Biology. Raven P.H. et al.

12th ed. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. — 1472p.

Raven, Biology puts an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry have made this a leading textbook for students majoring in biology. This emphasis on the organizing power of evolution is combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is both student friendly and current.

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Contents
Committed to Excellence xi
Preparing Students for the Future xv
Part I The Molecular Basis of Life 1
1 The Science of Biology 1
2 The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water 18
3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life 35
Part II Biology of the Cell 63
4 Cell Structure 63
5 Membranes 92
6 Energy and Metabolism 112
7 How Cells Harvest Energy 128
8 Photosynthesis 154
9 Cell Communication 176
10 How Cells Divide 194
Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology 217
11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis 217
12 Patterns of Inheritance 231
13 Chromosomes, Mapping, and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection 250
14 DNA: The Genetic Material 268
15 Genes and How They Work 290
16 Control of Gene Expression 317
17 Biotechnology 340
18 Genomics 366
19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development 389
Part IV Evolution 416
20 Genes Within Populations 416
21 The Evidence for Evolution 443
22 The Origin of Species 463
23 Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology 484
24 Genome Evolution 504
Part V Diversity of Life on Earth 523
25 The Origin and Diversity of Life 523
26 Viruses 537
27 Prokaryotes 557
28 Protists 584
29 Seedless Plants 608
30 Seed Plants 623
31 Fungi 641
32 Animal Diversity and the Evolution of Body Plans 664
33 Protostomes 687
34 Deuterostomes 720
Part VI Plant Form and Function 762
35 Plant Form 762
36 Transport in Plants 788
37 Plant Nutrition and Soils 807
38 Plant Defense Responses 825
39 Sensory Systems in Plants 838
40 Plant Reproduction 866
Part VII Animal Form and Function 900
41 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation 900
42 The Nervous System 924
43 Sensory Systems 955
44 The Endocrine System 982
45 The Musculoskeletal System 1006
46 The Digestive System 1026
47 The Respiratory System 1047
48 The Circulatory System 1066
49 Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System 1088
50 The Immune System 1106
51 The Reproductive System 1135
52 Animal Development 1157
Part VIII Ecology and Behavior 1188
53 Behavioral Biology 1188
54 Ecology of Individuals and Populations 1218
55 Community Ecology 1242
56 Dynamics of Ecosystems 1265
57 The Biosphere and Human Impacts 1289
58 Conservation Biology 1318
Appendix A
Glossary G-1 Index 1-1