Biology
By: Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Gardens Engelmann, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University, Kenneth A. Mason, University of Iowa, Jonathan B. Losos, Harvard University, Susan R. Singer, Carleton College
Edition: Tenth edition.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; McGraw-Hill Education; McGraw Hill Higher Education
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1408
ISBN-13: 9780073383071; 9781259080814
Subjects: Biology; Biologie
Notes: Revision of: Biology. 9th edition. Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The molecular basis of life : 1. The science of biology; title: 2. The nature of molecules and the properties of water; title: 3. The chemical building blocks of life; title: pt. II. Biology of the cell : 4. Cell structure; title: 5. Membranes; title: 6. Energy and metabolism; title: 7. How cells harvest energy; title: 8. Photosynthesis; title: 9. Cell communication; title: 10. How cells divide; title: pt. III. Genetic and molecular biology : 11. Sexual reproduction and meiosis; title: 12. Patterns of inheritance 13. Chromosomes, mapping, and the meiosis-inheritance connection; title: 14. DNA : the genetic material; title: 15. Genes and how they work; title: 16. Control of gene expression; title: 17. Biotechnology; title: 18. Genomics; title: 19. Cellular mechanisms of development; title: pt. IV. Evolution : 20. Genes within populations; title: 21. The evidence for evolution; title: 22. The origin of species; title: 23. Systematics, phylogenies, and comparative biology; title: 24. Genome evolution; title: 25. Evolution of development; title: pt. V. Diversity of life on Earth : 26. The origin and diversity of life; title: 27. Viruses; title: 28. Prokaryotes; title: 29. Protists; title: 30. Seedless plants; title: 31. Seed plants; title: 32. Fungi; title: 33. Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans; title: 34. Protostomes; title: 35. Deuterostomes; title: pt. VI. Plant form and function : 36. Plant form; title: 37. Transport in plants; title: 38. Plant nutrition and soils; title: 39. Plant defense responses; title: 40. Sensory systems in plants; title: 41. Plant reproduction; title: pt. VII. Animal form and function : 42. The animal body and principles of regulation; title: 43. The nervous system; title: 44. Sensory systems; title: 45. The endocrine system; title: 46. The musculoskeletal system; title: 47. The digestive system; title: 48. The respiratory system; title: 49. The circulatory system; title: 50. Osmotic regulation and the urinary system; title: 51. The immune system; title: 52. The reproductive system; title: 53. Animal development; title: pt. VIII. Ecology and behavior : 54. Behavioral biology; title: 55. Ecology of individuals and populations; title: 56. Community ecology; title: 57. Dynamics of ecosystems; title: 58. The biosphere; title: 59. Conservation biology; title: Appendices.