TY - BOOK AU - Xu,Jianping AU - Wu,Qingyu TI - Essentials of life science SN - 9812652760 (pbk.) U1 - 570 PY - 2006/// CY - Singapore PB - Higher Education Press, Thomson KW - Biology KW - Life sciences N1 - 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 ER -