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Biology, 5/e Raven, Johnson | ||||||
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Table of Contents Section A General Principles Part I The Origin of Living Things 1 1 The Science of Biology 1 2 The Nature of Molecules 19 3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life 37 4 The Origin and Early History of Life 61 Part II Biology of the Cell 79 5 Cell Structure 79 6 Membranes 105 7 Cell-Cell Interactions 127 Part III Energetics 145 8 Energy and Metabolism 145 9 How Cells Harvest Energy 161 10 Photosynthesis 183 Part IV Reproduction and Heredity 205 11 How Cells Divide 205 12 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis 227 13 Patterns of Inheritance 241 Part V Molecular Genetics 277 14 DNA: The Genetic Material 277 15 Genes and How They Work 299 16 Control of Gene Expression 315 17 Altering the Genetic Message 333 18 Gene Technology 363 Part VI Evolution 389 19 Genes Within Populations 389 20 The Evidence for Evolution 405 21 The Origin of Species 423 22 How Humans Evolved 443 Part VII Ecology 463 23 Population Ecology 463 24 Community Ecology 479 25 Dynamics of Ecosystems 503 26 The Biosphere 517 27 The Future of the Biosphere 543 Section B Organismal Biology Part VIII Viruses and Simple Organisms 559 28 How We Classify Organisms 559 29 Viruses 575 30 Bacteria 591 31 Protists 605 32 Fungi 629 Part IX Plant Form and Function 645 33 Evolutionary History of Plants 645 34 Vascular Plant Structure 665 35 Transport in Plants 691 36 Plant Nutrition 703 Part X Plant Growth and Reproduction 713 37 Plant Reproduction 713 38 Plant Development 731 39 Plant Growth and Regulation 745 40 Plant Molecular Biology 767 Part XI Animal Diversity 787 41 The Noncoelomate Animals 787 42 Mollusks and Annelids 811 43 Arthropods 827 44 Echinoderms 849 45 Vertebrates 863 Part XII Animal Form and Function 903 46 Organization of the Animal Body 903 47 Locomotion 919 48 Fueling Body Activities: Digestion 935 49 Circulation 957 50 Respiration 973 Part XIII Regulating the Animal Body 991 51 The Nervous System 991 52 Sensory Systems 1021 53 The Endocrine System 1045 54 The Immune System 1067 55 Maintaining Homeostasis 1095 Part XIV Animal Reproduction, Development, and Behavior 1119 56 Sex and Reproduction 1119 57 Cellular Mechanisms of Development 1141 58 Vertebrate Development 1169 59 Animal Behavior 1193 60 Behavioral Ecology 1213 Appendix 1229 Glossary 1232 Credits 1247 Index 1255
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