and biology -- Evolution and diversity of plants -- Structure and organization of plants -- Nutrition and transport in in plants -- Control of growth and responses in plants -- Reproduction in plants.
Part 6. Animal evolution -- Introduction to Invertebrates -- The Protostomes -- The Deuterostomes -- Human evolution -- part 7. Comparative animal biology -- Animal organization and homeostasis -- Circulation -- Lymph transport and immunity -- Digestion and nutrition -- Respiration -- Body fluid regulation and excretion -- Neurons and nervous systems -- Sense organs -- Support systems and locomotion -- Hormones and endocrine systems -- Reproduction -- Development -- part 8. Behavior and ecology -- Animal behaviour -- Ecology of populations -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and human interferences -- The Biosphere -- Conservation biology.