Diversity of Life (Biology, the Unity & Diversity of Life) - Softcover

Starr, Cecie; Taggart, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534379435 ISBN 13: 9780534379438

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This brief and specialized book was designed for general non-major biology courses, and presents the six kingdoms of life in an evolutionary framework. This book includes descriptions, illustrations, life cycles of representative viruses, bacteria, protistans, fungi, plants, invertebrates, and more. DIVERSITY OF LIFE covers Unit IV, "Evolution and Biodiversity," from the authors' main text, BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Ninth Edition, and includes a customized table of contents and the back matter (the glossary, the index, etc.) from the larger book.

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Review:

UNIT IV: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY. 20. Viruses and Prokaryotes. 21. Protists-The Simplest Eukaryotes. 22. The Land Plants. 23. Fungi. 24. Animal Evolution-The Invertebrates. 25. Animal Evolution-The Chordates. 26. Human Evolution. 27. Plants and Animals-Common Challenges. 48. Human Impacts on the Biosphere. APPENDICES. A1. Classification System. A2. How to Read a Journal Article. A3. Answers to Self-Quizzes and Genetics Problems. A4. Units of Measure. GLOSSARY.

About the Author:

Christine Evers has been creating multimedia and Web-based materials to supplement Starr and other science texts for ten years. She earned her B.S. in Biology from SUNY Stony Brook. After working as a research assistant studying the developmental biology of slime mold, she was awarded an N.S.F. fellowship to attend Yale, where she studied evolutionary biology and honeybee behavior. She has a strong interest in science education and serves as a member of her local school board.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0534379435
• ISBN 13: 9780534379438
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 175