Peter H Raven / George B Johnson / Kenneth A. Mason / Jonathan Losos / Susan Singer

Broschiertes Buch

Biology

Beschreibung

Main description:
BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook with evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill has consulted extensively with previous users, noted experts and professors in the field. It is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity.
The new 8th edition will feature the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in Biology and will also offer a Dynamic, Realistic, Accurate New Visual Program.

Table of contents:
Part I The Molecular Basis of Life
1 The Science of Biology
2 The Nature of Molecules
3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Part II Biology of the Cell
4 Cell Structure
5 Membranes
6 Energy and Metabolism
7 How Cells Harvest Energy
8 Photosynthesis
9 Cell-Cell Interactions
10 How Cells Divide
Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology
11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
12 Patterns of Inheritance
13 Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis—Inheritance Connection
14 DNA: The Genetic Material
15 Genes and How They Work
16 Control of Gene Expression
17 Biotechnology
18 Genomics
19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development
Part IV Evolution
20 Genes Within Populations
21 The Evidence for Evolution
22 The Origin of Species
23 Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution
24 Genome Evolution
25 Evolution of Development
Part V Diversity of Life on Earth
26 Tree of Life
27 Viruses
28 Prokaryotes
29 Protists
30 Overview of Plant Diversity
31 Fungi
32 Overview of Animal Diversity
33 Noncoelomate Invertebrates
34 Coelomate Invertebrates
35 Vertebrates
Part VI Plant Form and Function
36 Plant Form
37 Vegetative Plant Development
38 Transport in Plants
39 Plant Nutrition
40 Plant Defense Responses
41 Sensory Systems in Plants
42 Plant Reproduction
Part VII Animal Form and Function
43 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
44 The Nervous System
45 Sensory Systems
46 The Endocrine System
47 The Musculoskeletal System
48 The Digestive System
49 The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
50 Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
51 The Integumentary Immune Systems
52 The Reproductive Systems
53 Animal Development
Part VIII Ecology and Behavior
54 Behavioral Biology
55 Population Ecology
56 Community Ecology
57 Dynamics of Ecosystems
58 The Biosphere
59 Conservation Biology

Autor

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., is director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University at St. Louis. He oversees the garden's internationally recognized research program in tropical botany--one of the world's most active in the study and conservation of imperiled tropical habitats. Raven's botanical research and work in the area of tropical conservation have earned him numerous honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He has written 17 textbooks and more than 400 articles, and he is a member of th National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.
George B. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and a professor of genetics at the university's School of Medicine. He is a prolific author of life science texts and curriculum products in a variety of media. New to his list of works are the Explorations of Human Biology CD-ROM and the textbook Human Biology, both offered by Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Johnson is acknowledged as an authority on population genetics and evolution variability, and he has published more than 50 research papers dealing with these and related topics. Visitors to the St. Louis Zoo can appreciate Johnson's work in the Living World, the educational center of which he is the founding director.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill Companies
• 8th edition
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780071102025
• ISBN-10: 0071102027
• Artikelnr.: 22264848