Student Study Guide for Campbell's Biology

by Taylor

• ISBN13: 9780805319422
• ISBN10: 0805319425
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life	1	(4)
Unit I The Chemistry of Life	5	(30)
The Chemical Context of Life	5	(6)
Water and the Fitness of the Environment	11	(5)
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life	16	(4)
The Structure and Function of Macromolecules	20	(7)
An Introduction to Metabolism	27	(8)
Unit II The Cell	35	(40)
A Tour of the Cell	35	(10)
Membrane Structure and Function	45	(7)
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy	52	(8)
Photosynthesis	60	(8)
The Reproduction of Cells	68	(7)
Unit III The Gene	75	(62)
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles	75	(6)
Mendel and the Gene Idea	81	(9)
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance	90	(7)
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance	97	(6)
From Gene to Protein	103	(8)
Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria	111	(9)
Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes	120	(6)
DNA Technology	126	(11)
Unit IV Mechanisms of Evolution	137	(28)
Descent With Modification: A Darwinian View of Life	137	(6)
The Evolution of Populations	143	(8)
The Origin of Species	151	(6)
Tracing Phylogeny: Macroevolution, the Fossil Record, and Systematics	157	(8)
Unit V The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity	165	(56)
Early Earth and the Origin of Life	165	(5)
Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity	170	(7)
The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity	177	(7)
Plants and the Colonization of Land	184	(9)
Fungi	193	(5)
Invertebrates and the Origin of Animal Diversity	198	(11)
The Vertebrate Genealogy	209	(12)
Unit VI Plants: Form and Function	221	(34)
Plant Structure and Growth	221	(7)
Transport in Plants	228	(6)
Plant Nutrition	234	(5)
Plant Reproduction and Development	239	(8)
Control Systems in Plants	247	(8)
Unit VII Animals: Form and Function	255	(92)
An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function	255	(5)
Animal Nutrition	260	(7)
Circulation and Gas Exchange	267	(11)
The Body's Defenses	278	(10)
Controlling the Internal Environment	288	(11)
Chemical Signals in Animals	299	(11)
Animal Reproduction	308	(109)
Animal Development	317	(9)
Nervous Systems	326	(10)
Sensory and Motor Mechanisms	336	(11)
Unit VIII Ecology	347	(40)
An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms	347	(8)
Population Ecology	355	(7)
Community Ecology	362	(8)
Ecosystems	370	(8)
Behavior	378	(9)
Answer Section	387