Book

Clark, Mary Ann, author.

Biology / senior contributing authors, Mary Ann Clark, Texas Wesleyan University, Jung Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Matthew Douglas, Grand Rapids Community College.

2ed.

Houston, Texas : OpenStax, Rice University, [2018]

©2018

1567 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Biology -- Textbooks.

Biology.

Textbooks.

Textbooks.

Choi, Jung Ho, 1956- author.

Douglas, Matthew M., 1949- author.

OpenStax College, issuing body.

Includes index.

THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE -- Chapter 1. The study of life -- Chapter 2. The chemical foundation of life -- Chapter 3. Biological macromolecules -- Cell structure -- Structure and function of plasma membranes -- Metabolism -- Cellular respiration -- Photosynthesis -- THE CELL -- Chapter 4. Cell Structure -- Chapter 5. Structure and Function of Plasma Membranes -- Chapter 6. Metabolism -- Chapter 7. Cellular respiration -- Chapter 8. Photosynthesis -- Chapter 9. Cell Communication -- Chapter 10. Cell Reproduction -- GENETICS -- Chapter 11. Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction -- Chapter 12. Mendel's Experiments and Heredity -- Chapter 13. Modern Understandings of Inheritance -- Chapter 14. DNA Structure and Function -- Chapter 15. Genes and Proteins -- Chapter 16. Gene Expression -- Chapter 17. Biotechnology and Genomics -- EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES -- Chapter 18. Evolution and the Origin of Species -- Chapter 19. The Evolution of Populations -- Chapter 20. Phylogenies and the History of Life -- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- Chapter 21. Viruses -- Chapter 22. Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea -- Chapter 23. Protists -- Chapter 24. Fungi -- Chapter 25. Seedless Plants -- Chapter 26. Seed Plants -- Chapter 27. Introduction to Animal Diversity -- Chapter 28. Invertebrates -- Chapter 29. Vertebrates -- PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- Chapter 30. Plant Form and Physiology -- Chapter 31. Soil and Plant Nutrition -- Chapter 32. Plant Reproduction -- ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- Chapter 33. The Animal Body: Basic Form and Function -- Chapter 34. Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System -- Chapter 35. The Nervous System -- Chapter 36. Sensory Systems -- Chapter 37. The Endocrine System -- Chapter 38. The Musculoskeletal System -- Chapter 39. The Respiratory System -- Chapter 40. The Circulatory System -- Chapter 41. Osmotic Regulation and Excretion -- Chapter 42. The Immune System -- Chapter 43. Animal Reproduction and Development -- ECOLOGY -- Chapter 44. Ecology and the Biosphere -- Chapter 45. Population and Community Ecology -- Chapter 46. Ecosystems -- Chapter 47. Conservation Biology and Biodiversity -- Appendix A: The Periodic Table of Elements -- Appendix B: Geological Time -- Appendic C: Measuements and the Metric System.

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