Table of Contents

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The table of contents is arranged in a familiar way to allow its easy use in a range of introductory biology courses. On closer look, there are significant differences that aim to help biology teachers incorporate the outlooks and research of biology today. Key differences are identified by image and unique chapters by image .

CHAPTER 1 Life: Chemical, Cellular, and Evolutionary Foundations

EVOLUTION COVERAGE: Chapter 1 introduces evolution as a major theme of the book before discussing gene expression in Chapters 3 and 4 as a foundation for later discussions of the conservation of metabolic pathways and enzyme structure (Chapters 6–8) and genetic and phenotypic variation (Chapters 14 and 15). After the chapters on the mechanisms and patterns of evolution (Chapters 21–24), we discuss the diversity of all organisms in terms of adaptations and comparative features, culminating in ecology as the ultimate illustration of evolution in action.

CASE 1 THE FIRST CELL: LIFE’S ORIGINS

CHAPTER 2 The Molecules of Life

CHEMISTRY: Chemistry is taught in the context of biological processes, emphasizing the key principle that structure determines function.

CHAPTER 3 Nucleic Acids and Transcription

CHAPTER 4 Translation and Protein Structure

CHAPTER 5 Organizing Principles: Lipids, Membranes, and Cell Compartments

CHAPTER 6 Making Life Work: Capturing and Using Energy

CHAPTER 7 Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Energy from Carbohydrates and Other Fuel Molecules

THE CELL: The first set of chapters emphasizes three key aspects of a cell—information flow (Chapters 3 and 4), actively maintaining a constant internal environment (Chapter 5), and harnessing energy (Chapters 68). Placing these basic points at the start of the textbook gives them emphasis and helps students build their knowledge of biology naturally.

CHAPTER 8 Photosynthesis: Using Sunlight to Build Carbohydrates

CASE 2 CANCER: WHEN GOOD CELLS GO BAD

CHAPTER 9 Cell Signaling

CHAPTER 10 Cell and Tissue Architecture: Cytoskeleton, Cell Junctions, and Extracellular Matrix

CHAPTER 11 Cell Division: Variations, Regulation, and Cancer

CASE 3 YOU, FROM A TO T: YOUR PERSONAL GENOME

CASE STUDIES: Biology is best understood when presented using real and engaging examples as a framework for synthesizing information. Eight carefully positioned Cases help provide this framework. For example, the Case about your personal genome is introduced before the set of chapters on genetics and is revisited in each of these chapters where it serves to reinforce important concepts.

CHAPTER 12 DNA Replication and Manipulation

CHAPTER 13 Genomes

CHAPTER 14 Mutation and DNA Repair

CHAPTER 15 Genetic Variation

CHAPTER 16 Mendelian Inheritance

CHAPTER 17 Inheritance of Sex Chromosomes, Linked Genes, and Organelles

image CHAPTER 18 The Genetic and Environmental Basis of Complex Traits

GENETICS: The genetics chapters start with genomes and move to inheritance to provide a modern, molecular look at genetic variation and how traits are transmitted.

CHAPTER 19 Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation

CHAPTER 20 Genes and Development

CASE 4 MALARIA: COEVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND A PARASITE

CHAPTER 21 Evolution: How Genotypes and Phenotypes Change over Time

CHAPTER 22 Species and Speciation

CHAPTER 23 Evolutionary Patterns: Phylogeny and Fossils

image CHAPTER 24 Human Origins and Evolution

UNIQUE CHAPTERS: Biology: How Life Works, Second Edition includes chapters that don’t traditionally appear in introductory biology texts, one in almost every major subject area. These novel chapters represent shifts toward a more modern conception of certain topics in biology and are identified by image .

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image CHAPTER 25 Cycling Carbon

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: We present the carbon cycle as a bridge between the molecular and organismal parts of the book, showing how different kinds of organisms use the biochemical processes discussed in the first half of the book to create a cycle that drives life on Earth and creates ecosystems. The carbon cycle along with other biogeochemical cycles—sulfur and nitrogen—provides the conceptual backbone around which prokaryotic diversity is organized.

CASE 5 THE HUMAN MICROBIOME: DIVERSITY WITHIN

CHAPTER 26 Bacteria and Archaea

CHAPTER 27 Eukaryotic Cells: Origins and Diversity

image CHAPTER 28 Being Multicellular

CASE 6 AGRICULTURE: FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION

CHAPTER 29 Plant Structure and Function: Moving Photosynthesis onto Land

CHAPTER 30 Plant Reproduction: Finding Mates and Dispersing Young

CHAPTER 31 Plant Growth and Development

image CHAPTER 32 Plant Defense: Keeping the World Green

PLANT DEFENSE: The chapter on plant defense provides a strong ecological and case-based perspective on the strategies plants use to survive their exploitation by pathogens and herbivores.

CHAPTER 33 Plant Diversity

CHAPTER 34 Fungi: Structure, Function, and Diversity

CASE 7 PREDATOR-PREY: A GAME OF LIFE AND DEATH

CHAPTER 35 Animal Nervous Systems

CHAPTER 36 Animal Sensory Systems and Brain Function

CHAPTER 37 Animal Movement: Muscles and Skeletons

DIVERSITY AND PHYSIOLOGY: Diversity follows physiology in order to provide a basis for understanding the groupings of organisms and to avoid presenting diversity as a list of names to memorize. When students understand how organisms function, they can understand the different groups in depth and organize them intuitively. To give instructors maximum flexibility, brief descriptions of unfamiliar organisms and the major groups of organisms have been layered in the physiology chapters, and the diversity chapters include a brief review of organismal form and function.

CHAPTER 38 Animal Endocrine Systems

CHAPTER 39 Animal Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

CHAPTER 40 Animal Metabolism, Nutrition, and Digestion

CHAPTER 41 Animal Renal Systems: Water and Waste

CHAPTER 42 Animal Reproduction and Development

CHAPTER 43 Animal Immune Systems

CASE 8 BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS: RAIN FORESTS AND CORAL REEFS

CHAPTER 44 Animal Diversity

CHAPTER 45 Animal Behavior

CHAPTER 46 Population Ecology

CHAPTER 47 Species Interactions, Communities, and Ecosystems

CHAPTER 48 Biomes and Global Ecology

NEW CHAPTER 48: BIOMES AND GLOBAL ECOLOGY is part of the greatly expanded ecology coverage on physical processes and global ecology. The new coverage broadens connections between ecological concepts, and is carefully integrated into the larger theme of evolution.

image CHAPTER 49 The Anthropocene: Humans as a Planetary Force

“The approach to teaching is something my colleagues and I had been waiting for in a textbook. However, the text is flexible enough to accommodate a traditional teaching style.”

–Steve Uyeda, Pima Community College

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