Introduction to diversity
By: edited by Irene Ridge & Caroline M. Pond
Contributors: Open University. S204 Course Team
Series: S204, Biology : uniformity and diversity -- bk. 1; S204, Biology : uniformity and diversity -- bk. 1.
Publisher: Open University
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Keynes
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780749226619
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Molecular biology; Prokaryotes; Eukaryotes; Biology; Molecular Biology; Biologie moléculaire; Procaryotes; Biologie
Notes: This publication forms part of an Open University course S204 Biology : uniformity and diversity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1, Ordering Diversity; title: 1.1 Introduction : Types of Diversity; title: 1.2 Species and Family Trees : Ordering Diversity; title: 1.3 The Domains of Life; title: 1.4 The Prokaryotic Kingdoms; title: 1.5 The Eukaryotic Kingdoms; title: References; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 2, Diversity in Protoctists; title: 2.1 Introduction : Innovation and Opportunity; title: 2.2 Metabolic Innovation; title: 2.3 Motility and Feeding; title: 2.4 Protection and Support; title: 2.5 Multicellularity, Size and Shape; title: 2.6 An Overview of Protoctist Diversity : Sex, Life Cycles and Symbiosis; title: Further Reading; title: Chapter 3, Biological Investigation; title: 3.1 Introduction; title: 3.2 Hypotheses and Theories; title: 3.3 Observations; title: 3.4 Experiments; title: 3.5 Laboratory Organisms; title: 3.6 Planning and Interpreting Experiments; title: 3.7 Conclusions; title: References and Further Reading; title: Acknowledgements; title: Index.