Biology
One of the Best selling Biology books ever. About the Author Neil A. Campbell Neil Campbell combined the investigative nature of a research scientist with the soul of an experienced and caring teacher. He earned his M.A. in Zoology from UCLA and his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside, where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001. Neil published numerous research articles on desert and coastal plants and how the sensitive plant...
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This seventh edition of a long-established introductory text prepared by the team of Campbell (deceased; formerly of U. of California, Riverside) and Reece (who has a PhD from UC Berkeley)--along with numerous contributors and reviewers--continues in its mission to cover concepts in a way that engages students in scientific inquiry through examples and research opportunities. Web access and a CD-ROM are part of this package; students trying to use a previously-owned text may find that web access must be purchased again. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews New edition of a text designed to help students construct a conceptual appreciation of life within the context of integrating themes and to inspire a more positive and realistic impression of science as a human activity. The core theme is evolution, the thread that ties all of biology together. Fifty-five chapters discuss the chemistry of life, the cell, genetics, mechanisms of evolution, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant and animal form and function, and ecology. Illustrated in color. The included CD-ROM contains 120 interactive exercises, animations, and lab simulations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
1Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life22The Chemical Context of Life253Water and the Fitness of the Environment414Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life535The Structure and Function of Macromolecules636An Introduction to Metabolism897A Tour of the Cell1108Membrane Structure and Function1409Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy15910Photosynthesis18211The Reproduction of Cells20412Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles22513Mendel and the Gene Idea23814The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance26215The Molecular Basis of Inheritance28116From Gene to Protein29717Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria32418Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes35119DNA Technology36920Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life39921The Evolution of Populations41622The Origin of Species43623Tracing Phylogeny: Macroevolution, the Fossil Record, and Systematics45424Early Earth and the Origin of Life48625Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity49826The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity51827Plants and the Colonization of Land54728Fungi57329Invertebrates and the Origin of Animal Diversity58930The Vertebrate Genealogy62831Plant Structure and Growth66832Transport in Plants69233Plant Nutrition71134Plant Reproduction and Development72735Control Systems in Plants75036An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function77937Animal Nutrition79638Circulation and Gas Exchange81939The Body's Defenses85240Controlling the Internal Environment87941Chemical Signals in Animals91242Animal Reproduction93743Animal Development96344Nervous Systems99345Sensory and Motor Mechanisms102646An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms106147Population Ecology109348Community Ecology111849Ecosystems114550Behavior1172
