Table of Contents

1 Biology and Its Themes

UNIT 1 THE ROLE OF CHEMISTRY IN BIOLOGY
2 Atoms and Molecules
3 The Chemistry of Water
4 Carbon: The Basis of Molecular Diversity
5 Biological Macromolecules and Lipids
6 Energy and Life

UNIT 2 CELL BIOLOGY
7 Cell Structure and Function
8 Cell Membranes
9 Cellular Signaling
10 Cell Respiration
11 Photosynthetic Processes
12 Mitosis

UNIT 3 THE GENETIC BASIS OF LIFE
13 Sexual Life Cycles and Meiosis
14 Mendelian Genetics15 Linkage and Chromosomes
16 Nucleic Acids and Inheritance
17 Expression of Genes
18 Control of Gene Expression
19 DNA Technology
20 The Evolution of Genomes

UNIT 4 EVOLUTION
21 How Evolution Works
22 Phylogenetic Reconstruction
23 Microevolution
24 Species and Speciation
25 Macroevolution

UNIT 5 THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
26 Introduction to Viruses
27 Prokaryotes
28 The Origin and Evolution of Eukaryotes
29 Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants
30 Seed Plants
31 Introduction to Fungi
32 An Introduction to Animal Diversity
33 Invertebrates
34 Vertebrates

UNIT 6 PLANTS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
35 Plant Structure and Growth
36 Transport in Vascular Plants
37 Plant Nutrition
38 Reproduction of Flowering Plants
39 Plant Signals and Behavior

UNIT 7 ANIMALS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
40 The Animal Body
41 Chemical Signals in Animals
42 Animal Digestive Systems
43 Animal Transport Systems
44 Animal Excretory Systems
45 Animal Reproductive Systems
46 Development in Animals
47 Animal Defenses Against Infection
48 Electrical Signals in Animals
49 Neural Regulation in Animals
50 Sensation and Movement in Animals

UNIT 8 THE ECOLOGY OF LIFE
51 An Overview of Ecology
52 Behavioral Ecology
53 Populations and Life History Traits
54 Biodiversity and Communities
55 Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling in Ecosystems
56 Conservation and Global Ecology