Home    Feedback    BioWeb Contents    Search

AP Biology Textbook

 

 

e-book

 

BIOLOGY, Sixth Edition
By Neil A. Campbell and Jane B. Reece
ISBN 0-8053-6624-5

 

  1. Introduction: Ten Themes in the Study of Life

Unit One: The Chemistry of Life

  1. The Chemical Context of Life
  2. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
  3. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
  4. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
  5. An Introduction to Metabolism

Unit Two: The Cell

  1. A Tour of the Cell
  2. Membrane Structure and Function
  3. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
  4. Photosynthesis
  5. Cell Communication
  6. The Cell Cycle

Unit Three: Genetics

  1. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
  2. Mendel and the Gene Idea
  3. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
  4. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
  5. From Gene to Protein
  6. Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
  7. The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes
  8. DNA Technology and Genomics
  9. The Genetic Basis of Development

Unit Four: Mechanisms of Evolution

  1. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
  2. The Evolution of Populations
  3. The Origin of Species
  4. Phylogeny and Systematics

Unit Five: The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity

  1. Early Earth and the Origin of Life
  2. Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity
  3. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity
  4. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
  5. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
  6. Fungi
  7. Introduction to Animal Evolution
  8. Invertebrates
  9. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity

Unit Six: Plant Form and Function

  1. Plant Structure and Growth
  2. Transport in Plants
  3. Plant Nutrition
  4. Plant Reproduction and Biotechnology
  5. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

Unit Seven: Animal Form and Function

  1. An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function
  2. Animal Nutrition
  3. Circulation and Gas Exchange
  4. The Body's Defenses
  5. Regulating the Internal Environment
  6. Chemical Signals in Animals
  7. Animal Reproduction
  8. Animal Development
  9. Nervous Systems
  10. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Unit Eight: Ecology

  1. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
  2. Behavioral Biology
  3. Population Ecology
  4. Community Ecology
  5. Ecosystems
  6. Conservation Biology

APPENDIX 1
Self-Quiz Answers

APPENDIX 2
The Metric System

APPENDIX 3
Classification of Life

APPENDIX 4
A Comparison of the Light Microscope and the Electron Microscope

CREDITS
GLOSSARY
INDEX