Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, Global Edition, 8th edition

• 1. Learning About Life
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: A Passion for Life
• 1.1 The Scientific Study of Life
• 1.2 The Properties of Life
• 1.3 Major Themes in Biology
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Turtles in the Tree of Life
• Chapter 1 Review

UNIT 1: CELLS

• 2. Essential Chemistry for Biology
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Nuclear Medicine
• 2.1 Some Basic Chemistry
• 2.2 Water and Life
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Radioactivity as an Evolutionary Clock
• Chapter 2 Review
• 3. The Molecules of Life
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Got Lactose?
• 3.1 Organic Compounds
• 3.2 Large Biological Molecules
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Evolution of Lactose Intolerance in Humans
• Chapter 3 Review
• 4. A Tour of the Cell
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Antibiotics: Drugs That Target Bacterial Cells
• 4.1 The Microscopic World of Cells
• 4.2 Membrane Structure
• 4.3 The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell
• 4.4 The Endomembrane System: Manufacturing and Distributing Cellular Products
• 4.5 Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Providing Cellular Energy
• 4.6 The Cytoskeleton: Cell Shape and Movement
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Humans
• Chapter 4 Review
• 5. The Working Cell
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Harnessing Cellular Structures
• 5.1 Some Basic Energy Concepts
• 5.2 ATP and Cellular Work
• 5.3 Enzymes
• 5.4 Membrane Function
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Origin of Membranes
• Chapter 5 Review
• 6. Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food
• introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Getting the Most Out of Your Muscles
• 6.1 Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling in the Biosphere
• 6.2 Cellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvest of Food Energy
• 6.3 Fermentation: Anaerobic Harvest of Food Energy
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Importance of Oxygen
• Chapter 6 Review
• 7. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: A Solar Revolution
• 7.1 The Basics of Photosynthesis
• 7.2 The Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy
• 7.3 The Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon Dioxide
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Creating a Better Biofuel Factory
• Chapter 7 Review

UNIT 2: GENETICS

• 8. Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells
• introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Virgin Birth of a Shark
• 8.1 What Cell Reproduction Accomplishes
• 8.2 The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
• 8.3 Meiosis, the Basis of Sexual Reproduction
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Advantages of Sex
• Chapter 8 Review
• 9. Patterns of Inheritance
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Darwin's Dogs
• 9.1 Genetics and Heredity
• 9.2 Variations on Mendel's Laws
• 9.3 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Barking Up the Evolutionary Tree
• Chapter 9 Review
• 10. The Structure and Function of DNA
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: The Emergence of COVID-19
• 10.1 DNA: Structure and Replication
• 10.2 From DNA to RNA to Protein
• 10.3 Viruses and Other Noncellular Infectious Agents
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Emerging Viruses
• Chapter 10 Review
• 11. How Genes Are Controlled
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
• 11.1 How and Why Genes Are Regulated
• 11.2 Cloning Plants and Animals
• 11.3 The Genetic Basis of Cancer
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Evolution of Cancer in the Body
• Chapter 11 Review
• 12. DNA Technology
• Introduction
• DNA Profiling
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Using DNA to Establish Guilt and Innocence
• 12.1 Genetic Engineering
• 12.2 DNA Profiling and Forensic Science
• 12.3 Bioinformatics
• 12.4 Safety and Ethical Issues
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Y Chromosome as a Window on History
• Chapter 12 Review

UNIT 3: EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY

• 13. How Populations Evolve
• Introduction
• Evolution in Action
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Mosquitoes and Evolution
• 13.1 The Diversity of Life
• 13.2 Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
• 13.3 Evidence of Evolution
• 13.4 Natural Selection as the Mechanism for Evolution
• 13.5 The Evolution of Populations
• 13.6 Mechanisms of Evolution
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
• Chapter 13 Review
• 14. How Biological Diversity Evolves
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Humanity's Footprint
• 14.1 The Origin of Species
• 14.2 Earth History and Macroevolution
• 14.3 Mechanisms of Macroevolution
• 14.4 Classifying the Diversity of Life
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Evolution in the Anthropocene
• Chapter 14 Review
• 15. The Evolution of Microbial Life
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Our Invisible Inhabitants
• 15.1 Major Episodes in the History of Life
• 15.2 The Origin of Life
• 15.3 Prokaryotes
• 15.4 Protists
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Sweet Life of Streptococcus mutans
• Chapter 15 Review
• 16. The Evolution of Plants and Fungi
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: The Diamond of the Kitchen
• 16.1 Colonizing Land
• 16.2 Plant Diversity
• 16.3 Fungi
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: A Pioneering Partnership
• Chapter 16 Review
• 17. The Evolution of Animals
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Evolving Adaptability
• 17.1 The Origins of Animal Diversity
• 17.2 Major Invertebrate Phyla
• 17.3 Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity
• 17.4 The Human Ancestry
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Are We Still Evolving?
• Chapter 17 Review

