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Essentials of life science / Jianping Xu, Qingyu Wu.

By: Xu, Jianping, 1965-.
Contributor(s): Wu, Qingyu.
Publisher: Singapore : Higher Education Press : Thomson, c2006Description: xvi, 390 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9812652760 (pbk.); 9789812652768 (pbk.).Subject(s): Biology | Life sciencesDDC classification: 570
Contents:
1. Introduction to life science. 2. The diversity and taxonomy of organisms. 3. The cell. 4. The chemical basis of life. 5. Energy and metabolism. 6. Cellular respiration: harvesting chemical energy. 7. Photosynthesis. 8. Reproduction and the transmission of genetic materials. 9. DNA: the molecular blueprint for life. 10. The regulation of gene expression. 11. Recombinant DNA technology. 12. Biotechnology: a revolution in modern biological sciences. 13. The origin and evolution of life. 14. Plants: structure, function, and development. 15. Animals: structure, function, and development. 16. Fundamentals of ecology.
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 16 , Side 2, TierNo 5, BayNo 2

570 XUJ (Browse shelf) 1 Available SLASx,05000,03,GR 5000011060

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380) and index.

1. Introduction to life science. 2. The diversity and taxonomy of organisms. 3. The cell. 4. The chemical basis of life. 5. Energy and metabolism. 6. Cellular respiration: harvesting chemical energy. 7. Photosynthesis. 8. Reproduction and the transmission of genetic materials. 9. DNA: the molecular blueprint for life. 10. The regulation of gene expression. 11. Recombinant DNA technology. 12. Biotechnology: a revolution in modern biological sciences. 13. The origin and evolution of life. 14. Plants: structure, function, and development. 15. Animals: structure, function, and development. 16. Fundamentals of ecology.

Biology : 9700