BIOLOGY

eil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The text's hallmark values-accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning-have made Campbell/Reece the most successful book for students and instructors for seven consecutive editions. Campb...

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Main Authors: Campbell, Neil A. (Author), Reece, Jane B. (Author), Urry, Lisa A. (Author), Cain, Michael L. (Author), Wasserman, Steven A. (Author), Minorsky, Peter V. (Author), Jackson, Robert B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA Pearson Benjamin Cummings 2008
Edition:Eighth Edition, Pearson International Edition
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Table of Contents:
  • The chemistry of life
  • -2. The Chemical Context of Life
  • 3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
  • 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
  • 5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
  • The cell
  • 6. A Tour of the Cell
  • 7. Membrane Structure and Function
  • 8. An Introduction to Metabolism
  • 9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
  • 10. Photosynthesis
  • 11. Cell Communication
  • 12. The Cell Cycle
  • Genetics
  • 13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
  • 14. Mendel and the Gene Idea
  • 15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
  • 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
  • 17. From Gene to Protein
  • 18. Control of Gene Expression
  • 19. Viruses
  • 20. Biotechnology
  • 21. Genomes and Their Evolution
  • Mechanisms of evolution
  • 22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
  • 23. The Evolution of Populations
  • 24. The Origin of Species
  • 25. The History of Life on Earth
  • The evolutionary history of biological diversity
  • 26. Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
  • 27. Bacteria and Archaea
  • 28. Protists
  • 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
  • 30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
  • 31. Fungi
  • 32. An Introduction to Animal Diversity
  • 33. Invertebrates
  • 34. Vertebrates
  • Plant form and function
  • 35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
  • 36. Transport in Vascular Plants
  • 37. Soil and Plant Nutrition
  • 38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
  • 39. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
  • Animal form and function
  • 40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
  • 41. Animal Nutrition
  • 42. Circulation and Gas Exchange
  • 43. The Immune System
  • 44. Osmoregulation and Excretion
  • 45. Hormones and the Endocrine System
  • 46. Animal Reproduction
  • 47. Animal Development
  • 48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
  • 49. Nervous Systems
  • 50. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
  • 51. Animal Behavior
  • Ecology
  • 52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
  • 53. Population Ecology
  • 54. Community Ecology
  • 55. Ecosystems
  • 56. Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology