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Principles of Life

by David M. Hillis; David Sadava; H. Craig Heller; Mary V. Price

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Principles of Life

First Edition ©2011

ISBN-10: 1-4292-5721-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-5721-3
Cloth Text, 915 pages

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1. Principles of Life

PART 1. CELLS
2. Life Chemistry and Energy
3. Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes
4. Cells: The Working Units of Life
5. Cell Membranes and Signaling
6. Pathways that Harvest and Store Chemical Energy

 PART 2. GENETICS
7. The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
8. Inheritance, Genes and Chromosomes
9. DNA and its Role in Heredity
10. From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression
11. Regulation of Gene Expression
12. Genomes
13. Biotechnology
14. Genes, Development and Evolution

 PART 3. EVOLUTION
15.Mechanisms of Evolution
16.Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
17.Speciation
18.The History of Life on Earth

 PART 4. DIVERSITY
19. Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
20. The Origin & Diversification of Eukaryotes
21. The Evolution of Plants
22. The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi
23. Animal Origins and Diversity

 PART 5. PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
24. The Plant Body
25. Plant Nutrition and Transport
26. Plant Growth and Development
27. Reproduction of Flowering Plants
28. Plants in the Environment

 PART 6. ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
29. Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
30. Animal Hormones
31. Immunology: Animal Defense Systems
32. Animal Reproduction
33. Animal Development
34. Neurons and Nervous Systems
35. Sensors
36. Musculoskeletal Systems
37. Gas Exchange in Animals
38. Circulatory Systems
39. Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
40. Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
41. Animal Behavior

 PART 7. ECOLOGY
42. Organisms in Their Environment
43. Populations
44. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Species Interactions
45. Ecological Communities
46. The Global Ecosystem

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