Biology

Front matter......Page 1
About the authors......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Featured figures......Page 20
Interviews......Page 23
Brief contents......Page 24
Detailed contents......Page 25
1 - Exploring Life......Page 42
Unit One - The Chemistry of Life......Page 70
2 - The Chemical Context of Life......Page 72
3 - Water and the Fitness of the Environment......Page 87
4 - Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life......Page 98
5 - The Structure aud Function of Macromolecules......Page 108
Unit Two - The Cell......Page 132
6 - A Tour of the Cell......Page 134
7 - Membrane Structure and Function......Page 164
8 - An Introduction to Metabolism......Page 181
9 - Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy......Page 200
10 - Photosynthesis......Page 221
11 - Cell Communication......Page 241
12 - The Cell Cycle......Page 258
Unit Three - Genetics......Page 276
13 - Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles......Page 278
14 - Mendel and the Gene Idea......Page 291
15 - The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance......Page 314
16 - The Molecular Basis of Inheritance......Page 333
17 - From Gene to Protein......Page 349
18 - The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria......Page 374
19 - Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulationand Evolution......Page 399
20 - DNA Technology and Genomics......Page 424
21 - The Genetic Basis of Development......Page 451
Unit Four - Mechanisms of Evolution......Page 476
22 - Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life......Page 478
23 - The Evolution of Populations......Page 494
24 - The Origin of Species......Page 512
25 - Phylogeny and Systematics......Page 531
Unit Five - Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity......Page 550
26 - The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity......Page 552
27 - Prokaryotes......Page 574
28 - Protists......Page 589
29 - Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land......Page 613
30 - Plant Diversity Il: The Evolution of Seed Plants......Page 631
31 - Fungi......Page 648
32 - An Introduction to Animal Diversity......Page 666
33 - Invertebrates......Page 678
34 - Vertebrates......Page 711
Unit Six - Plant Form and Function......Page 750
35 - Plant Structure, Growth, and Development......Page 752
36 - Transport in Vascular Plants......Page 778
37 - Plant Nutrition......Page 796
38 - Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology......Page 811
39 - Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals......Page 828
Unit Seven - Animal Form and Function......Page 858
40 - Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function......Page 860
41 - Animal Nutrition......Page 884
42 - Circulation and Gas Exchange......Page 907
43 - The Immune System......Page 938
44 - Osmoregulation and Excretion......Page 962
45 - Hormones and the Endocrine System......Page 983
46 - Animal Reproduction......Page 1004
47 - Animal Development......Page 1027
48 - Nervous Systems......Page 1051
49 - Sensory and Motor Mechanisms......Page 1085
Unit Eight - Ecology......Page 1118
50 - An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere......Page 1120
51 - Behavioral Ecology......Page 1146
52 - Population Ecology......Page 1176
53 - Community Ecology ......Page 1199
54 - Ecosystems......Page 1224
55 - Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology......Page 1249
Appendix A - Answers......Page 1272
Glossary......Page 1301
Index......Page 1341