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Biology : life on earth / Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk.

By: Audesirk, Teresa.
Contributor(s): Audesirk, Gerald.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1999Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxxv, 890p ; 28cm + hbk.ISBN: 0137926154 (hardcover); 9780137926152.Subject(s): Biology | Biology, life sciences | ScienceDDC classification: 570 AUD
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 570 AUD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000036867
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Biology: Life on Earth sets a new standard with its conceptual focus and highly acclaimed media and on-line resources. In creating the Fifth Edition the authors and Prentice Hall reached out to the biology community - involving educators who are actively involved in teaching biology around the country to help address the diverse needs of today's undergraduates. *The overarching difference in the Audesirk technology package is two-fold: *The Audesirk/Audesirk multi-media components were developed by Andrew Stull and other biology educators. In creating the student CD-ROM and web site their mission was to create tools that - enhanced students' performance; provided greater efficiency for instructors and students; accessed real-time information; connected biology issues with the concepts in the text *The technology components were also developed in conjunction with the text in order to provide an easy to use, truly integrated teaching and learning system. An example of the integration are the in-text icons:

includes CD-ROM.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 An Introduction to Life on Earth
  • I The life of the cell
  • 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Life
  • 3 Biological Molecules
  • 4 Energy Flow in the Life of the Cell
  • 5 Cell Structure and Function
  • 6 Cell Membrane Structure and Function
  • 7 Photosynthesis: Capturing Solar Energy
  • 8 Harvesting Energy From Food: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
  • II Inheritance
  • 9 Cellular Reproduction
  • 10 Dna: The Molecule of Heredity
  • 11 Gene Expression and Regulation
  • 12 Gene Exchange, Meiosis, Eukaryotic Life Cycles
  • 13 Patterns of Inheritance
  • 14 Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • 15 Human Genetics
  • III Evolution
  • 16 Principles of Evolution
  • 17 How Organisms Evolve
  • 18 The Origin of Species
  • 19 The History of Life on Earth
  • 20 Taxonomy: Imposing Order on Diversity
  • 21 The Hidden World of Microbes
  • 22 The Fungi
  • 23 The Plant Kingdom
  • 24 The Animal Kingdom
  • IV Plant anatomy and physiology
  • 25 The Structure of Land Plants
  • 26 How Land Plants Acquire and Transport Nutrients
  • 27 Plant Reproduction and Development
  • 28 Plant Responses to the Environment
  • V Animal anatomy and physiology
  • 29 Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
  • 30 Circulation
  • 31 Respiration
  • 32 Nutrition and Digestion
  • 33 The Urinary System and Homeostasis
  • 34 Defenses Against Disease: The Immune Response
  • 35 Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System
  • 36 Information Processing: The Nervous System
  • 37 The Senses: Perception
  • 38 Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeleton
  • 39 Animal Reproduction
  • 40 Animal Development
  • VI Animal behavior
  • 41 The Foundations of Animal Behavior
  • 42 The Social Behavior of Animals
  • VII Ecology
  • 43 Population Growth and Regulation
  • 44 Community Interactions
  • 45 How Ecosystems Work
  • 46 Earth's Diverse Ecosystems