《分子细胞生物学(第4版)(影印版)》英文原版是国际上颇受欢迎的教科书之一，国内不少重点高校已将其第3版作为专业教材。《分子细胞生物学(第4版)(影印版)》依然保持上一版简明扼要的特点，在内容上强调基础性，包括基本概念、基础知识和基础训练。内容取舍适当，篇幅适宜，系统性较好，知识更新及时。《分子细胞生物学(第4版)(影印版)》各章几乎对上一版的每一个论题都进行了修订。《分子细胞生物学(第4版)(影印版)》中对于一些重要知识点的内容介绍了来龙去脉，在每一章后面都介绍了相关的“实验途径”；有些章节后面还有“人类视角”，介绍与人类自身相关的知识，这对于训练学生的科学思维能力大有补益。

《中国古代野生动物地理分布》整理了我国部分历史文献中野生动物栖息、繁衍、分布的记录，并遵照现代动物地理学分类原理，揭示了不同历史时期我国主要野生动物的分布特征，是文榕生先生继其《中国珍稀野生动物分布变迁》付梓后又一重要研究成果。
我国历史文献中富含大量宝贵的野生动物生存和生活的信息，但这些信息隐藏在海量文献里，且多错讹。综合运用文献学、历史学、动物学、地理学等学科的知识，摘录、考订、鉴别、梳理历史时期我国野生动物的分布特征无疑是一项重大的科研工程。据《中国地方志联合目录》载，我国现存于国内外的各种地方志8264种。文先生在没有科研经费支持的条件下，几乎是尽一人之力检索、翻阅了其中470余种方志，并经科学校勘、辨伪和考证，整理了这些方志中记载的1200余种野生动物，如原生、刺胞、线形、环节、星虫、蜢虫、软体、节肢（甲壳、肢口、唇足、倍足、蛛形）、腕足、昆虫、棘皮、头索、鱼、两栖、爬行、鸟、哺乳等门（纲）的分布信息，在此基础上分析了秦汉以降我国主要野生动物的分布特征，研究对象的空间尺度大部分被细化至地（市）级行政区，少部分甚至被细化至县级。
文榕生编著的《中国古代野生动物地理分布》在较系统研究我国古代文献，尤其是古方志的基础上，主要采用原文献摘编的形式，对古文献中记载的野生动物资料深入发掘，认真进行鉴别、确认与梳理，较全面、系统与客观地反映古人对野生动物的分类、命名以及形态特征描述、生活习性与地理分布等相关信息的记载。一方面，以现代动物分类系统为基础，对古文献中所记载并已鉴定出的动物，涉及原生、刺胞、线形、环节、星虫、蜢虫、软体、节肢（甲壳、肢口、唇足、倍足、蛛形）、腕足、昆虫、棘皮、头索、鱼、两栖、爬行、鸟、哺乳等门（纲）的物种进行归类。另一方面，按照历史动物地理学原理，系统展现不同历史时期我国各地的野生动物分布状况，既涉及各省级行政区，还涉及大部分地（市）级行政区，甚至一些县级行政区的野生动物分布状况。不仅可以应用于动物资源的合理利用与保护、自然保护区规划与建设、自然环境的变迁、动物疫情流行和自然疫源地等研究，而且可为当前世界面临的动物多样性保护、环境变化等重大问题，提供动物物种与分布的演变历史资料，为在更大的时空范围内探讨其因果关系提供基础资料。
《中国古代野生动物地理分布》不仅适合动物、地理、历史地理、环境、气候、植物、林业、生态、自然史等专业人士阅读，或进行更深入研究，而且可供历史、人口、社会、经济等多种专业师生和有关科研人员参考使用。此外，对动物感兴趣的非专业人员，本书也具有某种科普作用。

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza was among the first to ask whether the genes of modern populations contain a historical record of the human species. Cavalli-Sforza and others have answered this question--anticipated by Darwin--with a decisive yes. Genes, Peoples, and Languages comprises five lectures that serve as a summation of the author's work over several decades, the goal of which has been nothing less than tracking the past hundred thousand years of human evolution. Cavalli-Sforza raises questions that have serious political, social, and scientific import: When and where did we evolve? How have human societies spread across the continents? How have cultural innovations affected the growth and spread of populations? What is the connection between genes and languages? Always provocative and often astonishing, Cavalli-Sforza explains why there is no genetic basis for racial classification.

