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Tables of Contents for Student Study Guide for Campbell's Biology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
 
Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life
1
4
Unit I The Chemistry of Life
5
30
The Chemical Context of Life
5
6
Water and the Fitness of the Environment
11
5
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
16
4
The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
20
7
An Introduction to Metabolism
27
8
Unit II The Cell
35
40
A Tour of the Cell
35
10
Membrane Structure and Function
45
7
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
52
8
Photosynthesis
60
8
The Reproduction of Cells
68
7
Unit III The Gene
75
62
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
75
6
Mendel and the Gene Idea
81
9
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
90
7
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
97
6
From Gene to Protein
103
8
Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
111
9
Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes
120
6
DNA Technology
126
11
Unit IV Mechanisms of Evolution
137
28
Descent With Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
137
6
The Evolution of Populations
143
8
The Origin of Species
151
6
Tracing Phylogeny: Macroevolution, the Fossil Record, and Systematics
157
8
Unit V The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity
165
56
Early Earth and the Origin of Life
165
5
Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity
170
7
The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity
177
7
Plants and the Colonization of Land
184
9
Fungi
193
5
Invertebrates and the Origin of Animal Diversity
198
11
The Vertebrate Genealogy
209
12
Unit VI Plants: Form and Function
221
34
Plant Structure and Growth
221
7
Transport in Plants
228
6
Plant Nutrition
234
5
Plant Reproduction and Development
239
8
Control Systems in Plants
247
8
Unit VII Animals: Form and Function
255
92
An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function
255
5
Animal Nutrition
260
7
Circulation and Gas Exchange
267
11
The Body's Defenses
278
10
Controlling the Internal Environment
288
11
Chemical Signals in Animals
299
11
Animal Reproduction
308
109
Animal Development
317
9
Nervous Systems
326
10
Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
336
11
Unit VIII Ecology
347
40
An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms
347
8
Population Ecology
355
7
Community Ecology
362
8
Ecosystems
370
8
Behavior
378
9
Answer Section
387