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New York : McGraw-Hill, 1991

xxiv, 614, [68] stran : ilustrace ; 29 cm

ISBN 0-07-050631-0 (vázáno)

000009955

1 What is life? 1 // PART ONE LIFE’S FUNDAMENTALS // 2 Atoms, molecules, and life 22 // 3 Cells: the basic units of life 46 // 4 The dynamic cell 70 // 5 How living things harvest energy 89 // 6 Trapping sunlight and building nutrients 104 // PART TWO ... OF LIFE // 7 Cell cycles and life cycles 116 // 8 The patterns of heredity 136 // 9 DNA: the thread of life 154 // 10 How genes work 172 // 11 Human genetics 187 // 12 Reproduction and development: new generation 203 // 13 The human life cycle 221 // PART THREE ... // 14 Origins of life and its diversity 242 // 15 The single-celled kingdoms 257 // 16 Plants and fungi: producers and decomposers 272 // 17 Animals without backbones 292 // 18 The chordates: vertebrates and their relatives 311 // PART FOUR HOW ANIMALS SURVIVE // 19 A steady state: the key to animal survival 334 // 20 Circulation: the internal transport system 346 // 21 Respiration: gas exchange with the environment 360 // 22 The immune system: defense from disease 371 // 23 Animal nutrition and digestion 385 // 24 Salt and water balance and waste removal 403 // 25 How hormones govern body activities 416 // 20 How nerve cells work 429 // 27 Senses and the brain 441 // 28 The body in motion 457 // PART FIVE HOW PLANTS SURVIVE // 29 Plant form and function 472 // 30 How plants grow 488 // 31 The dynamic plant 502 // PART SIX ... // .. organisms and environment // 32 The genetic basis for evolution 518 // 33 Population patterns in space and time 538 // 34 The ecology of living communities 553 // 35 Ecosystems: webs of life and the physical world 569 // 30 The biosphere: earth’s fragile film of life 583 // 37 Animal behavior: patterns for survival 600