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Biology Student Study Guide

by: Taylor, Martha R.

Biology Student Study Guide

by: Taylor, Martha R.

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9780805366341
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0805366342
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/27/2001
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Preface

Introduction: Ten Themes in the Study of Life

(4)

Unit One The Chemistry of Life

(36)

The Chemical Context of Life

(7)

Water and the Fitness of the Environment

(6)

Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

(4)

The Structure and Function of Macromolecules

(10)

An Introduction to Metabolism

(9)

Unit Two The Cell

(50)

A Tour of the Cell

(11)

Membrane Structure and Function

(8)

Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy

(9)

Photosynthesis

(9)

Cell Communication

(6)

The Cell Cycle

(7)

Unit Three Genetics

(78)

Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

(7)

Mendel and the Gene Idea

(10)

The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

108

(8)

The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

116

(7)

From Gene to Protein

123

(9)

Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria

132

(10)

The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes

142

(8)

DNA Technology and Genomics

150

(11)

The Genetic Basis of Development

161

(8)

Unit Four Mechanisms of Evolution

169

(30)

Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

169

(6)

The Evolution of Populations

175

(9)

The Origin of Species

184

(7)

Phylogeny and Systematics

191

(8)

Unit Five The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity

199

(72)

Early Earth and the Origin of Life

199

(6)

Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity

205

(8)

The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity

213

(8)

Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land

221

(8)

Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants

229

(6)

Fungi

235

(5)

Introduction to Animal Evolution

240

(7)

Invertebrates

247

(11)

Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity

258

(13)

Unit Six Plant Form and Function

271

(40)

Plant Structure and Growth

271

(9)

Transport in Plants

280

(8)

Plant Nutrition

288

(6)

Plant Reproduction and Biotechnology

294

(7)

Plants Responses to Internal and External Signals

301

(10)

Unit Seven Animal Form and Function

311

(104)

An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function

311

(6)

Animal Nutrition

317

(9)

Circulation and Gas Exchange

326

(12)

The Body's Defenses

338

(11)

Regulating the Internal Environment

349

(13)

Chemical Signals in Animals

362

(8)

Animal Reproduction

370

(10)

Animal Development

380

(9)

Nervous Systems

389

(14)

Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

403

(12)

Unit Eight Ecology

415

(45)

An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

415

(8)

Behavioral Biology

423

(8)

Population Ecology

431

(7)

Community Ecology

438

(8)

Ecosystems

446

(8)

Conservation Biology

454

(6)

Answer Section

460

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