Biology
Subtitle: concepts & connections
By: Neil A. Campbell, Lawrence G. Mitchell, Jane B. Reece
Contributors: Mitchell, Lawrence G.; Reece, Jane B.
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: Benjamin/Cummings
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 809
Subjects: Biology.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life.; title: I. THE LIFE OF THE CELL.; title: 2. The Chemical Basis of Life.; title: 3. The Molecules of Cells.; title: 4. A Tour of the Cell.; title: 5. The Working Cell.; title: 6. How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy.; title: 7: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food.; title: II. CELLULAR REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS.; title: 8. The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance.; title: 9. Patterns of Inheritance.; title: 10. Molecular Biology of the Gene.; title: 11. The Control of Gene Expression.; title: 12. DNA Technology and the Human Genome. III. CONCEPTS OF EVOLUTION.; title: 13. How Populations Evolve.; title: 14. The Origin of Species.; title: 15. Tracing Evolutionary History.; title: IV. THE EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.; title: 16. The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists.; title: 17. Plants, Fungi, and the Colonization of Land.; title: 18. The Evolution of Animal Diversity.; title: 19. Human Evolution.; title: V. ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION.; title: 20. Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function.; title: 21. Nutrition and Digestion.; title: 22. Respiration: The Exchange of Gases.; title: 23. Circulation.; title: 24. The Immune System.; title: 25. Control of the Internal Environment.; title: 26. Chemical Regulation.; title: 27. Reproduction and Embryonic Development.; title: 28. Nervous Systems.; title: 29. The Senses.; title: 30. How Animals Move.; title: VI. PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION.; title: 31. Plant Structure, Reproduction, and Development.; title: 32. Plant Nutrition and Transport.; title: 33. Control Systems in Plants.; title: VII. ECOLOGY.; title: 34. The Biosphere: An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments.; title: 35. Population Dynamics.; title: 36. Communities and Ecosystems.; title: 37. Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment.; title: 38. Conservation Biology.