The diversity of life : from single cells to multicellular organisms /
by Robert Snedden.
- Chicago, IL : Heinemann Library, 2003.
- p. cm.
- Cells and life .
Contents: A dazzling diversity -- What's in a name? -- Living kingdom -- All together now -- Mutations __ Genetic drift -- Natural selection -- Adaptation -- Ripples in the gene pool -- Speciation -- Simple beginnings -- A tour of the kingdoms -- Protistans -- Fungi -- Plants -- Plant evolution -- Animals -- A brief history of life -- The end of the line -- The threat to diversity.