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Table of Contents:
1 Learning About Life  CHAPTER THREAD Swimming with the Turtles   BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Passion for Life    The Scientific Study of Life    An Overview of the Process of Science          Hypotheses, Theories, and Facts         Controlled Experiments           THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Baby Turtles Swim?   Evaluating Scientific Claims    The Properties of Life Major Themes in Biology       The Relationship of Structure to Function       Information Flow        Pathways That Transform Energy and Matter Interactions within Biological Systems           Evolution         EVOLUTION CONNECTION Turtles in the Tree of Life UNIT 1 CELLS 2 Essential Chemistry for Biology       CHAPTER THREAD Helpful Radiation        BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Nuclear Medicine      Some Basic Chemistry            Matter: Elements and Compounds      Atoms THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Effective Is Radiation in Treating Prostate Cancer? Chemical Bonding and Molecules       Chemical Reactions     Water and Life Water   Acids, Bases, and pH  EVOLUTION CONNECTION Radioactivity as an Evolutionary Clock   3 The Molecules of Life           CHAPTER THREAD Lactose Intolerance      BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Got Lactose? Organic Compounds   Carbon Chemistry       Giant Molecules from Smaller Building Blocks          Large Biological Molecules     Carbohydrates Lipids  Proteins           Nucleic Acids  THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Does Lactose Intolerance Have a Genetic Basis?             EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Lactose Intolerance in Humans 4 A Tour of the Cell     CHAPTER THREAD Humans Versus Bacteria         BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Antibiotics: Drugs That Target Bacterial Cells          The Microscopic World of Cells         The Two Major Categories of Cells    An Overview of Eukaryotic Cells       Membrane Structure    The Plasma Membrane            Cell Surfaces   THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Was the First 21st-Century Antibiotic Discovered? The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell      The Nucleus    Ribosomes      How DNA Directs Protein Production           The Endomembrane System: Manufacturing and Distributing Cellular Products       The Endoplasmic Reticulum    The Golgi Apparatus   Lysosomes      Vacuoles         Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Providing Cellular Energy    Chloroplasts    Mitochondria   The Cytoskeleton: Cell Shape and Movement Maintaining Cell Shape           Flagella and Cilia         EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Humans            5 The Working Cell      CHAPTER THREAD Nanotechnology          BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Harnessing Cellular Structures         Some Basic Energy Concepts Conservation of Energy          Heat     Chemical Energy         Food Calories  ATP and Cellular Work          The Structure of ATP  Phosphate Transfer     The ATP Cycle           Enzymes          Activation Energy       THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Enzymes Be Engineered?      Enzyme Activity          Enzyme Inhibitors       Membrane Function    Passive Transport: Diffusion across Membranes        Osmosis and Water Balance    Active Transport: The Pumping of Molecules across Membranes      Exocytosis and Endocytosis: Traffic of Large Molecules       EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Origin of Membranes            6 Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food   CHAPTER THREAD Exercise Science          BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Getting the Most Out of Your Muscles        Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling in the Biosphere Producers and Consumers      Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration  Cellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvest of Food Energy                       An Overview of Cellular Respiration  The Three Stages of Cellular Respiration        The Results of Cellular Respiration     Fermentation: Anaerobic Harvest of Food Energy      Fermentation in Human Muscle Cells THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Causes Muscle Burn?          Fermentation in Microorganisms        EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Importance of Oxygen           7 Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food  CHAPTER THREAD Solar Energy   BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Solar Revolution   The Basics of Photosynthesis Chloroplasts: Sites of Photosynthesis An Overview of Photosynthesis         The Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy   The Nature of Sunlight            THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Colors of Light Drive Photosynthesis?       Chloroplast Pigments  How Photosystems Harvest Light Energy      How the Light Reactions Generate ATP and NADPH           The Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon Dioxide         EVOLUTION CONNECTION Creating a Better Biofuel Factory UNIT 2 GENETICS      8 Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells        CHAPTER THREAD Life with and without Sex       BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Virgin Birth of a Shark         What Cell Reproduction Accomplishes           The Cell Cycle and Mitosis     Eukaryotic Chromosomes       Duplicating Chromosomes      The Cell Cycle Mitosis and Cytokinesis          Cancer Cells: Dividing Out of Control            Meiosis, the Basis of Sexual Reproduction     Homologous Chromosomes   Gametes and the Life Cycle of a Sexual Organism     The Process of Meiosis           Review: Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis       The Origins of Genetic Variation        THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do All Animals Have Sex?          