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6e. |
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1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
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Includes index. |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Learning About Life -- Chapter Thread Swimming with the Turtles -- Biology and Society A Passion for Life -- The Scientific Study of Life -- An Overview of the Process of Science -- Hypotheses, Theories, and Facts -- Controlled Experiments -- The Process of Science Do Baby Turtles Swim? -- Evaluating Scientific Claims -- The Properties of Life -- Major Themes in Biology -- The Relationship of Structure to Function -- Information Flow -- Pathways That Transform Energy and Matter -- Interactions within Biological Systems -- Evolution -- Evolution Connection Turtles in the Tree of Life -- Unit 1 Cells -- 2.Essential Chemistry for Biology -- Chapter Thread Helpful Radiation -- Biology and Society Nuclear Medicine -- Some Basic Chemistry -- Matter: Elements and Compounds -- Atoms -- The Process of Science How Effective Is Radiation in Treating Prostate Cancer? -- Chemical Bonding and Molecules -- Chemical Reactions -- Water and Life -- Water |
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Note continued: Acids, Bases, and pH -- Evolution Connection Radioactivity as an Evolutionary Clock -- 3.The Molecules of Life -- Chapter Thread Biology and Society Got Lactose? -- Organic Compounds -- Carbon Chemistry -- Giant Molecules from Smaller Building Blocks -- Large Biological Molecules -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Nucleic Acids -- The Process of Science Does Lactose Intolerance Have a Genetic Basis? -- Evolution Connection the evolution of Lactose Intolerance in Humans -- 4.A Tour of the Cell -- Chapter Thread Humans Versus Bacteria -- Biology and Society Antibiotics: Drugs That Target Bacterial Cells -- The Microscopic World of Cells -- The Two Major Categories of Cells -- An Overview of Eukaryotic Cells -- Membrane Structure -- The Plasma Membrane -- Cell Surfaces -- The Process of Science How Was the First 21st-century Antibiotic Discovered? -- The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell -- The Nucleus -- Ribosomes |
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Note continued: How DNA Directs Protein Production -- The Endomembrane System: Manufacturing and Distributing Cellular Products -- The Endoplasmic Reticulum -- The Golgi Apparatus -- Lysosomes -- Vacuoles -- Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Providing Cellular Energy -- Chloroplasts -- Mitochondria -- The Cytoskeleton: Cell Shape and Movement -- Maintaining Cell Shape -- Flagella and Cilia -- Evolution Connection the Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Humans -- 5.The Working Cell -- Chapter Thread Nanotechnology -- Biology and Society Harnessing Cellular Structures -- Some Basic Energy Concepts -- Conservation of Energy -- Heat -- Chemical Energy -- Food Calories -- ATP and Cellular Work -- The Structure of ATP -- Phosphate Transfer -- The ATP Cycle -- Enzymes -- Activation Energy -- The Process of Science Can Enzymes Be Engineered? -- Enzyme Activity -- Enzyme Inhibitors -- Membrane Function -- Passive Transport: Diffusion across Membranes -- Osmosis and Water Balance |
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Note continued: Active Transport: The Pumping of Molecules across Membranes -- Exocytosis and Endocytosis: Traffic of Large Molecules -- Evolution Connection the Origin of Membranes -- 6.Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food -- Chapter Thread Exercise Science -- Biology and Society Getting the Most Out of Your Muscles -- Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling in the Biosphere -- Producers and Consumers -- Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration -- Cellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvest of Food Energy -- An Overview of Cellular Respiration -- The Three Stages of Cellular Respiration -- The Results of Cellular Respiration -- Fermentation: Anaerobic Harvest of Food Energy -- Fermentation in Human Muscle Cells -- The Process of Science What Causes Muscle Burn? -- Fermentation in Microorganisms -- Evolution Connection the Importance of Oxygen -- 7.Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food -- Chapter Thread Solar Energy |
