
LSC Evolution,Diversity, and Ecology REPAIR
Units 4, 5, and 8
Robert J. Brooker(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 29. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-748467-5 (ISBN)
Description
This Volume of BIOLOGY covers Evolution, Diversity and Ecology.The Brooker et. al text features an evolutionary focus with an emphasis on scientific inquiry.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-748467-5 (9780077484675)
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Person
Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.
Content
Unit 4 Evolution22 Origin and History of Life23 An Introduction to Evolution24 Population Genetics25 Origin of Species26 Taxonomy and SystematicsUnit 5 Diversity27 Prokaryotes: Earth's Simplest and Most Ancient Life Forms28 Protists: Diverse Small Eukaryotes of Earth's Watery Places29 The Kingdom Fungi30 Plants and the Conquest of Land31 The Origin and Diversity of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms32 An Introduction to Animal Diversity33 The Invertebrates34 The VertebratesUnit 8 Ecology54 An Introduction to Ecology and Biomes55 Behavioral Ecology56 Population Ecology57 Species Interactions58 Community Ecology59 Ecosystem Ecology60 Conservation Biology and Biodiversity