Raven, Peter H. text mau Boston McGraw-Hill, Higher Education c2005 2005 7th ed. monographic eng

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xxiii, 1250 + various pagings : col. ill. col. maps ; 29 cm. Contents: The Science of biology -- The Nature of molecules -- The Chemical building of blocks of life -- Cell-cell interactions -- Energy and metabolism -- How cells harvest energy -- Photosynthesis -- How cells divide -- Sexual reproduction and meiosis -- Patterns of inheritance -- DNA: the genetic material -- Genes and how they work -- Gene technology -- Genomes -- Control of gene expression -- Cellular mechanisms of development -- Cancer biology and cell technology -- Genes within populations -- The Evidence for evolution -- The Origin of species - Evolution of genomes and developmental mechanisms -- Systematics and the phylogenetic revolution -- Viruses -- Prokaryotes -- Protists -- Overview of plant diversity -- Fungi -- Overview of animal diversity -- Noncoelomatic invertebrates -- Coelomate invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- Plant form -- Vegetative plant development -- Transport in plants -- Plant nutrition -- Plant defence responses -- Sensory systems in plants -- Plant reproduction -- The Animal body aand how it moves -- Fueling body activities: digestion -- Circulation and respiration -- The Nervous system -- Sensory systems -- The Endocrine system -- The Immune system -- Maintaining the internal environment -- Sex and reproduction -- Vertebrate development -- Behavioural biology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Dynamics of ecosystems -- The Bioshpere -- Conservation biology. Peter H. Raven ... [et al.] ; illustration authors, William C. Ober and Claire W. Garrison. Includes index QH308.2.R38 Raven, Peter H. 9780071327640 2003016998 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016998.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016998.html 030725 20210414114125.0 13290439