Biology

by Raven, Peter H.

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6th

ISBN13:

9780073031200

ISBN10:

0073031208

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Hardcover

Pub. Date:

3/15/2001

Publisher(s):

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

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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

Section A. General Principles

Part I The Origin of Living Things

(74)

The Science of Biology

(16)

The Nature of Molecules

(16)

The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

(24)

The Origin and Early History of Life

(16)

Part II Biology of the Cell

(66)

Cell Structure

(26)

Membranes

103

(20)

Cell-Cell Interactions

123

(18)

Part III Energetics

141

(64)

Energy and Metabolism

143

(16)

How Cells Harvest Energy

159

(24)

Photosynthesis

183

(22)

Part IV Reproduction and Heredity

205

(72)

How Cells Divide

207

(18)

Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis

225

(14)

Patterns of Inheritance

239

(38)

Part V Molecular Genetics

277

(142)

DNA: The Genetic Material

279

(20)

Genes and How They Work

299

(14)

Control of Gene Expression

313

(18)

Cellular Mechanisms of Development

331

(30)

Altering the Genetic Message

361

(28)

Gene Technology

389

(30)

Part VI Evolution

419

(74)

Genes within Populations

421

(18)

The Evidence for Evolution

439

(18)

The Origin of Species

457

(20)

How Humans Evolved

477

(16)

Part VII Ecology and Behavior

493

(76)

Population Ecology

495

(20)

Community Ecology

515

(18)

Animal Behavior

533

(20)

Behavioral Ecology

553

(16)

Part VIII The Global Environment

569

(78)

Dynamics of Ecosystems

571

(20)

The Biosphere

591

(20)

The Future of the Biosphere

611

(14)

Conservation Biology

625

(22)

Section B. Organismal Biology

Part IX Viruses and Simple Organisms

647

(86)

How We Classify Organisms

649

(16)

Viruses

665

(14)

Bacteria

679

(14)

Protists

693

(26)

Fungi

719

(14)

Part X Plant Form and Function

733

(60)

Evolutionary History of Plants

735

(18)

The Plant Body

753

(24)

Nutrition and Transport in Plants

777

(16)

Part XI Plant Growth and Reproduction

793

(80)

Early Plant Development

795

(12)

How Plants Grow in Response to Their Environment

807

(30)

Plant Reproduction

837

(16)

Plant Genomics

853

(20)

Part XII Animal Diversity

873

(108)

The Noncoelomate Animals

875

(24)

Mollusks and Annelids

899

(14)

Arthropods

913

(20)

Echinoderms

933

(12)

Vertebrates

945

(36)

Part XIII Animal Form and Function

981

(90)

Organization of the Animal Body

983

(16)

Locomotion

999

(18)

Fueling Body Activities: Digestion

1017

(20)

Circulation

1037

(16)

Respiration

1053

(18)

Part XIV Regulating the Animal Body

1071

(2)

The Nervous System

1073

(30)

Sensory Systems

1103

(22)

The Endocrine System

1125

(22)

The Immune System

1147

(26)

Maintaining the Internal Environment

1173

(22)

Sex and Reproduction

1195

(20)

Vertebrate Development

1215

Appendix

A-1

Glossary

G-1

Credits

C-1

Index

I-1

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