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xxxiii, 891, [64] pages : 29 cm Focusing on animals and their environments, this text avoids listing isolated facts and classifications. The book is organized into four units: cellular biology; molecular biology; physiology, ecology, evolution, and behaviour; and animal diversity Includes bibliographical references and index Materials and mechanisms of cells -- Energetics of cells -- Genetic inheritance -- Genetic control -- Development -- Hormones and other molecular messengers -- Nerve cells -- Nerve systems -- Integument, skeleton, and muscle -- Circulation and immunity -- Oxygen -- Nutrients -- Water and ions -- Temperature -- Physiology of reproduction -- Ecology -- Causes of evolution -- History of evolution -- Behavior -- Systematics -- Prelude to animals: protozoa -- Sponges, placozoa, and mesozoa -- Cnidaria and ctenophora -- Flatworms and other acoelomates -- Nematodes and other pseudocoelomates -- Miscellaneous coelomates -- Molluscs -- Annelids -- Introduction to arthropods: spiders and minor groups -- Crustaceans -- Insects -- Echinoderms -- Introduction to chordates -- Fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals

Author

Harris, C. Leon, 1943-

Publisher

New York: HarperCollins College Publishers

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780673992437

Subjects

Science, Stem