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More copies of this ISBN:Biologyby Jonathan B. Losos
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 Synopsis:BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook with evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill has consulted extensively with previous users, noted experts and professors in the field. It is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity. The new 8th edition will feature the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in Biology and will also offer a Dynamic, Realistic, Accurate New Visual Program. About the AuthorPeter H. Raven, Ph.D., is director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University at St. Louis. He oversees the garden's internationally recognized research program in tropical botany--one of the world's most active in the study and conservation of imperiled tropical habitats. Raven's botanical research and work in the area of tropical conservation have earned him numerous honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He has written 17 textbooks and more than 400 articles, and he is a member of th National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.George B. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and a professor of genetics at the university's School of Medicine. He is a prolific author of life science texts and curriculum products in a variety of media. New to his list of works are the Explorations of Human Biology CD-ROM and the textbook Human Biology, both offered by Wm. C. Brown Publishers.Johnson is acknowledged as an authority on population genetics and evolution variability, and he has published more than 50 research papers dealing with these and related topics. Visitors to the St. Louis Zoo can appreciate Johnson's work in the Living World, the educational center of which he is the founding director.Kenneth A. Mason received his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Washington, worked at UC Berkeley, then pursued his PhD in Genetics at UC Davis. He has taught Gentics, Microbial Genetics, Microbiology, Advanced Molecular Genetics, Introductory Biology, and a Genetics Laboratory that he designed. Table of ContentsPart I The Molecular Basis of Life 2 The Nature of Molecules Part II Biology of the Cell 5 Membranes 7 How Cells Harvest Energy 9 Cell-Cell Interactions Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology 12 Patterns of Inheritance 14 DNA: The Genetic Material 16 Control of Gene Expression 18 Genomics Part IV Evolution 21 The Evidence for Evolution 23 Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution 25 Evolution of Development26 Tree of Life 28 Prokaryotes 30 Overview of Plant Diversity32 Overview of Animal Diversity 34 Coelomate Invertebrates Part VI Plant Form and Function 37 Vegetative Plant Development 39 Plant Nutrition 41 Sensory Systems in Plants Part VII Animal Form and Function 44 The Nervous System 46 The Endocrine System 48 The Digestive System 50 Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System 52 The Reproductive SystemsPart VIII Ecology and Behavior 55 Population Ecology 57 Dynamics of Ecosystems 59 Conservation Biology | ||||||||||||
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