Biological Concepts (Custom Edition), 2nd edition

Published by Pearson Learning Solutions (February 2, 2022) © 2022

  • Lisa A. Urry Mills College at Northeastern University
  • Noel Meyers University of the Sunshine Coast
  • Michael L. Cain New Mexico State University
  • Steven A. Wasserman University of California
  • Peter V. Minorsky Mercy College
  • Jane B. Reece

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ISBN-13: 9780655706830
Biological Concepts (Custom Edition)
Published 2022

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This custom edition is published for the University of Canberra.

It contains a selection of chapters from Campbell Biology: Australian and New Zealand Version, 12th edition.The chapters were chosen specifically to meet your course requirements, so only the relevant chapters have been included. The original chapter and page numbers, glossary and index have been kept unchanged, which is why you will come across references to chapters and page numbers that are not in your book or eBook.

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Table of contents

  • 1 Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry
  • Unit 1 THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
  • 2 The Chemical Context of Life
  • 3 Water and Life
  • 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
  • 5 The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
  • Unit 2 THE CELL
  • 6 A Tour of the Cell
  • 7 Membrane Structure and Function
  • 8 An Introduction to Metabolism
  • 9 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
  • 10 Photosynthesis
  • 11 Cell Communication
  • 12 The Cell Cycle
  • Unit 3 GENETICS
  • 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
  • 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea
  • 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
  • 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
  • 17 Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
  • 18 Regulation of Gene Expression
  • 19 Viruses
  • 20 DNA Tools and Biotechnology
  • 21 Genomes and Their Evolution
  • Unit 4 MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION
  • 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
  • 23 The Evolution of Populations
  • 24 The Origin of Species
  • 25 The History of Life on Earth
  • Unit 5 THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  • 26 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
  • APPENDIX A: Answers
  • APPENDIX: B Classification of Life
  • APPENDIX C: A Comparison of the Light Microscope and the Electron Microscope
  • APPENDIX D: Scientific Skills Review
  • CREDITS
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX

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