Biology /
Kenneth A. Mason and Jonathan B. Losos.
- xxi, 1350 pages : colored illustration ; 28 cm.
Includes index
pt. 1. The molecular basis of life ; 1. The science of biology ; 2. The nature of molecules and the properties of water ; 3. The chemical building blocks of life -- pt. 2. Biology of the cell ; 4. Cell structure ; 5. Membranes ; 6. Energy and metabolism ; 7. How cells harvest energy ; 8. Photosynthesis ; 9. Cell communication ; 10. How cells divide -- pt. 3. Genetic and molecular ; 11. Sexual reproduction and meiosis ; 12. Patterns of inheritance ; 13. The chromosomal basis of inheritance, and human genetics ; 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 -- pt. 4. Evolution ; 20. Genes within populations ; 21. 21. The evidence for evolution ; 22. The origin of species ; 23. Systematics, phylogenetics, and comparative biology ; 24. Genome evolution -- pt. 5. Diversity of life on Earth ; 25. Origin and diversity of life ; 26. Viruses ; 27. Prokaryotes ; 28. Protists ; 29. Seedless plants ; 30. Seed plants ; 31. Fungi ; 32. Animal diversity the evolution of body ; 33. Protostomes ; 34. Deuterostomes -- pt. 6. Plant form and function ; 35. Plant form ; 36. Transport in plants ; 37. Plant nutrition and soils ; 38. Plant defense responses ; 39. Plant sensory systems ; 40. Plant reproduction -- pt. 7. Animal form and function ; 41. The animal body and principles of regulation ; 42. The nervous system ; 43. Sensory systems ; 44. The endocrine system ; 45. The musculoskeletal system ; 46. The digestive system ; 47. The respiratory system ; 48. The circulatory system ; 49. Osmotic regulation and the urinary system ; 50. The immune system ; 51. The reproductive systems ; 52. Animal development -- pt. 8. Ecology and behavior ; 53. Behavioral biology ; 54. Ecology of individuals and populations ; 55. Community ecology ; 56. Dynamics of ecosystems ; 57. The biosphere and human impacts ; 58. Conservation biology