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Note continued: Biology and Society A Solar Revolution -- The Basics of Photosynthesis -- Chloroplasts: Sites of Photosynthesis -- An Overview of Photosynthesis -- The Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy no The Nature of Sunlight -- The Process of Science What Colors of Light Drive Photosynthesis? -- Chloroplast Pigments -- How Photosystems Harvest Light Energy -- How the Light Reactions Generate ATP and NADPH -- The Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon Dioxide -- Evolution Connection Creating a Better Biofuel Factory -- Unit 2 Genetics -- 8.Cellular Reproduction:Cells from Cells -- Chapter Thread Life with and without Sex -- Biology and Society Virgin Birth of a Shark -- What Cell Reproduction Accomplishes -- The Cell Cycle and Mitosis -- Eukaryotic Chromosomes -- Duplicating Chromosomes -- The Cell Cycle -- Mitosis and Cytokinesis -- Cancer Cells: Dividing Out of Control -- Meiosis, the Basis of Sexual Reproduction -- Homologous Chromosomes |
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Note continued: Gametes and the Life Cycle of a Sexual Organism -- The Process of Meiosis -- Review: Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis -- The Origins of Genetic Variation -- The Process of Science Do All Animals Have Sex? -- When Meiosis Goes Wrong -- Evolution Connection the Advantages of Sex -- 9.Patterns of Inheritance -- Chapter Thread Dog Breeding -- Biology and Society Darwin's Dogs -- Genetics and Heredity -- In an Abbey Garden -- Mendel's Law of Segregation -- Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment -- Using a Testcross to Determine an Unknown Genotype -- The Rules of Probability -- Family Pedigrees -- Human Traits Controlled by a Single Gene -- The Process of Science What Is the Genetic Basis of Short Legs in Dogs? -- Variations on Mendel's Laws -- Incomplete Dominance in Plants and People -- ABO Blood Groups: An Example of Multiple Alleles and Codominance -- Pleiotropy and Sickle-Cell Disease -- Polygenic Inheritance -- Epigenetics and the Role of Environment |
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Note continued: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance -- Linked Genes -- Sex Determination in Humans -- Sex-Linked Genes -- Evolution Connection Barking Up the Evolutionary Tree -- 10.The Structure and Function of DNA -- Chapter Thread Deadly Viruses -- Biology and Society the Global Threat of Zika Virus -- DNA: Structure and Replication -- DNA and RNA Structure -- Watson and Crick's Discovery of the Double Helix -- DNA Replication -- From DNA to RNA to Protein -- How an Organism's Genotype Determines Its Phenotype -- From Nucleotides to Amino Acids: An Overview -- The Genetic Code -- Transcription: From DNA to RNA -- The Processing of Eukaryotic RNA -- Translation: The Players -- Translation: The Process -- Review: DNA [2] RNA [2] Protein -- Mutations -- Viruses and Other Noncellular Infectious Agents -- Bacteriophages -- Plant Viruses -- Animal Viruses -- The Process of Science Can DNA and RNA Vaccines Protect Against Viruses? -- HIV, the AIDS Virus |
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Note continued: Prions -- Evolution Connection Emerging Viruses -- 11.How Genes Are Controlled -- Chapter Thread Cancer -- Biology and Society Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy -- How and Why Genes Are Regulated -- Gene Regulation in Bacteria -- Gene Regulation in Eukaryotic Cells -- Cell Signaling -- Homeotic Genes -- Visualizing Gene Expression -- Cloning Plants and Animals -- The Genetic Potential of Cells -- Reproductive Cloning of Animals -- Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cells -- The Genetic Basis of Cancer -- Genes That Cause Cancer -- The Process of Science Can Avatars Improve Cancer Treatment? -- Cancer Risk and Prevention -- Evolution Connection the Evolution of Cancer in the Body -- 12.DNA Technology -- Chapter Thread DNA Profiling -- Biology and Society Using DNA to Establish Guilt and Innocence -- Genetic Engineering -- Recombinant DNA Techniques -- Gene Editing -- Medical Applications -- Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture -- Human Gene Therapy |
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Note continued: DNA Profiling and Forensic Science -- DNA Profiling Techniques -- Investigating Murder, Paternity, and Ancient DNA -- Bioinformatics -- DNA Sequencing -- Genomics -- Genome-Mapping Techniques -- The Human Genome -- The Process of Science Did Nic Have a Deadly Gene? -- Applied Genomics -- Systems Biology -- Safety and Ethical Issues -- The Controversy over Genetically Modified Foods -- Ethical Questions Raised by Human DNA Technologies -- Evolution Connection the Y Chromosome as a Window on History -- Unit 3 Evolution and Diversity -- 13.How Populations Evolve -- Chapter Thread Evolution in Action -- Biology and Society Mosquitoes and Evolution -- The Diversity of Life -- Naming and Classifying the Diversity of Life -- Explaining the Diversity of Life -- Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species -- Darwin's Journey -- Darwin's Theory -- Evidence of Evolution -- Evidence from Fossils -- Evidence from Homologies -- Evolutionary Trees |
