Biology / Neil A. Campbell

Contents

Introduction: Themes in the study of life

1. The chemistry of life
Atoms, molecules, and chemical bonds
Water and the fitness of the environment
Carbon and molecular diversity
The structure and function of macromolecules
An introduction to metabolism

2. The cell
A tour of the cell
Membrane structure and function
Cellular respiration: Harvesting chemical energy
Photosynthesis
The reproduction of cells

3. The gene
Meiosis and sexual life cycles
Mendel and the gene idea
The chromosomal basis of inheritance
The molecular basis of inheritance
From gene to protein
etc.

4. Mechanisms of evolution
Descent with modification: A Darwinian view of life
How populations evolve
The origin of species
Teaching phylogeny: Macroevolution, the fossil record and systematics

5. The evolutionary history of biological diversity
Early earth and the origin of life
Prokaryotes and the origins of metabolic diversity
Protists and the origin of eukaryotes
Plants and the colonization of land
Fungi
etc.

6. Plants: Form and function
Plant structure and growth
Transport in plants
Plant nutrition
etc.

7. Animals: Form and functions
An introduction to animal structure and function
Animal nutrition
Circulation and gas exchange
The body's defenses
Controlling the internal environment
etc.

8. Ecology
An introduction to ecology: Distribution and adaptations of organisms
Population ecology
Community ecology
Ecosystems
Behavior

Includes bibliographical references and index.