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Student Study Guide for Biology

by: Taylor, Martha R.

Student Study Guide for Biology

by: Taylor, Martha R.

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9780805365580
ISBN 10:
0805365583
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/1999
Publisher: BENJAMIN CUMMINGS
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Preface

Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life

(4)

Unit One The Chemistry of Life

(34)

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

(9)

An Introduction to Metabolism

(8)

Unit Two The Cell

(48)

A Tour of the Cell

(11)

Membrane Structure and Function

(8)

Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy

(9)

Photosynthesis

(9)

Cell Communication

(5)

The Cell Cycle

(6)

Unit Three Genetics

(78)

Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

(6)

Mendel and the Gene Idea

(10)

The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

103

(8)

The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

111

(7)

From Gene to Protein

118

(9)

Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria

127

(10)

The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes

137

(8)

DNA Technology

145

(11)

The Genetic Basis of Development

156

(9)

Unit Four Mechanisms of Evolution

165

(30)

Descent With Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

165

(6)

The Evolution of Populations

171

(9)

The Origin of Species

180

(7)

Tracing Phylogeny

187

(8)

Unit Five The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity

195

(64)

Early Earth and the Origin of Life

195

(5)

Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity

200

(8)

The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity

208

(7)

Plant Diversity I: The Colonization of Land

215

(7)

Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants

222

(6)

Fungi

228

(5)

Introduction to Animal Evolution

233

(5)

Invertebrates

238

(9)

Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity

247

(12)

Unit Six Plant Form and Function

259

(40)

Plant Structure and Growth

259

(8)

Transport in Plants

267

(8)

Plant Nutrition

275

(6)

Plant Reproduction and Development

281

(8)

Control Systems in Plants

289

(10)

Unit Seven Animal Form and Function

299

(102)

An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function

299

(6)

Animal Nutrition

305

(9)

Circulation and Gas Exchange

314

(12)

The Body's Defenses

326

(12)

Controlling the Internal Environment

338

(12)

Chemical Signals in Animals

350

(8)

Animal Reproduction

358

(10)

Animal Development

368

(9)

Nervous Systems

377

(13)

Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

390

(11)

Unit Eight Ecology

401

(49)

An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

401

(8)

Behavioral Biology

409

(9)

Population Ecology

418

(8)

Community Ecology

426

(9)

Ecosystems

435

(8)

Conservation Biology

443

(7)

Answer Section

450

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