Biology ISE

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., is director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University at St. Louis. He oversees the garden's internationally recognized research program in tropical botany--one of the world's most active in the study and conservation of imperiled tropical habitats. Raven's botanical research and work in the area of tropical conservation have earned him numerous honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He has written 17 textbooks and more than 400 articles, and he is a member of th National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.

The Raven & Johnson's Biology author team is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost. The integrated pedagogical features expand the students' learning process and enhance their learning experience. This latest edition of the text maintains the clear, accessible, and engaging writing style of past editions with the solid framework of pedagogy that highlights an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry that have made this a leading textbook for students majoring in biology. This emphasis on the organizing power of evolution is combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is student friendly and current.Additionally, with McGraw Hill Connect, powerful digital tools augment instruction by helping students think more critically, develop quantitative and graphing skills and apply their knowledge in a laboratory setting. Connect Virtual Labs can be implemented in a hybrid or fully online setting to help students prepare for the wet lab and strengthening their lab experience.

Part I The Molecular Basis of Life 1 The Science of Biology2 The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water3 The Chemical Building Blocks of LifePart II Biology of the Cell 4 Cell Structure5 Membranes6 Energy and Metabolism7 How Cells Harvest Energy8 Photosynthesis9 Cell Communication10 How Cells DividePart III Genetic and Molecular Biology 11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis12 Patterns of Inheritance13The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance, and Human Genetics14 DNA: The Genetic Material15 Genes and How They Work16 Control of Gene Expression17 Biotechnology18 Genomics19 Cellular Mechanisms of DevelopmentPart IV Evolution 20 Genes Within Populations21 The Evidence for Evolution22 The Origin of Species23 Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Comparative Biology24 Genome EvolutionPart V Diversity of Life on Earth 25 Origin and Diversity of Life26 Viruses27 Prokaryotes28 Protists29 Seedless Plants30 Seed Plants31 Fungi32 Animal Diversity & the Evolution of Body Plans33 Protostomes34 DeuterostomesPart VI Plant Form and Function 35 Plant Form36 Transport in Plants37 Plant Nutrition and Soils38 Plant Defense Responses39 Plant Sensory Systems40 Plant ReproductionPart VII Animal Form and Function 41 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation42 The Nervous System43 Sensory Systems44 The Endocrine System45 The Musculoskeletal System46 The Digestive System47 The Respiratory System48 The Circulatory System49 Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System50 The Immune System51 The Reproductive Systems52 Animal DevelopmentPart VIII Ecology and Behavior 53 Behavioral Biology54 Ecology of Individuals and Populations55 Community Ecology56 Dynamics of Ecosystems57 The Biosphere and Human Impacts58 Conservation Biology