Biological systems
[by] Shelby D. Gerking.
- Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders, 1969.
- xiv, 480 p. illus., (part col.) 27 cm.
the elementary unit of life: the cell; multiplication by division; basic chemistry of the cell; the plasma membrane; classification; bacteria and viruses; the stem, the root and the leaf; photosynthesis; life from the soil; life from water; the heart and the blood; the fate of food materials; exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide; cellular bioenergetics; waste disposal; nervous coordination; chemical coordination; animal reproduction and development; plant reproduction and development; inheritance; molecular genetics; ecology; species emerging