TY - BOOK AU - David M.Hillis TI - Life: the science of biology SN - 9781319017644 (casebound) AV - QH308.2 .L565 2020 U1 - 570 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Sunderland, MA PB - Sinauer Associates/ Macmillan KW - Biology KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes index and appendixes; Part one The Science of Life and Its Chemical Basis -- 1. Studying Life -- 2. Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life -- 3. Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids -- 4. Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life -- Part two. Cells -- 5. Cells: The Working Units of Life -- 6. Cell Membranes -- 7. Cell Communication and Multicellularity -- Part three. Cells and Energy -- 8. Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism -- 9. Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy -- 10. Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight -- Part four. Genes, Genomes, and Heredity -- 11. The Cell Cycle and Cell Division -- 12. Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes -- 13. DNA and Its Role in Heredity -- 14. From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression -- 15. Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine -- 16. Regulation of Gene Expression -- 17. Genomes -- 18. Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology -- Part five. The Processes and Patterns of Evolution -- 19. Processes of Evolution -- 20. Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies -- 21. Evolution of Genes and Genomes -- 22. Speciation -- 23. The History of Life on Earth -- Part six. The Evolution of Diversity -- 24. Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses -- 25. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes -- 26. Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land -- 27. The Evolution of Seed Plants -- 28. The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi -- 29. Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans -- 30. Protostome Animals -- 31. Deuterostome Animals -- Part seven. Flowering Plants: Form and Function -- 32. The Plant Body -- 33. Transport in Plants -- 34. Plant Nutrition -- 35. Regulation of Plant Growth -- 36. Reproduction in Flowering Plants -- 37. Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges -- Part eight. Animals: Form and Function -- 38. Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation -- 39. Animal Hormones -- 40. Immunology: Animal Defense Systems -- 41. Animal Reproduction -- 42. Animal Development -- 43. Neurons, Glia, and Nervous Systems -- 44. Sensory Systems -- 45. The Mammalian Nervous System -- 46. Musculoskeletal Systems -- 47. Gas Exchange -- 48. Circulatory Systems -- 49. Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption -- 50. Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion -- 51. Animal Behavior -- Part nine. Ecology -- 52. The Physical Environment and Biogeography of Life -- 53. Populations -- 54. Species Interactions -- 55. Communities -- 56. Ecosystems -- 57. A Changing Biosphere ER -