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Note continued: Natural Selection as the Mechanism for Evolution -- Natural Selection in Action -- Key Points about Natural Selection -- The Evolution of Populations -- Sources of Genetic Variation -- Populations as the Units of Evolution -- Analyzing Gene Pools -- Population Genetics and Health Science -- Microevolution as Change in a Gene Pool -- Mechanisms of Evolution -- Natural Selection -- Genetic Drift -- Gene Flow -- Natural Selection: A Closer Look -- The Process of Science Did Natural Selection Shape the Beaks of Darwin's Finches? -- Evolution Connection the Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance -- 14.How Biological Diversity Evolves -- Chapter Thread Evolution in the Human-Dominated World -- Biology and Society Humanity's Footprint -- The Origin of Species -- What Is a Species? -- Reproductive Barriers between Species -- Mechanisms of Speciation -- The Process of Science Do Human Activities Facilitate Speciation? -- Earth History and Macroevolution |
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Note continued: The Fossil Record -- Plate Tectonics and Biogeography -- Mass Extinctions and Explosive Diversifications of Life -- Mechanisms of Macroevolution -- Large Effects from Small Genetic Changes -- The Evolution of Biological Novelty -- Classifying the Diversity of Life -- Classification and Phylogeny -- Classification: A Work in Progress -- Evolution Connection Evolution in the Anthropocene -- 15.The Evolution of Microbial Life -- Chapter Thread Human Microbiota -- Biology and Society Our Invisible Inhabitants -- Major Episodes in the History of Life -- The Origin of Life -- A Four-Stage Hypothesis for the Origin of Life -- From Chemical Evolution to Darwinian Evolution -- Prokaryotes -- They're Everywhere! -- The Structure and Function of Prokaryotes -- The Ecological Impact of Prokaryotes -- The Two Main Branches of Prokaryotic Evolution: Bacteria and Archaea -- The Process of Science are Intestinal Microbiota to Blame for Obesity? -- Protists |
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Note continued: Protozoans -- Slime Molds -- Unicellular and Colonial Algae -- Seaweeds -- Evolution Connection the Sweet Life of Streptococcus mutans -- 16.The Evolution of Plants and Fungi -- Chapter Thread Plant-Fungus Interactions -- Biology and Society the Diamond of the Kitchen -- Colonizing Land -- Terrestrial Adaptations of Plants -- The Origin of Plants from Green Algae -- Plant Diversity -- Highlights of Plant Evolution -- Bryophytes -- Ferns -- Gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- Plant Diversity as a Nonrenewable Resource -- Fungi -- Characteristics of Fungi -- The Process of Science What Killed the Pines? -- The Ecological Impact of Fungi -- Commercial Uses of Fungi -- Evolution Connection A Pioneering Partnership -- 17.The Evolution of Animals -- Chapter Thread Human Evolution -- Biology and Society Evolving Adaptability -- The Origins of Animal Diversity -- What Is an Animal? -- Early Animals and the Cambrian Explosion -- Animal Phylogeny |
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Note continued: Major Invertebrate Phyla -- Sponges -- Cnidarians -- Molluscs -- Flatworms -- Annelids -- Roundworms -- Arthropods -- Echinoderms -- Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity -- Characteristics of Chordates -- Fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Mammals -- The Human Ancestry -- The Evolution of Primates -- The Emergence of Humankind -- The Process of Science What Can Lice Tell Us About Ancient Humans? -- Evolution Connection Are We Still Evolving? -- Unit 4 Ecology -- 18.An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere -- Chapter Thread Climate Change -- Biology and Society Penguins, Polar Bears, and People in Peril -- An Overview of Ecology -- Ecology and Environmentalism -- A Hierarchy of Interactions -- Living in Earth's Diverse Environments -- Abiotic Factors of the Biosphere -- The Evolutionary Adaptations of Organisms -- Adjusting to Environmental Variability -- Biomes -- Freshwater Biomes -- Marine Biomes |
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Note continued: How Climate Affects Terrestrial Biome Distribution -- Terrestrial Biomes -- The Water Cycle -- Human Impact on Biomes -- Climate Change -- The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming -- The Accumulation of Greenhouse Gases -- Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems -- The Process of Science How Does Climate Change Affect Species Distribution? -- Looking to Our Future -- Evolution Connection Climate Change as an Agent of Natural Selection -- 19.Population Ecology -- Chapter Thread Biological Invasions -- Biology and Society Invasion of the Lionfish -- An Overview of Population Ecology -- Population Density -- Population Age Structure -- Life Tables and Survivorship Curves -- Life History Traits as Adaptations -- Population Growth Models -- The Exponential Population Growth Model: The Ideal of an Unlimited Environment -- The Logistic Population Growth Model: The Reality of a Limited Environment -- Regulation of Population Growth |
