Biology

by Raven, Peter H.; Johnson, George B.

• ISBN13: 9780697353535
• ISBN10: 0697353532
• Edition: 5TH
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Section A General Principles
Part I The Origin of Living Things	1	(78)
The Science of Biology	1	(18)
The Nature of Molecules	19	(18)
The Chemical Building Blocks of Life	37	(24)
The Origin and Early History of Life	61	(18)
Part II Biology of the Cell	79	(66)
Cell Structure	79	(26)
Membranes	105	(22)
Cell-Cell Interactions	127	(18)
Part III Energetics	145	(60)
Energy and Metabolism	145	(16)
How Cells Harvest Energy	161	(22)
Photosynthesis	183	(22)
Part IV Reproduction and Heredity	205	(72)
How Cells Divide	205	(22)
Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis	227	(14)
Patterns of Inheritance	241	(36)
Part V Molecular Genetics	277	(112)
DNA: The Genetic Material	277	(22)
Genes and How They Work	299	(16)
Control of Gene Expression	315	(18)
Altering the Genetic Message	333	(30)
Gene Technology	363	(26)
Part VI Evolution	389	(74)
Genes Within Populations	389	(16)
The Evidence for Evolution	405	(18)
The Origin of Species	423	(20)
How Humans Evolved	443	(20)
Part VII Ecology	463	(96)
Population Ecology	463	(16)
Community Ecology	479	(24)
Dynamics of Ecosystems	503	(14)
The Biosphere	517	(26)
The Future of the Biosphere	543	(16)
Section B Organismal Biology
Part VIII Viruses and Simple Organisms	559	(86)
How We Classify Organisms	559	(16)
Viruses	575	(16)
Bacteria	591	(14)
Protists	605	(24)
Fungi	629	(16)
Part IX Plant Form and Function	645	(68)
Evolutionary History of Plants	645	(20)
Vascular Plant Structure	665	(26)
Transport in Plants	691	(12)
Plant Nutrition	703	(10)
Part X Plant Growth and Reproduction	713	(74)
Plant Reproduction	713	(18)
Plant Development	731	(14)
Plant Growth and Regulation	745	(22)
Plant Molecular Biology	767	(20)
Part XI Animal Diversity	787	(116)
The Noncoelomate Animals	787	(24)
Mollusks and Annelids	811	(16)
Arthropods	827	(22)
Echinoderms	849	(14)
Vertebrates	863	(40)
Part XII Animal Form and Function	903	(88)
Organization of the Animal Body	903	(16)
Locomotion	919	(16)
Fueling Body Activities: Digestion	935	(22)
Circulation	957	(16)
Respiration	973	(18)
Part XIII Regulating the Animal Body	991	(128)
The Nervous System	991	(30)
Sensory Systems	1021	(24)
The Endocrine System	1045	(22)
The Immune System	1067	(28)
Maintaining Homeostasis	1095	(24)
Part XIV Animal Reproduction, Development, and Behavior	1119	(110)
Sex and Reproduction	1119	(22)
Cellular Mechanisms of Development	1141	(28)
Vertebrate Development	1169	(24)
Animal Behavior	1193	(20)
Behavioral Ecology	1213	(16)
Appendix	1229	(3)
Glossary	1232	(15)
Credits	1247	(8)
Index	1255