Botany: An Introduction. SECTION 1 Biology of the Plant Cell: The Molecular Composition of Plant Cells; The Plant Cell and the Cell Cycle; The Movement of Substances into and out of Cells. SECTION 2 Energetics: The Flow of Energy; Respiration; Photosynthesis, Light, and Life. SECTION 3 Genetics and ...Evolution: Sexual Reproduction and Heredity; The Chemistry of Heredity and Gene Expression; Recombinant DNA Technology, Plant Biotechnology, and Genomics; The Process of Evolution. SECTION 4 Diversity: Systematics: The Science of Biological Diversity; Prokaryotes and Viruses; Fungi; Protista - Algae and Heterotrophic Protists; Bryophytes; Seedless Vascular Plants; Gymnosperms; Introduction to the Angiosperms; Evolution of the Angiosperms; Plants and People. SECTION 5 The Angiosperm Plant Body: Structure and Development: Early Development of the Plant Body; Cells and Tissues of the Plant Body; The Root: Structure and Development; The Shoot: Primary Structure and Development; Secondary Growth in Stems. SECTION 6 Physiology of Seed Plants: Regulating Growth and Development: The Plant Hormones; External Factors and Plant Growth; Plant Nutrition and Soils; The Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants. Appendix: Classification of Organisms. Glossary.
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Publisher: Macmillan
Subjects:science, life sciences, biology, botany