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Biology Campbell, Neil A. Edition: 8th 2008 Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1393 ISBN10: 0321543254 ISBN13: 9780321543257 Dimensions: 9.21" w x 11.12" l x 1.83" h Weight: 6.73 lbs. Binding: Mixed Media Language: English List Price: 202.67

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The best-selling biology textbook in the world just got better! Neil Campbell and Jane Reece s BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The text s hallmark values accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning have made Campbell/Reece the most successful book for students and instructors for seven consecutive editions. Campbell/Reece is used in 2 out of 3 introductory ...The best-selling biology textbook in the world just got better! Neil Campbell and Jane Reece s BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The text s hallmark values accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning have made Campbell/Reece the most successful book for students and instructors for seven consecutive editions. Campbell/Reece is used in 2 out of 3 introductory biology courses for majors. More than 6 million students have benefitted from BIOLOGY s clear explanations, carefully crafted artwork, and student-friendly narrative style. 65 percent of all doctors and biological scientists in the United States under the age of 40 began their study of biology with this book. For the Eighth Edition, new coauthors have joined with those from previous editions to infuse this proven text with new ideas while upholding its hallmark values. Their collaboration has produced the authoritative introduction to biology, told with a unified voice and vision. (more) (less)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Themes in the Study of Lif?
The Chemistry of Life
The Chemical Context of Life
Water and the Fitness of the Environment
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecule?
The Cell
A Tour of the Cell
Membrane Structure and Function
An Introduction to Metabolism
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
Photosynthesis
Cell Communication
The Cell Cycl?
Unit Three
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Mendel and the Gene Idea
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
From Gene to Protein
Control of Gene Expression
Viruses
Biotechnology
Genomes and Their Evolutio?
Mechanisms of Evolution
Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
The Evolution of Populations
The Origin of Species
The History of Life on Eart?
The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity
Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
Bacteria and Archaea
Protists
Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Fungi
An Introduction to Animal Diversity
Invertebrates
Vertebrates?
Plant Form and Function
Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
Transport in Vascular Plants
Soil and Plant Nutrition
Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
Plant Responses to Internal and External Signal?
Animal Form and Function
Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
Animal Nutrition
Circulation and Gas Exchange

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