Raven, Biology, © 2008 8e, Student Edition (Reinforced Binding)

by Peter H Raven, George B Johnson, Kenneth A. Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer Biologyfocuses on evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill consulted with numerous users, noted experts and professors in the field.Biologyis distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity.The new 8th edition continues that tradition and advances into modern biology by featuring the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in biology. That same modern perspective was brought into the completely new art program offering readers a dynamic, realistic, and accurate, visual program.AP CorrelationVisit the Online Learning Center

Part I The Molecular Basis of Life

1 The Science of Biology
2 The Nature of Molecules
3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

Part II Biology of the Cell

4 Cell Structure
5 Membranes
6 Energy and Metabolism
7 How Cells Harvest Energy
8 Photosynthesis
9 Cell-Cell Interactions
10 How Cells Divide

Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology

11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
12 Patterns of Inheritance
13 Chromosomes, Mapping and the Meiosis Inheritance Connection
14 DNA: The Genetic Material
15 Genes and How They Work
16 Control of Gene Expression
17 Biotechnology
18 Genomics
19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development

Part IV Evolution

20 Genes Within Populations
21 The Evidence for Evolution
22 The Origin of Species
23 Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution
24 Genome Evolution
25 Evolution of Development

Part V Diversity of Life on Earth

26 Tree of Life
27 Viruses
28 Prokaryotes
29 Protists
30 Overview of Plant Diversity
31 Fungi
32 Overview of Animal Diversity
33 Noncoelomate Invertebrates
34 Coelomate Invertebrates
35 Vertebrates

Part VI Plant Form and Function

36 Plant Form
37 Vegetative Plant Development
38 Transport in Plants
39 Plant Nutrition
40 Plant Defense Responses
41 Sensory Systems in Plants
42 Plant Reproduction

Part VII Animal Form and Function

43 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
44 The Nervous System
45 Sensory Systems
46 The Endocrine System
47 The Musculoskeletal System
48 The Digestive System
49 The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
50 Temperature, Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
51 The Immune System
52 The Reproductive Systems
53 Animal Development

Part VIII Ecology and Behavior

54 Behavioral Biology
55 Population Ecology
56 Community Ecology
57 Dynamics of Ecosystems
58 The Biosphere
59 Conservation Biology