عنوان

Life, the science of biology /

(Number (ISBN

0716776715

(Number (ISBN

0716778947

(Number (ISBN

0716799014

(Number (ISBN

9780716776710

(Number (ISBN

9780716778943

(Number (ISBN

9780716799016

Number

b785684

Title Proper

Life, the science of biology /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

David Sadava [and others].

Edition Statement

8th ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Gordonsville, VA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

W.H. Freeman and Co.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 volume (various pagings) :

Other Physical Details

color illustrations, color maps ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

Studying life -- The chemistry of life -- Macromolecules and the origin of life -- Cells: the working units of life -- The dynamic cell membrane -- Energy, enzymes, and metabolism -- Pathways that harvest chemical energy -- Photosynthesis: energy from sunlight -- Chromosomes, the cell cycle, and cell division -- 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 communication -- Recombinant DNA and biotechnology --Genome sequencing, molecular biology and medicine -- Immunology: gene expression and natural systems -- Differential gene expression in development -- Development and evolutionary change -- The history of life on earth -- The mechanisms of evolution -- Species and their formation -- The evolution of genes and genomes -- Reconstructing and using phylogenies -- Bacteria and archaea: the prokaryotic domains -- The origin and diversification of the eukaryotes -- Plants without seeds: from sea to land -- The evolution of seed plants -- Fungi: recyclers, pathogens, parasites, and plant partners -- Animal origins and the evolution of body plans -- Protostome animals -- Deuterostome animals -- The plant body -- Transport in plants -- Plant nutrition -- Regulation of plant growth -- Reproduction in flowering plants -- Plant responses to environmental challenges -- Physiology, homeostasis, and temperature -- Animal hormones -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development: from genes to organisms -- Neurons and nervous systems -- Sensory systems -- The mammalian nervous system: structure and higher function -- Effectors: how animals get things done -- Gas exchange in animals -- Circulatory systems -- Nutrition, digestion, and absorption -- Salt and water balance and nitrogen excretion -- Ecology and the distribution of life -- Behavior and behavioral ecology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and global ecology -- Conservation biology.

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Title

Life, the science of biology.

Biology, Textbooks.

Biologie.

Biologie

Biologie animale.

Biologie-- Philosophie.

Biologie végétale.

Biology.

Cytologie.

Écologie.

Évolution (biologie)

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

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Class number

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System Code

System Code

System Code

Sadava, David E.

Date of Transaction

20201206233410.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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