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The Living World 2/e


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The Living World, 3/e

Author: Dr. George B. Johnson, Washington University

ISBN: 0072347201
Copyright year: 2003

Table of Contents



Part 1 The Study of Life
1 The Science of Biology
2 Evolution and Ecology

Part 2 The Living Cell
3 The Chemistry of Life
4 Cells
5 Energy and Life

Part 3 The Continuity of Life
6 How Cells Divide
7 Foundations of Genetics
8 How Genes Work
9 Gene Technology
10 Genomics

Part 4 The Evolution and Diversity of Life
11 Evolution and Natural Selection
12 How We Name Living Things
13 The First Single-Celled Creatures
14 Advent of the Eukaryotes
15 Evolution of Multicellular Life

Part 5 Plant Life
16 Evolution of Plants
17 Plant Form and Function
18 Plant Reproduction and Growth

Part 6 Evolution of Animal Life
19 Evolution of the Animal Phyla
20 History of the Vertebrates
21 How Humans Evolved

Part 7 Animal Life
22 The Animal Body and How it Moves
23 Circulation and Respiration
24 The Path of Food Through the Animal Body
25 How the Animal Body Defends Itself
26 The Nervous System
27 Chemical Signaling Within the Animal Body
28 Reproduction and Development

Part 8 The Living Environment
29 Ecosystems
30 Living in Ecosystems
31 Planet Under Stress

Appendix A: Classification of Organisms
Appendix B: Answers to Concept Reviews
Johnson The Living World, 3e

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