Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology: An Introduction to Plant Biology / Edition 7

by James D. Mauseth

Overview

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition continues to set the standard for the fundamentals of plant science. No botany text better connects structure to function and does so with higher quality art and imagery. Combining strong scientific grounding with an approachable writing style, Botany teaches and engages. The essentials to a foundational understanding of plant science are all there, including structure, genetics and evolution, physiology and development, and ecology. Now in an updated seventh edition, the text continues to lead with the latest material on molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and the most recent coverage of taxonomy and phylogeny of plants to keep students on the forefront of cutting-edge botanical research. Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition is the clear choice for students digging into this exciting science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284157352
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	12/09/2019
Edition description:	7th ed.
Pages:	844
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

James MausethThe University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative BiologyEducation:B.S., University of Washington at Seattle, 1970' 'Ph.D., University of Washington at Seattle, 1975Research:Research in his lab centers on evolution of morphogenic mechanisms and structure. They use cacti as model organisms because the family contains a great amount of structural/developmental diversity and because the cactus genus Pekeskia retains numerous relictual characters. Plants of Pereskia have hard woody stems and ordinary large leaves. From ancestors like this, morphogenic mechanisms have evolved into ones capable of controlling the differentiation of various types of highly modified wood, unusual types of cortex that have leaf-like features, and apical meristems that minimize the number of mitoses necessary to produce large plants. Because each evolutionary line in the family has undergone particular types of modification of the morphogenic mechanism, they can compare different types of differentiation of a particular tissue, each type controlled by homologous morphogenic mechanisms.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to Plants and Botany
Chapter 2 Overview of Plant Life
Chapter 3 Ethnobotany
Part 2 Plant Structure
Chapter 4 Cell Structure
Chapter 5 Growth and Division of the Cell
Chapter 6 Tissues and the Primary Growth of Stems
Chapter 7 Leaves
Chapter 8 Roots
Chapter 9 Structure of Woody Plants
Chapter 10 Flowers and Reproduction
Part 3 Plant Physiology and Development
Chapter 11 Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis
Chapter 12 Energy Metabolism: Respiration
Chapter 13 Transport Processes
Chapter 14 Soils and Mineral Nutrition
Chapter 15 Development and Morphogenesis
Part 4 Genetics and Evolution
Chapter 16 Genes and the Genetic Basis of Metabolism and Development
Chapter 17 Genetics
Chapter 18 Population Genetics and Evolution
Chapter 19 Classification and Systematics
Chapter 20 Algae and the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
Chapter 21 Nonvascular Plants: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts
Chapter 22 Vascular Plants Without Seeds
Chapter 23 Seed Plants I: Gymnosperms
Chapter 24 Seed Plants II: Angiosperms
Part 5 Ecology
Chapter 25 Populations and Ecosystems
Chapter 26 Community Ecology
Chapter 27 Biomes

Editorial Reviews

A colorfully inviting introductory botany textbook that stresses the ideas of evolution by natural selection, the analysis of biological phenomena and diversity, and the diversity of organisms and their components. The topics proceed from the most familiar--structure, to the less familiar--metabolism, to the least familiar to most beginning students--genetics, evolution, the diversity of organisms, and ecology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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