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Note continued: Applications of Population Ecology -- Conservation of Endangered Species -- Sustainable Resource Management -- Invasive Species -- Biological Control of Pests -- The Process of Science Can Fences Stop Cane Toads? -- Integrated Pest Management -- Human Population Growth -- The History of Human Population Growth -- Age Structures -- Our Ecological Footprint -- Evolution Connection Humans as an Invasive Species -- 20.Communities and Ecosystems -- Chapter Thread Importance of Biodiversity -- Biology and Society Why Biodiversity Matters -- Biodiversity -- Genetic Diversity -- Species Diversity -- Ecosystem Diversity -- Causes of Declining Biodiversity -- Community Ecology -- Interspecific Interactions -- Trophic Structure -- Species Diversity in Communities -- Disturbances and Succession in Communities -- Ecological Succession -- Ecosystem Ecology -- Energy Flow in Ecosystems -- Chemical Cycling in Ecosystems -- Conservation and Restoration Biology |
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Note continued: Biodiversity "Hot Spots" -- Conservation at the Ecosystem Level -- The Process of Science Does Biodiversity Protect Human Health? -- Restoring Ecosystems -- The Goal of Sustainable Development -- Evolution Connection Saving the Hot Spots -- Unit 5 Animal Structure and Function -- 21.Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function -- Chapter Thread Controlling Body Temperature -- Biology and Society An Avoidable Tragedy -- The Structural Organization of Animals -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Tissues -- Organs and Organ Systems -- Exchanges with the External Environment -- Regulating the Internal Environment -- Homeostasis -- Negative and Positive Feedback -- Thermoregulation -- The Process of Science How Does a Python Warm Her Eggs? -- Osmoregulation -- Homeostasis in the Urinary System -- Evolution Connection Adaptations for Thermoregulation -- 22.Nutrition and Digestion -- Chapter Thread Controlling Your Weight |
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Note continued: Biology and Society the "Secret" to Shedding Pounds -- An Overview of Animal Nutrition -- Animal Diets -- The Four Stages of Food Processing -- Digestive Compartments -- A Tour of the Human Digestive System -- System Map -- The Mouth -- The Pharynx -- The Esophagus -- The Stomach -- The Small Intestine -- The Human Microbiome -- The Large Intestine -- Human Nutritional Requirements -- Food as Fuel -- Food as Building Material -- Decoding Food Labels -- Nutritional Disorders -- Malnutrition -- Eating Disorders -- Obesity -- The Process of Science Can a Gene Make You Fat? -- Evolution Connection Fat and Sugar Cravings -- 23.Circulation and Respiration -- Chapter Thread Athletic Endurance -- Biology and Society Avoiding "The Wall" -- Unifying Concepts of Animal Circulation -- The Human Cardiovascular System -- The Path of Blood -- How the Heart Works -- Blood Vessels -- Blood -- The Process of Science Live High, Train Low? -- Cardiovascular Disease |
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Note continued: Unifying Concepts of Animal Respiration -- The Human Respiratory System -- The Path of Air -- The Brain's Control over Breathing -- The Role of Hemoglobin in Gas Transport -- The Toll of Smoking on the Lungs -- Evolution Connection Evolving Endurance -- 24.The Body's Defenses -- Chapter Thread Vaccines -- Biology and Society Herd Immunity -- An Overview of the Immune System -- Innate Immunity -- External Innate Defenses -- Internal Innate Defenses -- The Lymphatic System -- Circulatory Function -- Immune Function -- Adaptive Immunity -- Step 1 Recognizing the Invaders -- Step 2 Cloning the Responders -- Step 3 Responding to Invaders -- Step 4 Remembering Invaders -- The Process of Science How Do We Know Vaccines Work? -- Immune Disorders -- Allergies -- Autoimmune Diseases -- Immunodeficiency Diseases -- AIDS -- Evolution Connection Viral Evolution versus the Flu Vaccine -- 25.Hormones -- Chapter Thread Steroid Abuse |
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Note continued: Biology and Society Baseball's Ongoing Steroid Problem -- Hormones: An Overview -- The Human Endocrine System -- The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland -- The Thyroid and Metabolism -- The Pancreas and Blood Glucose -- The Adrenal Glands and Stress -- The Gonads and Sex Hormones -- Mimicking Sex Hormones -- The Process of Science Do 'Roids Cause Rage? -- Evolution Connection Steroids and Male Aggression -- 26.Reproduction and Development -- Chapter Thread High-Tech Babies -- Biology and Society New Ways of Making Babies -- Unifying Concepts of Animal Reproduction -- Asexual Reproduction -- Sexual Reproduction -- Human Reproduction -- Male Reproductive Anatomy -- Female Reproductive Anatomy -- Gametogenesis -- The Female Reproductive Cycle -- Reproductive Health -- Contraception -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Human Development -- Fertilization by Sperm -- Basic Concepts of Embryonic Development -- Pregnancy and Early Development |
