A brief guide to biology with physiology /
David Krogh.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007.
- xxiv, 579, [39] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
Science and the real world -- Essential parts: atoms, molecules, and cells -- Chemistry and life -- Biological molecules -- Exploring life's home: the cell -- On life's edge: the plasma membrane -- Energy and life -- Supplying the body with energy -- The green world's gift: photosynthesis -- How life goes on: genetics -- Genetics, mitosis, and cytokinesis -- Preparing for sexual reproduction: meiosis -- Mendel and his discoveries -- Genetic inheritance and health -- DNA structure and replication -- How proteins are made -- Biotechnology -- Life's organizing principle: evolution and the diversity of life -- How life was shaped: an introduction to evolution -- The means of evolution: microevolution -- Macroevolution: the origin of species -- The history of life on earth -- Microbes: the diversity of life 1 -- Fungi and plants: the diversity of life 2 -- Animals: the diversity of life 3 -- The living world as a whole: ecology -- Populations and communities in ecology -- Ecosystems and biomes -- What makes the organism tick? Human anatomy and physiology -- The human body and three of its systems -- The nervous and endocrine systems -- The immune system -- Transport and exchange -- Human reproduction -- Plant anatomy and physiology -- Flowering plants. ch. 1. Unit 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. Unit 2. ch. 6. Powering life: an introduction to energy -- ch. 7. ch. 8. Unit 3. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. ch. 15. Unit 4. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. ch. 22. Unit 5. ch. 23. ch. 24. Unit 6. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. ch. 28. ch. 29. Unit 7. ch. 30.