UNIT 4: ECOLOGY

• 18. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Penguins, Polar Bears, and People in Peril
• 18.1 An Overview of Ecology
• 18.2 Living in Earth's Diverse Environments
• 18.3 Biomes
• 18.4 Climate Change
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Climate Change as an Agent of Natural Selection
• Chapter 18 Review
• 19. Population Ecology
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Invasion of the Lionfish
• 19.1 An Overview of Population Ecology
• 19.2 Population Growth Models
• 19.3 Applications of Population Ecology
• 19.4 Human Population Growth
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Humans as an Invasive Species
• Chapter 19 Review
• 20. Communities and Ecosystems
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Why Biodiversity Matters
• 20.1 Biodiversity
• 20.2 Community Ecology
• 20.3 Ecosystem Ecology
• 20.4 Conservation and Restoration Biology
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Saving the Hot Spots
• Chapter 20 Review

UNIT 5: ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

• 21. Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: An Avoidable Tragedy
• 21.1 The Structural Organization of Animals
• 21.2 Exchanges with the External Environment
• 21.3 Regulating the Internal Environment
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Adaptations for Thermoregulation
• Chapter 21 Revivew
• 22. Nutrition and Digestion
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: "Diet" Is a Complex Word
• 22.1 An Overview of Animal Nutrition
• 22.2 A Tour of the Human Digestive System
• 22.3 Human Nutritional Requirements
• 22.4 Nutritional Disorders
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Fat and Sugar Cravings
• Chapter 22 Review
• 23. Circulation and Respiration
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Avoiding "The Wall"
• 23.1 Unifying Concepts of Animal Circulation
• 23.2 The Human Cardiovascular System
• 23.3 Unifying Concepts of Animal Respiration
• 23.4 The Human Respiratory System
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Evolving Endurance
• Chapter 23 Review
• 24. The Body's Defenses
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Herd Immunity
• 24.1 An Overview of the Immune System
• 24.2 Innate Immunity
• 24.3 The Lymphatic System
• 24.4 Adaptive Immunity
• 24.5 Immune Disorders
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Viral Evolution versus the Flu Vaccine
• Chapter 24 Review
• 25. Hormones
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Baseball's Ongoing Steroid Problem
• 25.1 Hormones: An Overview
• 25.2 The Human Endocrine System
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Steroids and Male Aggression
• Chapter 25 Review
• 26. Reproduction and Development
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: New Ways of Making Babies
• 26.1 Unifying Concepts of Animal Reproduction
• 26.2 Human Reproduction
• 26.3 Reproductive Health
• 26.4 Human Development
• 26.7 Reproductive Technologies
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The "Grandmother Hypothesis"
• Chapter 26 Review
• 27. Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Medicinal Poisons
• 27.1 An Overview of Animal Nervous Systems
• 27.2 The Human Nervous System: A Closer Look
• 27.3 The Senses
• 27.4 Locomotor Systems
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: A Neurotoxin Arms Race
• Chapter 27 Review

UNIT 6: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

• 28. The Life of a Flowering Plant
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: The Buzz on Coffee Plants
• 28.1 The Structure and Function of a Flowering Plant
• 28.2 Plant Growth
• 28.3 The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: The Problem of the Disappearing Bees
• Chapter 28 Review
• 29. The Working Plant
• Introduction
• BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Planting Hope in the Wake of Disaster
• 29.1 How Plants Acquire and Transport Nutrients
• 29.2 Plant Hormones
• 29.3 Response to Stimuli
• EVOLUTION CONNECTION: Plants, Bugs, and People
• Chapter 29 Review

APPENDICES

• A. Metric Conversion Table
• B. The Periodic Table
• C. Credits
• D. Selected Answers