Biology / Robert J. Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier, Linda E. Graham, Peter D. Stiling

Includes bibliographical references and index

An introduction to biology -- The chemical basis of life I : atoms, molecules, and water -- The chemical basis of life II : organic molecules -- General features of cells -- Membrane structure, synthesis, and transport -- An introduction to energy, enzymes, and metabolism -- Cellular respiration and fermentation -- Photosynthesis -- Cell communication -- Multicellularity -- Nucleic acid structure, DNA replication, and chromosome structure -- Gene expression at the molecular level -- Gene regulation -- Mutation, DNA repair, and cancer -- The eukaryotic cell cycle, mitosis, and meiosis -- Simple patterns of inheritance -- Complex patterns of inheritance -- Genetics of viruses and bacteria -- Developmental genetics -- Genetic technology -- Genomes, proteomes, and bioinformatics -- The origin and history of life on Earth -- An introduction to evolution -- Population genetics -- Origin of species and macroevolution -- Taxonomy and systematics -- Archaea and bacteria -- Protists -- Plants and the conquest of land -- The evolution and diversity of modern gymnosperms and angiosperms -- Fungi -- An introduction to animal diversity -- The invertebrates -- The vertebrates -- An introduction to flowering plant form and function -- Flowering plants : behavior -- Flowering plants : nutrition -- Flowering plants : transport -- Flowering plants : reproduction -- Animal bodies and homeostasis -- Neuroscience I : cells of the nervous system -- Neuroscience II : evolution, structure, and function of the nervous system -- Neuroscience III : sensory systems -- Muscular-skeletal systems and locomotion -- Nutrition and animal digestive systems -- Control of energy balance, metabolic rate, and body temperature -- Circulatory systems -- Respiratory systems -- Excretory systems and the homeostasis of internal fluids -- Endocrine systems -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development -- Immune systems -- An introduction to ecology and biomes -- Behavioral ecology -- Ecology -- Species interactions -- Community ecology -- Ecosystem ecology -- Biodiversity and conservation biology