Biology / Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson ; significant contributions to the vertebrate biology chapters by Stuart Ira Fox.

Contents
I. The Origin of Living Things
1. The Science of Biology
2. The Nature of Molecules
3. The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
4. The Origin and Early History of Life

II. Biology of the Cell
5. Cell Structure
6. Membranes
7. Cell-Cell Interactions

III. Energetics
8. Energy and Metabolism
9. How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis

IV. Reproduction and Heredity
11. How Cells Divide
12. Sexual Reproduction
13. Patterns of Inheritance

V. Molecular Genetics
14. DNA: The Genetic Material
15. Genes and How they work
16. Control of Gene Expression
17. Cellular Mechanisms of Development
18. Altering the Genetic Message
19. Gene Technology

VI. Evolution
20. Genes within Populations
21. The Evidence for Evolution
22. The Origin of Species
23. How Humans Evolved

VIII. Ecology
24. Population Dynamics
25. Interactions between Species
26. Dynamics of Ecosystems
27. Biological Communities
28. The Future of the Biosphere

VIII. Viruses and Simple Organisms
29. The Six Kingdoms of life
30. Viruses and Bacteria
31. Protists
32. Fungi

IX. Plants
33. Diversity of Plants
34. Flowering Plants
35. Vascular Plant Structure
36. Regulation of Plant Growth and Development
37. Nutrition and Transport in Plants

X. Animals
38. Evolution of the Animals Body Plan
39. The Noncoelomate Animals
40. Molluscs and Annelids
41. Arthropods and Echinoderms
42. Vertebrates

XI. The Vertebrate Body
43. Organization of the Vertebrate Body
44. Locomotion
45. Fueling Body Activities: Digestion
46. Respiration and Circulation


XII. Homeostasis
47. The Nervous System
48. Sensory Systems
49. Hormones
50. The Immune System
51. Kidneys and Water Balance

XIII. Reproduction and Behavior
52. Sex and Reproduction
53. Vertebrate Development
54. Animal Behavior
55. Behavioral Ecology

Includes bibliographical references and index.