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Principles of Life

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ISBN-10: 1429257210

ISBN-13: 9781429257213

Edition: 2012

Authors: David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Mary V. Price, David E. Sadava

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For sample chapters, a video interview with David Hillis, and more information, visit www.whfreeman.com/hillispreview .Sinauer Associates and W.H. Freeman are proud to introducePrinciples of Life. Written in the spirit of the reform movement that is reinvigorating the introductory majors course,Principles of Lifecuts through the thicket of excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in the study of biology today. Students explore the most essential biological ideas and information in the context of the field's defining experiments, and are actively engaged in analyzing research data. The result is a textbook that is hundreds of pages shorter (and significantly less…    
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Book details

List price: $120.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 12/15/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 915
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 5.390
Language: English

Principles of Life
Cells
Life Chemistry and Energy
Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes
Cells: The Working Units of Life
Cell Membranes and Signaling
Pathways that Harvest and Store Chemical Energy
Genetics
The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Inheritance, Genes and Chromosomes
DNA and its Role in Heredity
From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression
Regulation of Gene Expression
Genomes
Biotechnology
Genes, Development and Evolution
Evolution
Mechanisms of Evolution
Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
Speciation
The History of Life on Earth
Diversity
Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
The Origin & Diversification of Eukaryotes
The Evolution of Plants
The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi
Animal Origins and Diversity
Plant Form and Function
The Plant Body
Plant Nutrition and Transport
Plant Growth and Development
Reproduction of Flowering Plants
Plants in the Environment
Animal Form and Function
Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
Animal Hormones
Immunology: Animal Defense Systems
Animal Reproduction
Animal Development
Neurons and Nervous Systems
Sensors
Musculoskeletal Systems
Gas Exchange in Animals
Circulatory Systems
Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
Animal Behavior
Ecology
Organisms in Their Environment
Populations
Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Species Interactions
Ecological Communities
The Global Ecosystem