Author(s): Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steve A. Wasserman, and Peter V. Minorsky
Edition: 2
Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2016
Frontmatter
Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology
UNIT 1: Chemistry and Cells
Chapter 2: The Chemical Context of Life
Chapter 3: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Chapter 5: Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter 7: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Chapter 8: Photosynthesis
Chapter 9: The Cell Cycle
UNIT 2: Genetics
Chapter 10: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Chapter 11: Mendel and the Gene Idea
Chapter 12: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 13: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 14: Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
Chapter 15: Regulation of Gene Expression
Chapter 16: Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer
Chapter 17: Viruses
Chapter 18: Genomes and Their Evolution
UNIT 3: Evolution
Chapter 19: Descent with Modification
Chapter 20: Phylogeny
Chapter 21: The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 22: The Origin of Species
Chapter 23: Broad Patterns of Evolution
UNIT 4: The Evolutionary History of Life
Chapter 24: Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes
Chapter 25: The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes
Chapter 26: The Colonization of Land
Chapter 27: The Rise of Animal Diversity
UNIT 5: Plant Form and Function
Chapter 28: Plant Structure and Growth
Chapter 29: Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants
Chapter 30: Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants
Chapter 31: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
UNIT 6: Animal Form and Function
Chapter 32: The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation
Chapter 33: Animal Nutrition
Chapter 34: Circulation and Gas Exchange
Chapter 35: The Immune System
Chapter 36: Reproduction and Development
Chapter 37: Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
Chapter 38: Nervous and Sensory Systems
Chapter 39: Motor Mechanisms and Behavior
UNIT 7: Ecology
Chapter 40: Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms
Chapter 41: Species Interactions
Chapter 42: Ecosystems and Energy
Chapter 43: Global Ecology and Conservation Biology
Appendix A: Answers
Appendix B: Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix C: The Metric System
Appendix D: A Comparison of the Light Microscope and the Electron Microscope
Appendix E: Classification of Life
Appendix F: Scientific Skills Review
Credits
Glossary
Index