When Meiosis Goes Wrong    EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Advantages of Sex    9 Patterns of Inheritance           CHAPTER THREAD Dog Breeding  BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Darwin’s Dogs         Genetics and Heredity In an Abbey Garden    Mendel’s Law of Segregation Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment     Using a Testcross to Determine an Unknown Genotype        The Rules of Probability         Family Pedigrees         Human Traits Controlled by a Single Gene     THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Is the Genetic Basis of Short Legs in Dogs?           Variations on Mendel’s Laws Incomplete Dominance in Plants and People   ABO Blood Groups: An Example of Multiple Alleles and Codominance      Pleiotropy and Sickle-Cell Disease     Polygenic Inheritance  Epigenetics and the Role of Environment        The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance          Linked Genes  Sex Determination in Humans Sex-Linked Genes       EVOLUTION CONNECTION Barking Up the Evolutionary Tree            10 The Structure and Function of DNA           CHAPTER THREAD Deadly Viruses           BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Global Threat of Zika Virus       DNA: Structure and Replication         DNA and RNA Structure       Watson and Crick’s Discovery of the Double Helix   DNA Replication        From DNA to RNA to Protein           How an Organism’s Genotype Determines Its Phenotype      From Nucleotides to Amino Acids: An Overview      The Genetic Code        Transcription: From DNA to RNA     The Processing of Eukaryotic RNA    Translation: The Players          Translation: The Process         Review: DNA S RNA S Protein        Mutations        Viruses and Other Noncellular Infectious Agents       Bacteriophages            Plant Viruses   Animal Viruses           THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can DNA and RNA Vaccines Protect Against Viruses? HIV, the AIDS Virus Prions  EVOLUTION CONNECTION Emerging Viruses 11 How Genes Are Controlled            CHAPTER THREAD Cancer BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy     How and Why Genes Are Regulated  Gene Regulation in Bacteria    Gene Regulation in Eukaryotic Cells   Cell Signaling  Homeotic Genes          Visualizing Gene Expression  Cloning Plants and Animals    The Genetic Potential of Cells Reproductive Cloning of Animals       Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cells   The Genetic Basis of Cancer   Genes That Cause Cancer       THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Avatars Improve Cancer Treatment? Cancer Risk and Prevention    EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Cancer in the Body       12 DNA Technology   CHAPTER THREAD DNA Profiling            BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Using DNA to Establish Guilt and Innocence          Genetic Engineering    Recombinant DNA Techniques          Gene Editing   Medical Applications  Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture         Human Gene Therapy DNA Profiling and Forensic Science  DNA Profiling Techniques     Investigating Murder, Paternity, and Ancient DNA    Bioinformatics DNA Sequencing        Genomics        Genome-Mapping Techniques            The Human Genome   THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Nic Have a Deadly Gene?      Applied Genomics      Systems Biology         Safety and Ethical Issues         The Controversy over Genetically Modified Foods    Ethical Questions Raised by Human DNA Technologies       EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Y Chromosome as a Window on History     UNIT 3 EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY 13 How Populations Evolve         CHAPTER THREAD Evolution in Action     BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Mosquitoes and Evolution    The Diversity of Life   Naming and Classifying the Diversity of Life Explaining the Diversity of Life          Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species     Darwin’s Journey       Darwin’s Theory         Evidence of Evolution Evidence from Fossils Evidence from Homologies     Evolutionary Trees      Natural Selection as the Mechanism for Evolution      Natural Selection in Action     Key Points about Natural Selection     The Evolution of Populations  Sources of Genetic Variation  Populations as the Units of Evolution Analyzing Gene Pools Population Genetics and Health Science         Microevolution as Change in a Gene Pool      Mechanisms of Evolution       Natural Selection         Genetic Drift   Gene Flow      Natural Selection: A Closer Look       THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Natural Selection Shape the Beaks of Darwin’s Finches?     EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance          14 How Biological Diversity Evolves  CHAPTER THREAD Evolution in the Human-Dominated World     BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Humanity’s Footprint           The Origin of Species What Is a Species?      Reproductive Barriers between Species          Mechanisms of Speciation      THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Human Activities Facilitate Speciation?          Earth History and Macroevolution      The Fossil Record       Plate Tectonics and Biogeography      Mass Extinctions and Explosive Diversifications of Life        Mechanisms of Macroevolution          Large Effects from Small Genetic Changes     The Evolution of Biological Novelty   Classifying the Diversity of Life         Classification and Phylogeny  Classification: A Work in Progress     EVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolution in the Anthropocene     15 The Evolution of Microbial Life      CHAPTER THREAD Human Microbiota      BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Our Invisible Inhabitants      Major Episodes in the History of Life The Origin of Life       A Four-Stage Hypothesis for the Origin of Life         From Chemical Evolution to Darwinian Evolution     Prokaryotes     They’re Everywhere!  