Biology
by Losos, Jonathan B.; Mason, Kenneth A.; Singer, Susan R.Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-01-18
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Summary
Take a New Look at Raven! BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook focusing on evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill consulted with numerous users, noted experts and professors in the field. Biology is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity. The new 8th edition continues that tradition and advances into modern biology by featuring the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in biology. That same modern perspective was brought into the completely new art program offering readers a dynamic, realistic, and accurate, visual program. To view a sample chapter, go to www.ravenbiology.com
Table of Contents
| The Molecular Basis of Life | |
| The Science of Biology | |
| The Nature of Molecules | |
| The Chemical Building Blocks of Life | |
| Biology of the Cell | |
| Cell Structure | |
| Membranes | |
| Energy and Metabolism | |
| How Cells Harvest Energy | |
| Photosynthesis | |
| Cell-Cell Interactions | |
| How Cells Divide | |
| Genetic and Molecular Biology | |
| Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis | |
| Patterns of Inheritance | |
| Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection | |
| DNA: The Genetic Material | |
| Genes and How They Work | |
| Control of Gene Expression | |
| Biotechnology | |
| Genomics | |
| Cellular Mechanisms of Development | |
| Evolution | |
| Genes Within Populations | |
| The Evidence for Evolution | |
| The Origin of Species | |
| Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution | |
| Genome Evolution | |
| Evolution of Development | |
| Diversity of Life on Earth | |
| Tree of Life | |
| Viruses | |
| Prokaryotes | |
| Protists | |
| Overview of Plant Diversity | |
| Fungi | |
| Overview of Animal Diversity | |
| Noncoelomate Invertebrates | |
| Coelomate Invertebrates | |
| Vertebrates | |
| Plant Form and Function | |
| Plant Form | |
| Vegetative Plant Development | |
| Transport in Plants | |
| Plant Nutrition | |
| Plant Defense Responses | |
| Sensory Systems in Plants | |
| Plant Reproduction | |
| Animal Form and Function | |
| The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation | |
| The Nervous System | |
| Sensory Systems | |
| The Endocrine System | |
| The Musculoskeletal System | |
| The Digestive System | |
| The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems | |
| Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System | |
| The Immune System | |
| The Reproductive Systems | |
| Animal Development | |
| Ecology and Behavior | |
| Behavioral Biology | |
| Population Ecology | |
| Community Ecology | |
| Dynamics of Ecosystems | |
| The Biosphere | |
| Conservation Biology | |
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