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history.
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.
In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows readers to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species. Reich delves into how the genomic revolution is transforming our understanding of modern humans and how DNA studies reveal deep inequalities among different populations, between the sexes, and among individuals. Provocatively, Reich’s book suggests that there might very well be biological differences among human populations but that these differences are unlikely to conform to common stereotypes.
Drawing upon revolutionary findings and unparalleled scientific studies, Who We Are and How We Got Here is a captivating glimpse into humankind—where we came from and what that says about our lives today.

《分子植物育种》是国际上首部有关植物分子育种的百科《分子植物育种》式综合参考书和教材。《分子植物育种》共15章，涵盖了植物分子育种的各个方面，包括：DNA标记技术，遗传图谱的构建，高通量“组学”技术，植物遗传学和作物改良的常用群体，分子工具在植物遗传资源管理、评价和创新中的应用，复杂性状分子剖析的理论和实践，标记辅助育种的理论与应用，基因型×环境互作的分析，基因的分离与功能分析，基因转移和遗传修饰植物，知识产权和植物品种保护，育种信息学，决策支持工具。每一章都经过同行评阅，包含了大量最新信息，并有表格、数据和参考文献的支持。

《发育原理》(第2版)简明扼要，概括性强，每章用不长的篇幅既系统阐述了发育原理又重点介绍了必要概念；选用了大量图解配合有关章节内容形象地解释发育原理和重要概念，并精心撰写了各章节的小结附于其后，对主要内容的展示起到了画龙点睛的作用；在编排体系上，内容衔接逻辑性强，因而易于讲授与学习；书后附有重要的术语，便于诀者对这些关键性概念的检索和理解。

Molecular Biology of the Cell is the classic in-depth text reference in cell biology. By extracting the fundamental concepts from this enormous and ever-growing field, the authors tell the story of cell biology, and create a coherent framework through which non-expert readers may approach the subject. Written in clear and concise language, and beautifully illustrated, the book is enjoyable to read, and it provides a clear sense of the excitement of modern biology. Molecular Biology of the Cell sets forth the current understanding of cell biology (completely updated as of Autumn 2001), and it explores the intriguing implications and possibilities of the great deal that remains unknown.
The hallmark features of previous editions continue in the Fourth Edition. The book is designed with a clean and open, single-column layout. The art program maintains a completely consistent format and style, and includes over 1,600 photographs, electron micrographs, and original drawings by the authors. Clear and concise concept headings introduce each section. Every chapter contains extensive references. Most important, every chapter has been subjected to a rigorous, collaborative revision process where, in addition to incorporating comments from expert reviewers, each co-author reads and reviews the other authors' prose. The result is a truly integrated work with a single authorial voice.</P>

什么是生命的秩序？达尔文一生所求的关键化石为何始终缺失？每次生命大爆发之前，都有大规模物种灭绝降临，在生命的轮回中大灭绝究竟扮演了什么角色？
作者艾崔奇为读者扫清了知识的迷障，他精准地把握了生命演化的脉搏，从跨度数十亿年的重要化石中寻找启示。生物演化并不像达尔文设想的那样是缓慢而渐进的变化过程，艾崔奇揭示：在大规模物种灭绝发生之前，物种都不会发生任何显著的变化。这一生命的律动，正如地球上古老动植物化石记录的那样，被认为是当下对演化最为合理的描述。

神经元（神经细胞）是构成神经系统的基石，对神经元各个方面的深入、彻底的理解对于我们从各个层次对神经系统进行分析都是十分必要的。本书论述神经细胞的形态学、生物化学、生物物理学基础知识，这些知识正迎合了相关专业的大学生、研究生、科研人员的需要。
2000年诺贝尔生理医学奖获得者Eric R.Kandel盛赞此书：“凭着对神经生理学的独到的、富有创见的阐述，这本书填补了一个亟需填补的空白。
行文清晰，尤其是插图经过了精心设计，图示精美。
每一章的编写才均为该令域的权威和学科带头人。
被专家誉为“神经科学家书架上的必备书”。

