Biology Student Study Guide

by Taylor, Martha R.

• ISBN13: 9780805366341
• ISBN10: 0805366342
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-27
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction: Ten Themes in the Study of Life	1	(4)
Unit One The Chemistry of Life	5	(36)
The Chemical Context of Life	5	(7)
Water and the Fitness of the Environment	12	(6)
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life	18	(4)
The Structure and Function of Macromolecules	22	(10)
An Introduction to Metabolism	32	(9)
Unit Two The Cell	41	(50)
A Tour of the Cell	41	(11)
Membrane Structure and Function	52	(8)
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy	60	(9)
Photosynthesis	69	(9)
Cell Communication	78	(6)
The Cell Cycle	84	(7)
Unit Three Genetics	91	(78)
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles	91	(7)
Mendel and the Gene Idea	98	(10)
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance	108	(8)
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance	116	(7)
From Gene to Protein	123	(9)
Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria	132	(10)
The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes	142	(8)
DNA Technology and Genomics	150	(11)
The Genetic Basis of Development	161	(8)
Unit Four Mechanisms of Evolution	169	(30)
Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life	169	(6)
The Evolution of Populations	175	(9)
The Origin of Species	184	(7)
Phylogeny and Systematics	191	(8)
Unit Five The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity	199	(72)
Early Earth and the Origin of Life	199	(6)
Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity	205	(8)
The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity	213	(8)
Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land	221	(8)
Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants	229	(6)
Fungi	235	(5)
Introduction to Animal Evolution	240	(7)
Invertebrates	247	(11)
Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity	258	(13)
Unit Six Plant Form and Function	271	(40)
Plant Structure and Growth	271	(9)
Transport in Plants	280	(8)
Plant Nutrition	288	(6)
Plant Reproduction and Biotechnology	294	(7)
Plants Responses to Internal and External Signals	301	(10)
Unit Seven Animal Form and Function	311	(104)
An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function	311	(6)
Animal Nutrition	317	(9)
Circulation and Gas Exchange	326	(12)
The Body's Defenses	338	(11)
Regulating the Internal Environment	349	(13)
Chemical Signals in Animals	362	(8)
Animal Reproduction	370	(10)
Animal Development	380	(9)
Nervous Systems	389	(14)
Sensory and Motor Mechanisms	403	(12)
Unit Eight Ecology	415	(45)
An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere	415	(8)
Behavioral Biology	423	(8)
Population Ecology	431	(7)
Community Ecology	438	(8)
Ecosystems	446	(8)
Conservation Biology	454	(6)
Answer Section	460