Biology /
Mason, Kenneth A.
Biology / Kenneth A. Mason, University of Iowa, Jonathan B. Losos, Harvard University, Susan R. Singer, Carleton College based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden ; George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University. - Tenth edition. - xxvi, 1279 pages : color illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ; 29 cm
Revision of: Biology. 9th edition. Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, 2011. Includes index.
The molecular basis of life. The science of biology ; The nature of molecules and the properties of water ; The chemical building blocks of life -- Biology of the cell. Cell structure ; Membranes ; Energy and metabolism ; How cells harvest energy ; Photosynthesis ; Cell communication ; 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, phylogenies, and comparative biology ; Genome evolution ; Evolution of development -- Diversity of life on Earth. The origin and diversity of life ; Viruses ; Prokaryotes ; Protists ; Seedless plants ; Seed plants ; Fungi ; Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans ; Protostomes ; Deuterostomes -- Plant form and function. Plant form ; Transport in plants ; Plant nutrition and soils ; 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 respiratory system ; The circulatory system ; Osmotic regulation and the urinary system ; The immune system ; The reproductive system ; Animal development -- Ecology and behavior. Behavioral biology ; Ecology of individuals and populations ; Community ecology ; Dynamics of ecosystems ; The biosphere ; Conservation biology.
9781259080814 (international student ed. : pbk.)
2012038427
Biology.
Biologie.
QH308.2 / .R38 2014
Biology / Kenneth A. Mason, University of Iowa, Jonathan B. Losos, Harvard University, Susan R. Singer, Carleton College based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden ; George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University. - Tenth edition. - xxvi, 1279 pages : color illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ; 29 cm
Revision of: Biology. 9th edition. Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, 2011. Includes index.
The molecular basis of life. The science of biology ; The nature of molecules and the properties of water ; The chemical building blocks of life -- Biology of the cell. Cell structure ; Membranes ; Energy and metabolism ; How cells harvest energy ; Photosynthesis ; Cell communication ; 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, phylogenies, and comparative biology ; Genome evolution ; Evolution of development -- Diversity of life on Earth. The origin and diversity of life ; Viruses ; Prokaryotes ; Protists ; Seedless plants ; Seed plants ; Fungi ; Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans ; Protostomes ; Deuterostomes -- Plant form and function. Plant form ; Transport in plants ; Plant nutrition and soils ; 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 respiratory system ; The circulatory system ; Osmotic regulation and the urinary system ; The immune system ; The reproductive system ; Animal development -- Ecology and behavior. Behavioral biology ; Ecology of individuals and populations ; Community ecology ; Dynamics of ecosystems ; The biosphere ; Conservation biology.
9781259080814 (international student ed. : pbk.)
2012038427
Biology.
Biologie.
QH308.2 / .R38 2014