The Structure and Function of Prokaryotes     The Ecological Impact of Prokaryotes The Two Main Branches of Prokaryotic Evolution: Bacteria and Archaea     THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Are Intestinal Microbiota to Blame for Obesity?  Protists            Protozoans      Slime Molds    Unicellular and Colonial Algae           Seaweeds        EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Sweet Life of Streptococcus mutans  16 The Evolution of Plants and Fungi  CHAPTER THREAD Plant-Fungus Interactions       BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Diamond of the Kitchen Colonizing Land          Terrestrial Adaptations of Plants         The Origin of Plants from Green Algae          Plant Diversity Highlights of Plant Evolution  Bryophytes      Ferns   Gymnosperms Angiosperms   Plant Diversity as a Nonrenewable Resource  Fungi   Characteristics of Fungi          THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Killed the Pines?      The Ecological Impact of Fungi          Commercial Uses of Fungi     EVOLUTION CONNECTION A Pioneering Partnership 17 The Evolution of Animals   CHAPTER THREAD Human Evolution        BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Evolving Adaptability           The Origins of Animal Diversity        What Is an Animal?     Early Animals and the Cambrian Explosion    Animal Phylogeny      Major Invertebrate Phyla         Sponges          Cnidarians       Molluscs         Flatworms       Annelids          Roundworms  Arthropods      Echinoderms   Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity     Characteristics of Chordates    Fishes  Amphibians     Reptiles           Mammals        The Human Ancestry  The Evolution of Primates       The Emergence of Humankind            THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Can Lice Tell Us About Ancient Humans? EVOLUTION CONNECTION Are We Still Evolving?     UNIT 4 ECOLOGY 18 An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere         CHAPTER THREAD Climate Change           BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Penguins, Polar Bears, and People in Peril   An Overview of Ecology        Ecology and Environmentalism           A Hierarchy of Interactions     Living in Earth’s Diverse Environments         Abiotic Factors of the Biosphere         The Evolutionary Adaptations of Organisms  Adjusting to Environmental Variability           Biomes            Freshwater Biomes     Marine Biomes            How Climate Affects Terrestrial Biome Distribution  Terrestrial Biomes       The Water Cycle          Human Impact on Biomes       Climate Change           The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming  The Accumulation of Greenhouse Gases        Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems      THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Does Climate Change Affect Species Distribution? Looking to Our Future            EVOLUTION CONNECTION Climate Change as an Agent of Natural Selection 19 Population Ecology             CHAPTER THREAD Biological Invasions    BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Invasion of the Lionfish        An Overview of Population Ecology  Population Density      Population Age Structure        Life Tables and Survivorship Curves  Life History Traits as Adaptations      Population Growth Models     The Exponential Population Growth Model: The Ideal of an Unlimited Environment            The Logistic Population Growth Model: The Reality of a Limited Environment    Regulation of Population Growth       Applications of Population Ecology    Conservation of Endangered Species  Sustainable Resource Management     Invasive Species          Biological Control of Pests     THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Fences Stop Cane Toads?      Integrated Pest Management   Human Population Growth     The History of Human Population Growth     Age Structures Our Ecological Footprint         EVOLUTION CONNECTION Humans as an Invasive Species    20 Communities and Ecosystems         CHAPTER THREAD Importance of Biodiversity      BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Why Biodiversity Matters     Biodiversity     Genetic Diversity        Species Diversity        Ecosystem Diversity   Causes of Declining Biodiversity        Community Ecology               Interspecific Interactions         Trophic Structure        Species Diversity in Communities      Disturbances and Succession in Communities            Ecological Succession Ecosystem Ecology     Energy Flow in Ecosystems    Chemical Cycling in Ecosystems        Conservation and Restoration Biology            Biodiversity “Hot Spots”        Conservation at the Ecosystem Level  THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Does Biodiversity Protect Human Health?           Restoring Ecosystems The Goal of Sustainable Development            EVOLUTION CONNECTION Saving the Hot Spots        UNIT 5  ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 21 Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function        CHAPTER THREAD Controlling Body Temperature            BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY An Avoidable Tragedy         The Structural Organization of Animals          Anatomy and Physiology        Tissues            Organs and Organ Systems    Exchanges with the External Environment      Regulating the Internal Environment   Homeostasis    Negative and Positive Feedback          Thermoregulation        THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Does a Python Warm Her Eggs?     Osmoregulation           Homeostasis in the Urinary System    EVOLUTION CONNECTION Adaptations for Thermoregulation            22 Nutrition and Digestion       CHAPTER THREAD Controlling Your Weight        BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The “Secret” to Shedding Pounds     An Overview of Animal Nutrition      Animal Diets   The Four Stages of Food Processing  Digestive Compartments         A Tour of the Human Digestive System         System Map    The Mouth      The Pharynx    The Esophagus            The Stomach   The Small Intestine      The Human Microbiome         The Large Intestine      Human Nutritional Requirements        Food as Fuel   Food as Building Material       Decoding Food Labels            Nutritional Disorders  Malnutrition    Eating Disorders         Obesity            THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can a Gene Make You Fat?          