A Textbook of Life Science
Contents: 1. Ecology: A General Account. 2. Population Ecology. 3. Community Ecology. 4. Ecosystem Ecology. 5. Biome Ecology. 6. Behavioural Ecology. 7. Biodiversity: Concepts and facts. 8. Conservation of Biodiversity. 9. Cell Structure. 10. Signal Transduction. 11. Cell Division. 12. DNA Structure and Replication. 13. Mutation and DNA Repair. 14. Gene Expression. 15. Gene Regulation. 16. Biology of Cancer. 17. Enzyme I: Structure. 18. Enzyme II: Functions. 19. Bioenergetics. 20. Photosynthesis. 21. Respiration. 22. Phytohormones. 23. Sensory Photobiology. 24. Stress Physiology. 25. Immune Response. 26. Population Genetics. 27. Natural Selection and Speciation. 28. Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny.
This book is a comprehensive text for the PG students in the field of life Sciences. It takes a student on a tour of life science from genome to ecosystem. The book is also of great help for the students appearing for CSIR-NET/ JRF, GATE, SLET,IAS, IFS and other related competitive exams. The exclusive features of the book which differentiates it from the other books in the market are enumerated below: The language of the book is simple and lucid with self-explanatory diagrams. Various chapters which are perceived as difficult by students and also which have not been discussed effectively in other texts have been covered efficiently in this text. Few such topics are structure of cryptochrome, sensory transduction mechanism of stomatal physiology, RNA interference and basic difference between miRNA and siRNA and evolution genetics.
