Concepts in Biology

1 - What Is Biology?
......Page 1
2 - Simple Things of Life
......Page 22
3 - Organic Chemistry - Chemistry of Life
......Page 36
4 - Cell Structure and Function
......Page 58
5 - Enzymes
......Page 84
6 - Biochemical Pathways
......Page 94
7 - DNA and RNA
......Page 119
8 - Mitosis - The Cell-Copying Process
......Page 141
9 - Meiosis - Sex-Cell Formation
......Page 153
10 - Mendelian Genetics
......Page 171
11 - Diversity Within Species
......Page 186
12 - Natural Selection and Evolution
......Page 201
13 - Speciation and Evolutionary Change
......Page 217
14 - Ecosystem Organization and Energy Flow
......Page 236
15 - Community Interactions
......Page 260
16 - Population Ecology
......Page 279
17 - Behavioral Ecology
......Page 295
18 - Materials Exchange in the Body
......Page 315
19 - Nutrition
......Page 338
20 - The Body’s Control Mechanisms
......Page 361
21 - Human Reproduction, Sex, and Sexuality
......Page 383
22 - The Origin of Life and Evolution of Cells
......Page 405
23 - The Classification and Evolution of Organisms
......Page 424
24 - Microorganisms
......Page 443
25 - Plantae
......Page 461
26 - Animalia
......Page 481
Index......Page 507
Credits......Page 514