TY - BOOK AU - Mauseth,James D TI - Botany SN - 0763721344 U1 - 580 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Botany N1 - Introduction to plants and botany -- Introduction to the principles of chemistry -- PART 1: PLANT STRUCTURE: Cell structure -- Growth and division of the cell -- Tissues and the primary growth of stems -- Leaves -- Roots -- Structure of woody plants -- Flowers and reproduction -- PART 2: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT: Energy metabolism: photosynthesis -- Energy metabolism: respiration -- Transport processes -- Soils and mineral nutrition -- Development and morphogenesis -- Genes and the genetic basis of metabolism and development -- PART 3: GENETICS AND EVOLUTION: Genetics -- Population genetics and evolution -- Classification and systematics -- Kingdom Monera: Prokaryotes -- Kingdom Myceteae: Fungi -- Algae and the origin of Eukaryotic cells -- Nonvascular plants: Mosses, :Liverworts, and Hornworts -- Vascular plants without seeds -- Seed plants I: Gymnosperms -- Seed plants II: Angiosperms -- PART 4: ECOLOGY: Populations and ecosystems -- Biomes N2 - "In biology, three topics are so important, so fundamental, that they must permeate every aspect of an introductory botany textbook and should be mentioned or alluded to on every page: they are evolution by natural selection, analysis of botanical phenomena, and diversity of organisms and their components." -- ER -