02980nam a2200313   450000100040000000500170000400800040002101000170002502000530004203500240009503500180011904000790013704200080021605000230022410000220024724503540026925000190062326300090064230000750065150000720072650000200079850517040081865000130252265000190253570000230255470000210257770000200259870000480261800020140219120411.0000  a  2012038427  a9781259080814 (international student ed. : pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn824608872  a(NNC)10423078  aUOEMLbengerdacDLCdOCLCOdYDXCPdOCLCQdDNNdOCLCOdOCLCQdSINIEdCHVBK  apcc00aQH308.2b.R38 20141 aMason, Kenneth A.10aBiology /cKenneth A. Mason, University of Iowa, Jonathan B. Losos, Harvard University, Susan R. Singer, Carleton College based on the work of Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden ; George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus, Washington University, George B. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Washington University.  aTenth edition.  a1301  axxvi, 1279 pages :bcolor illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ;c29 cm  aRevision of: Biology. 9th edition. Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, 2011.  aIncludes index.2 aThe molecular basis of life. The science of biology ; The nature of molecules and the properties of water ; The chemical building blocks of life -- Biology of the cell. Cell structure ; Membranes ; Energy and metabolism ; How cells harvest energy ; Photosynthesis ; Cell communication ; How cells divide -- Genetic and molecular biology. Sexual reproduction and meiosis ; Patterns of inheritance ; Chromosomes, mapping, and the meiosis-inheritance connection ; DNA : the genetic material ; Genes and how they work ; Control of gene expression ; Biotechnology ; Genomics ; Cellular mechanisms of development -- Evolution. Genes within populations ; The evidence for evolution ; The origin of species ; Systematics, phylogenies, and comparative biology ; Genome evolution ; Evolution of development -- Diversity of life on Earth. The origin and diversity of life ; Viruses ; Prokaryotes ; Protists ; Seedless plants ; Seed plants ; Fungi ; Animal diversity and the evolution of body plans ; Protostomes ; Deuterostomes -- Plant form and function. Plant form ; Transport in plants ; Plant nutrition and soils ; Plant defense responses ; Sensory systems in plants ; Plant reproduction -- Animal form and function. The animal body and principles of regulation ; The nervous system ; Sensory systems ; The endocrine system ; The musculoskeletal system ; The digestive system ; The respiratory system ; The circulatory system ; Osmotic regulation and the urinary system ; The immune system ; The reproductive system ; Animal development -- Ecology and behavior. Behavioral biology ; Ecology of individuals and populations ; Community ecology ; Dynamics of ecosystems ; The biosphere ; Conservation biology. 0aBiology. 7aBiologie.2gnd1 aLosos, Jonathan B.1 aSinger, Susan R.1 aRaven, Peter H.1 aJohnson, George B.q(George Brooks),d1942-