Biology
Biology
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings, 2007, 1393pp, 8th ed.
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's Biology remains unsurpassed as the most successful major's introductory biology textbook in the world. This introductory textbook has invited more than 4 million students into the study of this dynamic and essential discipline.
Table of contents
| 1 | Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life | 2 |
| 2 | The Chemical Context of Life | 25 |
| 3 | Water and the Fitness of the Environment | 41 |
| 4 | Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life | 53 |
| 5 | The Structure and Function of Macromolecules | 63 |
| 6 | An Introduction to Metabolism | 89 |
| 7 | A Tour of the Cell | 110 |
| 8 | Membrane Structure and Function | 140 |
| 9 | Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy | 159 |
| 10 | Photosynthesis | 182 |
| 11 | The Reproduction of Cells | 204 |
| 12 | Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles | 225 |
| 13 | Mendel and the Gene Idea | 238 |
| 14 | The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance | 262 |
| 15 | The Molecular Basis of Inheritance | 281 |
| 16 | From Gene to Protein | 297 |
| 17 | Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria | 324 |
| 18 | Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes | 351 |
| 19 | DNA Technology | 369 |
| 20 | Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life | 399 |
| 21 | The Evolution of Populations | 416 |
| 22 | The Origin of Species | 436 |
| 23 | Tracing Phylogeny: Macroevolution, the Fossil Record, and Systematics | 454 |
| 24 | Early Earth and the Origin of Life | 486 |
| 25 | Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity | 498 |
| 26 | The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity | 518 |
| 27 | Plants and the Colonization of Land | 547 |
| 28 | Fungi | 573 |
| 29 | Invertebrates and the Origin of Animal Diversity | 589 |
| 30 | The Vertebrate Genealogy | 628 |
| 31 | Plant Structure and Growth | 668 |
| 32 | Transport in Plants | 692 |
| 33 | Plant Nutrition | 711 |
| 34 | Plant Reproduction and Development | 727 |
| 35 | Control Systems in Plants | 750 |
| 36 | An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function | 779 |
| 37 | Animal Nutrition | 796 |
| 38 | Circulation and Gas Exchange | 819 |
| 39 | The Body's Defenses | 852 |
| 40 | Controlling the Internal Environment | 879 |
| 41 | Chemical Signals in Animals | 912 |
| 42 | Animal Reproduction | 937 |
| 43 | Animal Development | 963 |
| 44 | Nervous Systems | 993 |
| 45 | Sensory and Motor Mechanisms | 1026 |
| 46 | An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms | 1061 |
| 47 | Population Ecology | 1093 |
| 48 | Community Ecology | 1118 |
| 49 | Ecosystems | 1145 |
| 50 | Behavior | 1172 |