Peter Raven George B. Johnson Kenneth A. Mason,
University of Iowa Jonathan B. Losos,
Harvard University Susan S. Singer,
Carleton College
ISBN: 0073383074 Copyright year: 2014
Table of Contents
Part I The Molecular Basis of Life
Chapter 1 The Science of Biology
Chapter 2 The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water
Chapter 3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
Part II Biology of the Cell
Chapter 4 Cell Structure
Chapter 5 Membranes
Chapter 6 Energy and Metabolism
Chapter 7 How Cells Harvest Energy
Chapter 8 Photosynthesis
Chapter 9 Cell Communication
Chapter 10 How Cells Divide
Part III Genetic and Molecular Biology
Chapter 11 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
Chapter 12 Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 13 Chromosomes, Mapping, and the Meiosis–Inheritance Connection
Chapter 14 DNA: The Genetic Material
Chapter 15 Genes and How They Work
Chapter 16 Control of Gene Expression
Chapter 17 Biotechnology
Chapter 18 Genomics
Chapter 19 Cellular Mechanisms of Development
Part IV Evolution
Chapter 20 Genes Within Populations
Chapter 21 The Evidence for Evolution
Chapter 22 The Origin of Species
Chapter 23 Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology
Chapter 24 Genome Evolution
Chapter 25 Evolution of Development
Part V Diversity of Life on Earth
Chapter 26 The Origin and Diversity of Life
Chapter 27 Viruses
Chapter 28 Prokaryotes
Chapter 29 Protists
Chapter 30 Seedless Plants
Chapter 31 Seed Plants
Chapter 32 Fungi
Chapter 33 Animal Diversity and the Evolution of Body Plans
Chapter 34 Protostomes
Chapter 35 Deuterostomes
Part VI Plant Form and Function
Chapter 36 Plant Form
Chapter 37 Transport in Plants
Chapter 38 Plant Nutrition and Soils
Chapter 39 Plant Defense Responses
Chapter 40 Sensory Systems in Plants
Chapter 41 Plant Reproduction
Part VII Animal Form and Function
Chapter 42 The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
Chapter 43 The Nervous System
Chapter 44 Sensory Systems
Chapter 45 The Endocrine System
Chapter 46 The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 47 The Digestive System
Chapter 48 The Respiratory System
Chapter 49 The Circulatory System
Chapter 50 Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
Chapter 51 The Immune System
Chapter 52 The Reproductive System
Chapter 53 Animal Development
Part VIII Ecology and Behavior
Chapter 54 Behavioral Biology
Chapter 55 Ecology of Individuals and Populations
Chapter 56 Community Ecology
Chapter 57 Dynamics of Ecosystems
Chapter 58 The Biosphere
Chapter 59 Conservation Biology
Appendix A: Answer Key
Glossary
Credits
Index
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