Integrated Principles of Zoology
5th edition, 1974, Hardcover. 922 illustrations,
1,025 illustrations. Massive publication.
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction to the Living Animal.
General Considerations; Matter & Life; The Cell as the Unit of Life;
Physiology of the Cell; Architecturally Pattern of an Animal.
Part 2: The Diversity of Animal Life.
Classification of Animals; The Acellular Animals; The Lowest
Metazoans; The Radiate Animals; The Acoelomate Animals; The
Pseudocoelomate Animals; The Mollusks; The Segmented Worms; The
Arthropods; The Aquatic Mandibulates; Terrestrial Mandibulates the
Myriapod and insects; The lesser Protostomes; The Lophophorate Animals;
The Echinoderms; The lesser Deuterostomes; The Chorades: Ancestry &
evolution, general characteristics, Protochordates; The Fishes; The
Amphibians; The Reptiles; The Birds; The Mammals.
Part 3: Activity & Continuity of Life.
Internal Fluids Circulation, respiration & Excretion; Digestion &
Nutrition; Support, Protection & Movement; Coordination : Nervous
system, Sense Organs & Endocrine System; The Reproductive process;
Principles of Development, Principles of Inheritance;
Part 4: The Evolution of Animal Life.
Origin of Life (Biopoiesis); Organic Evolution, The Evolution and Nature
of Man.
Part 5: The Animal & its Environment.
The Biosphere & Animal Distribution; Ecology of Populations and
Communities; Problems of Man ecosystem; Animal Behaviour Patterns.
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