Every student package automatically includes a CD-ROM and access to a website containing tutorials, molecular models, and more.
The long-awaited Fifth Edition of James D. Watson's classic text, Molecular Biology of the Gene, has been thoroughly revised and is published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Watson and Crick's paper on the structure of the DNA double- helix.
Despite being completely updated, the new edition retains the distinctive character of earlier editions that made it the most widely used book in molecular biology. Twenty-one concise chapters, co-authored by five highly respected molecular biologists, provide current, authoritative coverage of a fast-changing discipline. The completely new art is printed in full colour for the first time.
Divided into four parts, the first (Genetics and Chemistry) begins with an overview of molecular biology, placing the discipline in historical context and introducing the basic chemical concepts that underpin our description of molecular biology today. The second part (Central Dogma) forms the heart of the book, describing in detail the basic mechanisms of molecular biology. The third part of the book (Regulation) deals with how gene expression is regulated - from the examination of basic mechanisms that regulate gene expression in bacterial and eukaryotic systems, to a description of how regulation of gene expression lies at the heart of the process of development. Recent findings from sequencing whole genomes of several animals have revealed that they all share essentially the same genes. The last chapter in the regulation section looks at how changes in gene regulation can account for how different animals can be made from the same genes. The final part of the book (Methods) deals with the techniques and methods used in molecular biology.
[Contents]
I. CHEMISTRY AND GENETICS.
1. The Mendelian View of the World.
2. Nucleic Acids Convey Genetic Information.
3. The Importance of Weak Chemical Interactions.
4. The Importance of High Energy Bonds.
5. Weak and Strong Bonds Determine Macromolecular Interactions.
II. CENTRAL DOGMA.
6. The Structures of DNA and RNA.
7. Chromatin and the Nucleosome.
8. The Replication of DNA.
9. The Mutability and Repair of DNA.
10. Homologous Recombination of DNA.
11. Site Specific Recombination and Transposition of DNA.
12. Mechanisms of Transcription.
13. The Processing of RNA.
14. Translation.
15. The Genetic Code.
III. REGULATION.
16. Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes.
17. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes.
18. Gene Regulation in Development.
19. Comparative Genomics and the Evolution of Animal Diversity.
IV. METHODS.
20. Techniques of Molecular Biology.
21. Model Systems: Cells and Viruses.
[Features]
Early chapters on chemical and molecular interactions give a richer context to the material that follows and stress the importance of weak chemical interactions in biology.
The text has balanced coverage of prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.
Important experiments and techniques relevant to chapter concepts are revealed in boxes in every chapter. These include recent techniques from the fields of genomics and bioinformatics.
Quantitative and critical thinking end-of-chapter questions allow students to apply their knowledge of the chapters key concepts.
An all new art programme features more than 750 line drawings in full colour. In addition, the art in the text has been integrated into animations on the accompanying CD-ROM and website.
The lively, incisive writing style that characterized earlier editions is once again a hallmark in the new edition.
Integrated media helps students better understand complex structures and molecular interactions. The CD-ROM and website offer animated tutorials, critical thinking exercises, and 3-D interactive molecular models in Chime.

What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future – all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet's preeminent species. But in recent decades, these claims have been eroded, or even disproven, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition: take the octopuses that use coconut shells as tools; the elephants that classify humans by age, gender, and language; or Ayumu, the young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame. Based on research involving crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, whales, and of course chimpanzees and bonobos, Frans de Waal demonstrates that we have grossly underestimated both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence. He offers a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are.

《消逝中的荒野:中国西部野生动物保护》的作者有时有意把中国西部的野生动物保护同北美西部（也就是美国和加拿大的西部）进行比较。作者的部分意图是让西方读者更容易理解中国的西部，而在中文版里，让中国读者了解一些北美西部的情况也有好处。无论哪种情况，作者本意都不是想说明北美的就是对的，中国的就是错的。作者的确认为中国必须发展自己独特的野生动物保护体系，虽然可以借鉴一点西方的经验，但也必须符合中国西部的历史、文化、经济和政治现实。人们往往能在同其他体系的比较中对自身的体系有更深的理解。因此，在谈到中国西部的时候，思考一下其他地区和其他的野生动物保护体系也并不是毫无裨益的。
这《消逝中的荒野:中国西部野生动物保护》并不是简单地罗列事实。书中阐述了作者的个人观点：尽管政府已制定了相关的政策并采取了保护行动，但中国西部野生动物的未来依然不容乐观。爱之愈深，责之愈切，这也是西方人的特性。作者热切地希望这些批评能被看做是（其本质上也的确是）一个真诚的朋友的诤言。

A fascinating history--. Literate and authoritative--.Marvelously exciting. -- The New York Times Book Review
Jonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch , brings his brilliant reporting skills to the story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientist whose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes has helped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNA and behavior both animal and human.
How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Part biography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love, Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer's studies are changing our world view--and even our lives.

