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9780534568658

Star and Taggart's Biology : The Unity and Diversity of Life and Starr's Biology : Concepts and Applications

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534568658

  • ISBN10:

    0534568653

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-18
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Summary

This fully customizable, four-color lab manual contains 46 lab exercises with more than 600 labeled color photographs and diagrams. The fexibleorganization of the presentation of the material allows instructors to vary the length of most exercises.

Table of Contents

Preface
To the Student
Laboratory Supplies and Procedures
1. Scientific Method
2. Measurement
3. Microscopy
4. Homeostasis
5. Macromolecules and You: Food and Diet Analysis
6. Structure and Function of Living Cells
7. Diffusion, Osmosis, and the Functional Significance of Biological Membranes
8. Enzymes: Catalysts of Life
9. Photosynthesis: Capture of Light Energy
10. Respiration: Energy Conversion
11. Mitosis and Cytokinesis: Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Division
12. Meiosis: Basis of Sexual Reproduction
13. Heredity
14. Nucleic Acids: Blueprints for Life
15. Biotechnology
16. Evolutionary Agents
17. Evidences of Evolution
18. Taxonomy: Classifying and Naming Organisms
19. Monerans and Protistans
20. Fungi
21. Algae
22. Bryophytes: Liverworts and Mosses
23. Seedless Vascular Plants: Fern Allies and Ferns
24. Seed Plants I: Gymnosperms
25. Seed Plants II: Angiosperms
26. Sponges and Cnidarians
27. Flatworms, Roundworms, and Rotifers
28. Mollusks, Segmented Worms, and Joint-legged Animals
29. Echinoderms, Hemichordates, and Invertebrate Chordates
30. Vertebrates
31. Plant Organization: Vegetative Organs of Flowering Plants
32. Animal Organization
33. Pig Dissection: Introduction, External Anatomy, and the Muscular System
34. Pig: Digestive, Respiratory, and Circulatory Systems
35. Pig: Urogenital and Nervous Systems
36. Human Sensations, Reflexes, and Reactions
37. Structure and Function of the Sense Organs
38. Human Skeletal and Muscular Systems
39. Human Blood and Circulation
40. Human Respiration
41. Animal Development: Gametogenesis and Fertilization
42. Animal Development: Cleavage, Gastrulation, and Late Development
43. The Natural Arsenal: A Study of Relationships Between Plants and Animals
44. Ecology: Living Organisms in Their Environment
45. Human Impact on the Environment
46. Animal Behavior
Appendix 1: Metric Conversions
Appendix 2: Use of Spec 20. Appendix 3: Genetics Problems
Appendix 4: Terms of Orientation In and Around the Animal Body

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