| Edition |
2009 (Reprint)
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| Publication |
UK, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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| Description |
viii, 984pRed spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Provides comprehensive coverage in all the major areas of the biological sciences like human health and disease, microbiology and biotechnology, and the applications of genetics. All the essential laboratory work required is included in the form of selected and clearly presented practical investigations.
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| Contents |
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the subject
Variety of life
Chemicals of life
Enzymes
Cells
Histology
Autotrophic nutrition
Heterotrophic nutrition
Energy utilisation
Organisms and the environment
Quantitative ecology
Microbiology and biotechnology
Transporet in plants
Transport in animals
Health and disease
Coordination and control in plants
Coordination and control in animals
Movement and support in animals
Homeostasis
Excretion and osmoregulation
Reproduction
Growth and development
Continuity of life
Variation and genetics
Applied genetics
Evolution - History of life
Mechanisms of speciation
Appendices
Index
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| Standard Number |
9780521684170 Pb.
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