Xu, Jianping,  1965- <br/><br/>
Essentials of life science / 
Jianping Xu, Qingyu Wu. 
 - Singapore :  Higher Education Press :  Thomson,  c2006. 
 - xvi, 390 p. :  col. ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 380) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9812652760 (pbk.) 9789812652768 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology.<br/>Life sciences
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>570  / XUJ