Life : The Science of Biology / David Sadava ... [et al.].
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TextAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Sunderland, MA : Sinauer Associates ; Gordonsville, VA : W. H. Freeman and Co., c.2008.Edition: 8th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill., col. maps ; 29cmISBN: - 9780716799016
- 570 SAD
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Authoritative and thorough, Life achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus flowing naturally from the narrative. This approach enables students to experience biology as a rich and coherent discipline. The new edition includes the latest research, new pedagogy, and new chapter-opening spreads that draw students into the chapter in an engaging way.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 The Science and Building Blocks of Life
- The Science of Life and Its Evolutionary Framework
- The Chemistry of Life
- Macromolecules and the Origin of Life
- Part 2 Cells and Energy
- Cells: The Working Units of Life
- The Dynamic Cell Membrane
- Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
- Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight
- Part 3 Heredity and the Genome
- Chromosomes and Cell Division
- Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
- DNA and its Role in Heredity
- From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
- The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
- The Eukaryotic Genome and its Expression
- Part 4 The Genome in Action
- Cell Signaling and Communication
- Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
- Genome Sequencing, Molecular Biology and Medicene
- Immunology: Gene Expression and Natural Defence Systems
- Differential Gene Expression in Development
- Development and Evolutionary Change
- Part 5 The Patterns and Processes of Evolution
- The History of Life on Earth
- The Mechanisms of Evolution
- Species and their Formation
- The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
- Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
- Part 6 The Evolution of Diversity
- Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
- The Origin and Diversification of the Eukaryotes
- Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
- The Evolution of Seed Plants
- Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners
- Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans
- Protostomate Animals
- Deuterostomate Animals
- Part 7 Flowering Plants: Form and Function
- The Plant Body
- Transport in Plants
- Plant Nutrition
- Regulation of Plant Growth
- Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
- Part 8 Animals: Form and Function
- Physiology and Homeostasis
- Animal Hormones
- Animal Reproduction
- Animal Development
- Neurons and Nervous Systems
- Sensory Systems
- The Mammalian Nervous System
- Effectors: Making Animals Move
- Gas Exchange
- Circulatory Systems
- Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
- Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
- Part 9 Ecology
- Ecology and the Distribution of Life
- Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Ecosystems and Global Ecology
- Conservation Biology