Biology Hardcover - 2004

One of the most popular Biology textbooks, it clearly demonstrates biology concepts in a concise and effective manner to introductory students.

Details

• Title Biology
• Author Jane B. Reece Neil A. Campbell
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition 7th
• Pages 1312
• Language ENG
• Publisher Benjamin Cummings, Reading, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
• Date 2004
• ISBN 9780805371468

1. Introduction: Exploring 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 Macromolecules.UNIT TWO: THE CELL. 6. A Tour of the Cell. 7. Membrane Structure and Function. 8. An Introduction to Metabolism. 9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy.10. Photosynthesis.11. Cell Communication.12. The Cell Cycle.UNIT THREE: GENETICS.13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles.14. Mendel and the Gene Idea.15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance.16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance.17. From Gene to Protein.18. The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria.19. Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution.20. DNA Technology and Genomics.21. The Genetic Basis of Development.UNIT FOUR: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION.22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life.23. The Evolution of Populations.24. The Origin of Species.25. Phylogeny and Systematics.26. The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity.UNIT FIVE: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.27. Prokaryotes.28. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity.29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land.30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants.31. Fungi.32. An Introduction to Animal Evolution.33. Invertebrates.34. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity.UNIT SIX: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION.35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development36. Transport in Vascular Plants37. Plant Nutrition38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology.39. Plant Responses to Internal and External SignalsUNIT SEVEN: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function.41. Animal Nutrition.42. Circulation and Gas Exchange.43. The Immune System.44. Regulating the Internal Environment.45. Chemical Signals in Animals.46. Animal Reproduction.47. Animal Development.48. Nervous Systems.49. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms.UNIT EIGHT: ECOLOGY.50. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere.51. Animal Behavior and Behavioral Ecology.52. Population Ecology.53. Community Ecology.54. Ecosystems.55. Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology.