George Johnson,
Washington University Jonathan Losos,
Harvard University
ISBN: 007337797x Copyright year: 2010
Table of Contents
UNIT ONE | THE STUDY OF LIFE
Chapter 1 The Science of Biology 1
Chapter 2 Evolution and Ecology 23
UNIT TWO | THE LIVING CELL
Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Life 43
Chapter 4 Molecules of Life 59
Chapter 5 Cells 77
Chapter 6 Energy and Life 109
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun 121
Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food 139
UNIT THREE | THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE
Chapter 9 Mitosis 157
Chapter 10 Meiosis 173
Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics 187
Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material 217
Chapter 13 How Genes Work 233
UNIT FOUR | THE NEW BIOLOGY
Chapter 14 Gene Technology 251
Chapter 15 Genomics 271
Chapter 16 The Revolution in Cell Technology 287
UNIT FIVE | THE EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE
Chapter 17 Evolution and Natural Selection 303
Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things 335
Chapter 19 Prokaryotes: The First Single-Celled Creatures 351
Chapter 20 Protists: Advent of the Eukaryotes 373
Chapter 21 Fungi Invade the Land 393
UNIT SIX | PLANT LIFE
Chapter 22 Evolution of Plants 407
Chapter 23 Plant Form and Function 427
Chapter 24 Plant Reproduction and Growth 445
UNIT SEVEN | EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE
Chapter 25 Evolution of the Animal Phyla 463
Chapter 26 History of the Vertebrates 503
Chapter 27 How Humans Evolved 529
UNIT EIGHT | ANIMAL LIFE
Chapter 28 The Animal Body and How It Moves 541
Chapter 29 Circulation 565
Chapter 30 Respiration 583
Chapter 31 The Path of Food Through the Animal Body 597
Chapter 32 Maintaining the Internal Environment 615
Chapter 33 How the Animal Body Defends Itself 631
Chapter 34 The Nervous System 653
Chapter 35 Chemical Signaling Within the Animal Body 681
Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development 697
UNIT NINE | THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 37 Populations and Communities 719
Chapter 38 Ecosystems 745
Chapter 39 Behavior and the Environment 771
Chapter 40 How Humans Influence the Living World 791
2010