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Campbell biology / Lisa A. Urry, Mills College, Oakland, California, Michael L. Cain, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Steven A. Wasserman, University of California, San Diego, Peter V. Minorsky, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, Jane B. Reece, Berkeley, California.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York, NY : Pearson Education, Inc., [2017]Edition: Eleventh editionDescription: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780134093413
  • 0134093410
Other title:
  • Biology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570 23
LOC classification:
  • QH308.2 .C34 2017
Contents:
Evolution, the themes of biology, and scientific inquiry -- Unit 1. The chemistry of life. The chemical context of life -- Water and life -- Carbon and the molecular diversity of life -- The structure and function of large biological molecules -- Unit 2. The cell. A tour of the cell -- Membrane structure and function -- An introduction to metabolism -- Cellular respiration and fermentation -- Photosynthesis -- Cell communication -- The cell cycle -- Unit 3. Genetics. Meiosis and sexual life cycles -- Mendel and the gene idea -- The chromosomal basis of inheritance -- The molecular basis of inheritance -- Gene expression : from gene to protein -- Regulation of gene expression -- Viruses -- DNA tools and biotechnology -- Genomes and their evolution -- Unit 4. Mechanisms of evolution. Descent with modification : a Darwinian view of life -- The evolution of populations -- The origin of species -- The history of life on earth -- Unit 5. The evolutionary history of biological diversity. Phylogeny and the tree of life -- Bacteria and archaea -- Protists -- Plant diversity I : how plants colonized land -- Plant diversity II : the evolution of seed plants -- Fungi -- An overview of animal diversity -- An introduction to invertebrates -- The origin and evolution of vertebrates -- Unit 6. Plant form and function. Vascular plant structure, growth, and development -- Resource acquisition and transport in vascular plants -- Soil and plant nutrition -- Angiosperm reproduction and biotechnology -- Plant responses to internal and external signals -- Unit 7. Animal form and function. Basic principles of animal form and function -- Animal nutrition -- Circulation and gas exchange -- The immune system -- Osmoregulation and excretion -- Hormones and the endocrine system -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development -- Neurons, synapses, and signaling -- Nervous systems -- Sensory and motor mechanisms -- Animal behavior -- Unit 8. Ecology. An introduction to ecology and the biosphere -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and restoration ecology -- Conservation biology and global change.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Circulating textbook (3-week) NMC Library Circulating Textbooks BIO 115/116 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001446755

Cell,Plant & Ecosystem Biology

Genetic, Evolution, Animal Bio

Textbook on reserve (2-hour) NMC Library Closed Reserves (Service Desk) BIO 115/116 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001482032

Cell,Plant & Ecosystem Biology

Genetic, Evolution, Animal Bio

Circulating textbook (3-week) NMC Library Circulating Textbooks BIO 115/116 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001525020

Genetic, Evolution, Animal Bio

Cell,Plant & Ecosystem Biology

Previous edition: Campbell biology / Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson. Tenth edition. 2014.

1st edition: Biology by Neil A. Campbell, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution, the themes of biology, and scientific inquiry -- Unit 1. The chemistry of life. The chemical context of life -- Water and life -- Carbon and the molecular diversity of life -- The structure and function of large biological molecules -- Unit 2. The cell. A tour of the cell -- Membrane structure and function -- An introduction to metabolism -- Cellular respiration and fermentation -- Photosynthesis -- Cell communication -- The cell cycle -- Unit 3. Genetics. Meiosis and sexual life cycles -- Mendel and the gene idea -- The chromosomal basis of inheritance -- The molecular basis of inheritance -- Gene expression : from gene to protein -- Regulation of gene expression -- Viruses -- DNA tools and biotechnology -- Genomes and their evolution -- Unit 4. Mechanisms of evolution. Descent with modification : a Darwinian view of life -- The evolution of populations -- The origin of species -- The history of life on earth -- Unit 5. The evolutionary history of biological diversity. Phylogeny and the tree of life -- Bacteria and archaea -- Protists -- Plant diversity I : how plants colonized land -- Plant diversity II : the evolution of seed plants -- Fungi -- An overview of animal diversity -- An introduction to invertebrates -- The origin and evolution of vertebrates -- Unit 6. Plant form and function. Vascular plant structure, growth, and development -- Resource acquisition and transport in vascular plants -- Soil and plant nutrition -- Angiosperm reproduction and biotechnology -- Plant responses to internal and external signals -- Unit 7. Animal form and function. Basic principles of animal form and function -- Animal nutrition -- Circulation and gas exchange -- The immune system -- Osmoregulation and excretion -- Hormones and the endocrine system -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development -- Neurons, synapses, and signaling -- Nervous systems -- Sensory and motor mechanisms -- Animal behavior -- Unit 8. Ecology. An introduction to ecology and the biosphere -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and restoration ecology -- Conservation biology and global change.

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