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Item#: 9780136538820
Edition: 10
Author: Martha R. Taylor
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Cover: CEI Access Code
Section: Bio 0983 0993

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For non-majors or mixed biology courses.

This ISBN is for the Modified Mastering access card. Pearson eText is included.

 

An innovative learning experience that addresses how students learn today

Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections continues to introduce pedagogical developments that create an innovative learning experience and motivate students not only to learn, but also interact with biology. The hallmark modular organization built around central concepts helps students stay focused while engaging them in connecting biology with the world outside the classroom.

 

Building on the text's outstanding art and hallmark features, the10th Edition delivers new digital resources and embedded interactives that guide students to success in the course. This edition draws from learning science as well as the authors' classroom experience to provide tools that address how students learn today. New Chapter Openers help students retain information, selected features break content into bite-size subsections, and additional author-created videos ensure students focus on what is important. 

 

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Contributors
By (author): Martha R. Taylor By (author): Eric J. Simon By (author): Jean L. Dickey By (author): Kelly A. Hogan

Table of Contents

 

UNIT I: THE LIFE OF THE CELL

1. Biology: The Scientific Study of Life 

2.  The Chemical Basis of Life                                                                                                  

3.  The Molecules of Cells                                                                                                  

4.  A Tour of the Cell                                                                                                           

5.  The Working Cell                                                                                                

6.  How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy                                                               

7.  Photosynthesis:Using Light to Make Food                                                               

 

UNIT II. CELLULAR REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

8.  The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance                                   

9.  Patterns of Inheritance                                                                                     

10.  Molecular Biology of the Gene                                                                      

11.  How Genes Are Controlled                                                                            

12.  DNA Technology and Genomics                                                                   

           

UNIT III. CONCEPTS OF EVOLUTION

13.  How Populations Evolve                                                                                 

14.  The Origin of Species                                                                                                  

15.  Tracing Evolutionary History                                                                        

           

UNIT IV. THE EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

16.  Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists                                                     

17.  The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity                                               

18.  The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity                                                      

19.  The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity                                                        

           

UNIT V. ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION

20.  Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function                                           

21.  Nutrition and Digestion                                                                                  

22.  Gas Exchange                                                                                                               

23.  Circulation                                                                                                         

24.  The Immune System                                                                                    

25.  Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance                                    

26.  Hormones and the Endocrine System 

27.  Reproduction and Embryonic Development                                                                       

28.  Nervous Systems                                                                                              

29.  The Senses                                                                                                                    

30.  How Animals Move                                                                                         

 

VI. PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION

31.  Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction                                                             

32.  Plant Nutrition and Transport Plant Nutrition and Transport                             

33.  Control Systems in Plants                                                                              

           

UNIT VII. ECOLOGY    

34.  The Biosphere:An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments                      

35.  Behavorial Adaptations to the Environment                                              

36.  Population Ecology                                                                                         

37.  Communities and Ecosystems                                           

38.  Conservation Biology                                                           

           

Appendix 1.  Metric Conversion Table                                                                             

Appendix 2.  The Periodic Table                                                                                        

Appendix 3.  The Amino Acids of Proteins                                                                       

Appendix 4.  Chapter Review Answers                                                                             

Appendix 5.  Credits