Biology /

Campbell, Neil A., 1946-2004.

Biology / Neil A. Campbell. - 4th edition - Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co., c1996. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. - Benjamin/Cummings series in the life sciences .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: themes in he study of life

Unit one. The chemistry of life
2. The Chemical Context of Life
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
6. An introduction to metabolism

Unit two. The cell
7. A Tour of the Cell
8. Membrane Structure and Function
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis
11. The reproduction of cells

Unit three. Gene
12. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
13. Mendel and the Gene Idea
14. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
15. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
16. From Gene to Protein
17. Microbial models: the genetics of viruses and bacteria
18. Genome organization and expression in eukaryotes
19. DNA technology

Unit four. Mechanisms of evolution
20. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
21. The Evolution of Populations
22. The Origin of Species
23. Tracing phylogeny: macroevolution, the fossil record, and systematics

Unit five. The evolutionary history of biological diversity
24. Early earth and the origin of life
25. Prokaryotes and the origins of metabolic diversity
26. The origins of eukaryotic diversity
27. Plants and the colonization of land
28. Fungi
29. Invertebrates and the origin of animal diversity
30. The Vertebrates genealogy

Unit six. Plant form and function
31. Plant Structure and Growth
32. Transport in Plants
33. Plant Nutrition
34. Plant reproduction and development
35. Control systems in plants

Unit seven. Animal form and function
36. An introduction to animal structure and function
37. Animal Nutrition
38. Circulation and Gas Exchange
39. The Body's defenses
40. Controlling the internal environment
41. Chemical signals in animals
42. Animal Reproduction
43. Animal Development
44. Nervous Systems
45. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Unit eight. Ecology
46. An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and adaptations of organisms
47. Population Ecology
48. Community Ecology
49. Ecosystems
50. Behavior

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