《癌生物学》将近30年来癌生物学的最新研究成果系统而全面地进行了论述，采用通过介绍经典实验的方式使读者更深入了解和体会现代癌症生物学涉及的基本概念，不仅在结构和内容上更易使本科生或研究生接受，而且还提供了多种教学功能，对协助教师教学与学习也大有裨益。《癌生物学》还包括许多对现代生物医学的研究探索，帮助读者来提高他们的分析能力，理解复杂的生物过程。灵活的版式设计及丰富的图片使《癌生物学》更具吸引力。

在整个20世纪，有三项颠覆性的科学概念和技术应用把人类社会引领到新的历史阶段：“原子”的发现带来物理学的革命，“字节”的发现带来互联网的革命，“基因”的发现带来生物学的革命。

基因既是遗传物质的基本单位，也是一切生物信息的基础，破解了基因的运行机制，也就破 解了生命的奥 秘，人类的病理、行为、性格、疾病、种族、身份、命运也就有了更新的答案。如今，基因测序、基因克隆等基因技术迅速发展，人类基因组计划也完成了全部人类基因的比对与测序工作，人类征服基因的时代已经到来。

《基因传》罕见地完整讲述了基因理论的起源、发展和未来，按照时间顺序和故事情节展开，是一部反映基因发展史的传记。《基因传》也是一部科学家们在探究基因奥秘的过程中攻坚克难的故事，像侦探小说一样，以科学家们不断遇到的新问题为线索步步深入，既深入浅出地梳理了基因理论的脉络，又真实记录了科学家们的合作与斗争、成功与失败。《基因传》也讲述了基因理论被政治歪曲利用导致的历史灾难和教训，以及基因技术与制度、文化、伦理、道德的冲撞和博弈。有精彩故事，有人性纠葛，有历史进退，《基因传》是一部有温度的、叙事高超的科普通识读物。

人类从来没有像今天这样无限接近生命的真相，当我们能够掌控和改造人类基因时，“人类”的概念也许将从根本上发生改变，后人类时代正在来临。《基因传》所讲的故事，与每个人都息息相关。

《中国古代生物学》内容简介：采集植物和渔猎野生的动物，是远古时候祖先们获取食物最重要的方式。他们辨认和品尝各种野生动、植物，并从中获得了种种经验和知识。尽管当时还没有出现文字，这种经验和知识，已经通过口头相传或简单的图画而得到流传和积累。

《保护生物学》编译自Richard B. Primack编写的Essentials of Conservation Biology（Fifth Edition），系统阐述了保护生物学的范畴、主要内容和发展历程，生物多样性的概念、分布和价值，生物多样性面临的威胁及其引起的物种丧失和灭绝，种群和物种水平的保护，生态系统和景观水平的保护与恢复，生物多样性保护与社会经济可持续发展。《保护生物学》内容丰富、知识系统、逻辑合理、层次清晰。原著已经被翻译成25种语言出版，是目前国际上最受欢迎的保护生物学教科书。

生物心理学是研究行为生物基础的一门科学，它试图从生物学和演化学的角度对感知觉、认知和行为进行解释。《生物心理学(第10版)》取材广泛，综合了比较心理学、生理心理学、心理药物学、神经心理学以及认知神经科学等诸多学科的最新研究成果，详细探讨了大脑与神经系统的解剖、感知觉加工、运动控制、动机情绪、精神障碍、学习与记忆、语言和认知等方面的理论及观点，着重解释了行为及心理现象背后的神经过程和神经机制。
全书内容有趣、文字浅显易懂；书中的插图色彩鲜艳，大小适中，标识清晰。《生物心理学(第10版)》适合心理学、生物学、认知神经科学等学科的广大师生和研究者使用。

The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns - phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries - a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: to what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology - a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research.