Life

The Science of Biology

William K. Purves, David E. Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, H.Craig Heller (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

1100 Seiten

2003 | 7th Revised edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7167-9856-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This is an authoritative introductory text that presents biological concepts through the research that revealed them. "Life" covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom, but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline. The new edition contains new chapters and essays, an enhanced art programme, and standard setting media and supplements.

Autor

WILLIAM K. PURVES, Harvey Mudd College, USA - DAVID SADAVA, Claremont Colleges, USA - GORDAN H. ORIANS, University of Washington, USA - CRAIG HELLER, Stanford University, USA

Inhalt

Life: Its Origins and Evolution - PART ONE: THE CELL - Life and Chemistry: Small Molecules - Life and Chemistry: Large Molecules - Cells: The Basic Units of Life - Cellular Membranes - Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism - Cellular Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy - Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun - PART TWO: INFORMATION AND HEREDITY - Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division - Transmission Genetics: Mendel and Beyond - DNA and its Role in Heredity - From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype - The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes - The Eukaryotic Genome and its Expression - Cell Signaling and Gene Expression - Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology - Molecular Biology and Medicine - Natural Defenses against Disease - PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT - Differential Gene Expression in Development - Animal Development: From Genes to Organism - Development and Evolutionary Change - PART FOUR: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES - The History of Life on Earth - The Mechanisms of Evolution - Species and their Formation - Constructing and Using Phylogenies - Molecular and Genomic Evolution - PART FIVE: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY - Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains - Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya - Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land - The Evolution of Seed Plants - Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners - Ancestors and Lophotrochozoans - Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals - Deuterostomate Animals - PART SIX: THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS - The Plant Body - Transport in Plants - Plant Nutrition - Plant Growth Regulation - Reproduction in Flowering Plants - Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges - PART SEVEN: THE BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS - Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation - Animal Hormones - Animal Reproduction - Neurons and Nervous Systems - Sensory Systems - The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions - Effectors - Gas Exchange in Animals - Circulatory Systems - Animal Nutrition - Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion - Animal Behavior - PART EIGHT: ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY - Behavioral Ecology - Population Ecology - Community Ecology - Biogeography - Conservation Biology - Earth Systems Science

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2003
• Zusatzinfo: 1200 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 226 x 284 mm
• Gewicht: 1043 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7167-9856-5 / 0716798565
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-9856-9 / 9780716798569
• Zustand: Neuware