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 the National Academy
of Science and the National Research Council.
Summary
Committed to Excellence. This edition continues the evolution of Raven & Johnson's Biology. The author team
is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost. We have integrated new
pedagogical features to guide the student through the learning process. 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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Raven/Biology, 9/e � Table of Contents
Part 1: The Molecular Basis of Life
1 - The Science of Biology
2 - The Nature of Molecules
3 - The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Part II: Biology of the Cell
4 - Cell Structure
5 - Membranes
6 - Energy and Metabolism
7 - How Cells Harvest Energy
8 - Photosynthesis
9 - Cell Communication
10 - How Cells Divide
Part III: Genetic and Molecular Biology
11 - Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
12 - Patterns of Inheritance
13 - Chromosomes, Matting & the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection
14 - DNA: The Genetic Material
15 - Genes and How They Work
16 - Control of Gene Expression
17 - Biotechnology
18 - Genomics
19 - Cellular Mechanisms of Development
Part IV: Evolution
20 - Genes Within Populations
21 - The Evidence for Evolution
22 - The Origin of Species
23 - Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution
24 - Genome Evolution
25 - Evolution of Development
Part V: Diversity of Life on Earth
26 - The Tree of Life
27 - Viruses
28 - Prokaryotes
29 - Protists
30 - Overview of Green Plants
31 - Fungi
32 - Overview of Animal Diversity
33 - Noncoelomate Invertebrates
34 - Coelomate Invertebrates
35 - Vertebrates
Part VI: Plant Form and Function
36 - Plant Form
37 - Vegetative Plant Development
38 - Transport in Plants
39 - Plant Nutrition and Soils
40 - Plant Defense Responses
41 - Sensory Systems in Plants
42 - Plant Reproduction
Part VII: Animal Form and Function
43 - The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
44 - The Nervous System
45 - Sensory Systems
46 - The Endocrine System
47 - The Musculoskeletal System
48 - The Digestive System
49 - The Respiratory System
50 - The Circulatory System
51 - Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
52 - The Immune System
53 - The Reproductive System
54 - Animal Development
Part VIII: Ecology and Behavior
55 - Behavioral Biology
56 - Population Ecology
57 - Community of Ecology
58 - Dynamics of Ecosystems
59 - The Biosphere
60 - Conservation Biology
