Campbell Biology

Brief Table of Contents

• Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry
• UNIT 1: THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
• The Chemical Context of Life
• Water and Life
• Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
• The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
• UNIT 2: THE CELL
• A Tour of the Cell
• Membrane Structure and Function
• An Introduction to Metabolism
• Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
• Photosynthesis
• Cell Communication
• The Cell Cycle
• UNIT 3: GENETICS
• Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
• Mendel and the Gene Idea
• The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
• The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
• Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
• Regulation of Gene Expression
• Viruses
• DNA Tools and Biotechnology
• Genomes and Their Evolution
• UNIT 4: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION
• Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
• The Evolution of Populations
• The Origin of Species
• The History of Life on Earth
• UNIT 5: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
• Bacteria and Archaea
• Protists
• Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
• Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
• Fungi
• An Overview of Animal Diversity
• An Introduction to Invertebrates
• The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates
• UNIT 6: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
• Vascular Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
• Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
• Soil and Plant Nutrition
• Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
• Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
• UNIT 7: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
• Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
• Animal Nutrition
• Circulation and Gas Exchange
• The Immune System
• Osmoregulation and Excretion
• Hormones and the Endocrine System
• Animal Reproduction
• Animal Development
• Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
• Nervous Systems
• Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
• Animal Behavior
• UNIT 8: ECOLOGY
• An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
• Population Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology
• Conservation Biology and Global Change