Campbell Biology, Australian and New Zealand Edition, 12th edition

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    UNIT ONE: THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
  1. Introduction: Themes in the Study 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 TWO: 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 THREE: 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. From Gene to Protein
  18. Regulation of Gene Expression
  19. Viruses
  20. Biotechnology
  21. Genomes and Their Evolution
    UNIT FOUR: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION
  22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
  23. The Evolution of Populations
  24. The Origin of Species 2
  25. The History of Life on Earth
    UNIT FIVE: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  26. Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
  27. Bacteria and Archaea
  28. Protists
  29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonised Land
  30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
  31. Fungi
  32. An Overview of Animal Diversity
  33. An Introduction to Invertebrates
  34. The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates
    UNIT SIX: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
  35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
  36. Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
  37. Soil and Plant Nutrition
  38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
  39. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
    UNIT SEVEN: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
  40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
  41. Animal Nutrition
  42. Circulation and Gas Exchange
  43. The Immune System
  44. Osmoregulation and Excretion
  45. Hormones and the Endocrine System
  46. Animal Reproduction
  47. Animal Development
  48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signalling
  49. Nervous Systems
  50. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
  51. Animal Behaviour
    UNIT EIGHT: ECOLOGY
  52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
  53. Population Ecology
  54. Community Ecology
  55. Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology
  56. Conservation Biology and Global Change

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