Kent, Michael,  1950- <br/><br/>
Advanced biology / 
Michael Kent. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2000. 
 - 624 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A new mainstream text for the new specifications" - Cover 
<br/><br/>Preface. - The basics of life. - Ch. 1. What is biology? Ch. 2. The chemicals of life. Ch. 3. Metabolic reactions. Ch. 4 Cells. -- Animals and plants. Ch. 5. Photosynthesis. Ch. 6. Respiration. Ch. 7. Gaseous exchange and transport in mammals. Ch. 8. Homeostasis. Ch. 9. Heterotrophic nutrition. Ch. 10. Nervous and hormonal coordination. Ch. 11. Locomotion and behaviour. Ch. 12. Animal reproduction. Ch. 13. Structure and transport in plant. Ch. 14. Reproduction and coordination in flowering plants. -- Health and disease. Ch. 15. Infections diseases. Ch. 16. Non-infectious diseases. Ch. 17. Microorganisms and their applications. -- Genetics and evolution. Ch. 18. Molecular biology of the gene. Ch. 19. Inheritance. - Ch. 20. Evolution. - Ch. 21. The variety of living things. -- Ecology and conservation. Ch. 22. Environmental biology. - Ch. 23. Applied ecology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0199141959 (pbk.) 9780199141951 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>570  / KEN