LIFE 8ED. THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY 8th Edition

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Authoritative and thorough, Life achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus flowing naturally from the narrative. This approach enables students to experience biology as a rich and coherent discipline. The new edition includes the latest research, new pedagogy, and new chapter-opening spreads that draw students into the chapter in an engaging way. Table of Content: Studying life -- The chemistry of life -- Macromolecules and the origin of life -- Cells: the working units of life -- The dynamic cell membrane -- Energy, enzymes, and metabolism -- Pathways that harvest chemical energy -- Photosynthesis: energy from sunlight -- Chromosomes, the cell cycle, and cell division -- Genetics: mendel and beyond -- DNA and its role in heredity -- From DNA to protein: genotype to phenotype -- The genetics of viruses and prokaryotes -- The eukaryotic genome and its expression -- Cell signaling and communication -- Recombinant DNA and biotechnology -- Molecular biology and medicine -- Natural defenses against disease -- Differential gene expression in development -- Development and evolutionary change -- The history of life on earth -- The mechanisms of evolution -- Species and their formation -- The evolution of genes and genomes -- Reconstructing and using phylogenies -- Bacteria and archaea: the prokaryotic domains -- The origin and diversification of the eukaryotes -- Plants without seeds: from sea to land -- The evolution of seed plants -- Fungi: recyclers, pathogens, parasites, and plant partners -- Animal origins and the evolution of body plans -- Protostome animals -- Deuterostome animals -- The plant body -- Transport in plants -- Plant nutrition -- Regulation of plant growth -- Reproduction in flowering plants -- Plant responses to environmental challenges -- Physiology, homeostasis, and temperature -- Animal hormones -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development -- Neurons and nervous systems -- Sensory systems -- The mammalian nervous system: structure and higher function -- Effectors: how animals get things done -- Gas exchange in animals -- Circulatory systems -- Nutrition, digestion, and absorption -- Salt and water balance and nitrogen excretion -- Ecology and the distribution of life -- Behavior and behavioral ecology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and global ecology -- Conservation biology.