Student Study Guide for Biology

by Taylor, Martha R.

• ISBN13: 9780805365580
• ISBN10: 0805365583
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: BENJAMIN CUMMINGS

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life	1	(4)
Unit One The Chemistry of Life	5	(34)
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	(9)
An Introduction to Metabolism	31	(8)
Unit Two The Cell	39	(48)
A Tour of the Cell	39	(11)
Membrane Structure and Function	50	(8)
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy	58	(9)
Photosynthesis	67	(9)
Cell Communication	76	(5)
The Cell Cycle	81	(6)
Unit Three Genetics	87	(78)
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles	87	(6)
Mendel and the Gene Idea	93	(10)
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance	103	(8)
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance	111	(7)
From Gene to Protein	118	(9)
Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria	127	(10)
The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes	137	(8)
DNA Technology	145	(11)
The Genetic Basis of Development	156	(9)
Unit Four Mechanisms of Evolution	165	(30)
Descent With Modification: A Darwinian View of Life	165	(6)
The Evolution of Populations	171	(9)
The Origin of Species	180	(7)
Tracing Phylogeny	187	(8)
Unit Five The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity	195	(64)
Early Earth and the Origin of Life	195	(5)
Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity	200	(8)
The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity	208	(7)
Plant Diversity I: The Colonization of Land	215	(7)
Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants	222	(6)
Fungi	228	(5)
Introduction to Animal Evolution	233	(5)
Invertebrates	238	(9)
Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity	247	(12)
Unit Six Plant Form and Function	259	(40)
Plant Structure and Growth	259	(8)
Transport in Plants	267	(8)
Plant Nutrition	275	(6)
Plant Reproduction and Development	281	(8)
Control Systems in Plants	289	(10)
Unit Seven Animal Form and Function	299	(102)
An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function	299	(6)
Animal Nutrition	305	(9)
Circulation and Gas Exchange	314	(12)
The Body's Defenses	326	(12)
Controlling the Internal Environment	338	(12)
Chemical Signals in Animals	350	(8)
Animal Reproduction	358	(10)
Animal Development	368	(9)
Nervous Systems	377	(13)
Sensory and Motor Mechanisms	390	(11)
Unit Eight Ecology	401	(49)
An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere	401	(8)
Behavioral Biology	409	(9)
Population Ecology	418	(8)
Community Ecology	426	(9)
Ecosystems	435	(8)
Conservation Biology	443	(7)
Answer Section	450