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Biology

Accompanying CD-ROM, by Richard Liebaert, provides 120 animated activities, quizzes for each chapter, links to websites, and a glossary
Print Book, English, ©1999
Benjamin Cummings, Menlo Park, Calif., ©1999
Textbooks
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
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1. Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life
I: The Chemistry Of Life
2. The Chemical Context of Life
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
6. An Introduction to Metabolism
II: The Cell
7. A Tour of the Cell
8. Membrane Structure and Function
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis
11. Cell Communication
12. The Cell Cycle
III: Genetics
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea
15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
17. From Gene to Protein
18. Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
19. The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes
20. DNA Technology
21. The Genetic Basis of Development
IV: Mechanisms Of Evolution
22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
23. The Evolution of Populations
24. The Origin of Species
25. Tracing Phylogeny
V: The Evolutionary History Of Biological Diversity
26. Early Earth and the Origin of Life
27. Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity
28. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity
29. Plant Diversity I: The Colonization of Land
30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
31. Fungi
32. Introduction to Animal Evolution
33. Invertebrates
34. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity
VI: Plant Form And Function
35. Plant Structure and Growth
36. Transport in Plants
37. Plant Nutrition
38. Plant Reproduction and Development
39. Control Systems in Plants
VII: Animal Form And Function
40. An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function
41. Animal Nutrition
42. Circulation and Gas Exchange
43. The Body's Defenses
44. Controlling the Internal Environment
45. Chemical Signals in Animals
46. Animal Reproduction
47. Animal Development
48. Nervous Systems
49. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
VIII: Ecology
50. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
51. Behavioral Biology
52. Population Ecology
53. Community Ecology
54. Ecosystems
55. Conservation Biology