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Note continued: The Stages of Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Reproductive Technologies -- Infertility -- In Vitro Fertilization -- The Process of Science are Babies Conceived through In Vitro Fertilization as Healthy as Babies Conceived Naturally? -- The Ethics of IVF -- Evolution Connection the "Grandmother Hypothesis" -- 27.Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems -- Chapter Thread Neurotoxins -- Biology and Society Medicinal Poisons -- An Overview of Animal Nervous Systems -- Neurons -- Organization of Nervous Systems -- Sending a Signal through a Neuron -- Passing a Signal from a Neuron to a Receiving Cell -- The Human Nervous System: A Closer Look -- The Central Nervous System -- The Peripheral Nervous System -- The Human Brain -- The Senses -- Sensory Input -- Vision -- Hearing -- Locomotor Systems -- The Skeletal System -- The Muscular System -- The Process of Science Can Botulism Toxin Prevent Headaches? -- Stimulus and Response: Putting It All Together |
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Note continued: Evolution Connection A Neurotoxin Arms Race -- Unit 6 Plant Structure and Function -- 28.The Life of a Flowering Plant -- Chapter Thread Agriculture -- Biology and Society the Buzz on Coffee Plants -- The Structure and Function of a Flowering Plant -- Monocots and Eudicots -- Roots, Stems, and Leaves -- Plant Tissues and Tissue Systems -- Plant Cells -- Plant Growth -- Primary Growth: Lengthening -- Secondary Growth: Thickening -- The Process of Science What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? -- The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant -- The Flower -- Overview of the Flowering Plant Life Cycle -- Pollination and Fertilization -- Seed Formation -- Fruit Formation -- Seed Germination -- Evolution Connection the Problem of the Disappearing Bees -- 29.The Working Plant -- Chapter Thread The Interdependence of Organisms -- Biology and Society Planting Hope in the Wake of Disaster -- How Plants Acquire and Transport Nutrients -- Plant Nutrition |
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Note continued: From the Soil into the Roots -- The Role of Bacteria in Nitrogen Nutrition -- The Transport of Water -- The Transport of Sugars -- The Process of Science Can the Pressure Flow Mechanism Be Directly Measured? -- Economic Uses of Plant Transport Products -- Plant Hormones -- Auxins -- Cytokinins -- Ethylene -- Gibberellins -- Abscisic Acid -- Response to Stimuli -- Tropisms -- Photoperiodism -- Evolution Connection Plants. Bugs, and People -- Appendices -- A.Metric Conversion Table -- B.The Periodic Table -- C.Credits -- D.Selected Answers. |
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Biology -- Textbooks.
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Physiology -- Textbooks.
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Plant physiology -- Textbooks.
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Biology.
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Physiology.
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Plant physiology.
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Biology (DNLM)D001695 |
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Physiology (DNLM)D010827 |
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Plant Physiological Phenomena (DNLM)D018521 |
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Biology. (OCoLC)fst00832383
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Physiology. (OCoLC)fst01063177
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Plant physiology. (OCoLC)fst01065616
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Textbook (DNLM)D022923 |
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Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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Textbooks.
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| ISBN |
9780134711751 (pbk.) |
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0134711750 (pbk.) |
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9781292307282 (pbk.) |
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1292307285 |
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9781292307305 (pbk.) |
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1292307307 |