EVOLUTION CONNECTION Fat and Sugar Cravings    23 Circulation and Respiration             CHAPTER THREAD Athletic Endurance      BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Avoiding “The Wall”            Unifying Concepts of Animal Circulation       The Human Cardiovascular System    The Path of Blood       How the Heart Works Blood Vessels Blood  THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Live High, Train Low?     Cardiovascular Disease           Unifying Concepts of Animal Respiration      The Human Respiratory System         The Path of Air           The Brain’s Control over Breathing    The Role of Hemoglobin in Gas Transport     The Toll of Smoking on the Lungs     EVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolving Endurance         24 The Body’s Defenses          Chapter Thread Vaccines          BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Herd Immunity         An Overview of the Immune System              Innate Immunity          External Innate Defenses         Internal Innate Defenses          The Lymphatic System            Circulatory Function   Immune Function        Adaptive Immunity     Step 1: Recognizing the Invaders        Step 2: Cloning the Responders          Step 3: Responding to Invaders          Step 4: Remembering Invaders           THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Do We Know Vaccines Work?       Immune Disorders      Allergies          Autoimmune Diseases Immuno¿deficiency Diseases  AIDS  EVOLUTION CONNECTION Viral Evolution versus the Flu Vaccine    25 Hormones   CHAPTER THREAD Steroid Abuse BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Baseball’s Ongoing Steroid Problem            Hormones: An Overview        The Human Endocrine System            The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland          The Thyroid and Metabolism  The Pancreas and Blood Glucose        The Adrenal Glands and Stress           The Gonads and Sex Hormones         Mimicking Sex Hormones      THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do ’Roids Cause Rage?    EVOLUTION CONNECTION Steroids and Male Aggression     26 Reproduction and Development      CHAPTER THREAD High-Tech Babies       BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY New Ways of Making Babies           Unifying Concepts of Animal Reproduction   Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction   Human Reproduction  Male Reproductive Anatomy  Female Reproductive Anatomy           Gametogenesis            The Female Reproductive Cycle          Reproductive Health    Contraception  Sexually Transmitted Infections          Human Development  Fertilization by Sperm Basic Concepts of Embryonic Development   Pregnancy and Early Development     The Stages of Pregnancy         Childbirth        Reproductive Technologies     Infertility         In Vitro Fertilization    THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Are Babies Conceived through In Vitro Fertilization as Healthy as Babies Conceived Naturally?         The Ethics of IVF       EVOLUTION CONNECTION The “Grandmother Hypothesis”   27 Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems           CHAPTER THREAD Neurotoxins    BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Medicinal Poisons    An Overview of Animal Nervous Systems    Neurons          Organization of Nervous Systems      Sending a Signal through a Neuron    Passing a Signal from a Neuron to a Receiving Cell   The Human Nervous System: A Closer Look The Central Nervous System  The Peripheral Nervous System          The Human Brain        The Senses      Sensory Input  Vision Hearing           Locomotor Systems    The Skeletal System    The Muscular System THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Botulism Toxin Prevent Headaches? Stimulus and Response: Putting It All Together         EVOLUTION CONNECTION A Neurotoxin Arms Race UNIT 6  PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 28 The Life of a Flowering Plant         CHAPTER THREAD Agriculture      BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Buzz on Coffee Plants   The Structure and Function of a Flowering Plant        Monocots and Eudicots                       Roots, Stems, and Leaves       Plant Tissues and Tissue Systems       Plant Cells       Plant Growth   Primary Growth: Lengthening Secondary Growth: Thickening          THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant   The Flower      Overview of the Flowering Plant Life Cycle   Pollination and Fertilization     Seed Formation           Fruit Formation           Seed Germination        EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Problem of the Disappearing Bees    29 The Working Plant  CHAPTER THREAD The Interdependence of Organisms     BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Planting Hope in the Wake of Disaster         How Plants Acquire and Transport Nutrients Plant Nutrition From the Soil into the Roots   The Role of Bacteria in Nitrogen Nutrition     The Transport of Water           The Transport of Sugars         THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can the Pressure Flow Mechanism Be Directly Measured?         Economic Uses of Plant Transport Products   Plant Hormones          Auxins Cytokinins       Ethylene          Gibberellins     Abscisic Acid  Response to Stimuli    Tropisms         Photoperiodism           EVOLUTION CONNECTION Plants, Bugs, and People  Appendices A Metric Conversion Table    B The Periodic Table  C Credits        D Selected Answers    

About the Author :
ERIC J. SIMON is a professor in the Department of Biology and Health Science at New England College (Henniker, New Hampshire). He teaches introductory biology to science majors and nonscience majors, as well as upper-level courses in tropical marine biology and careers in science. Dr. Simon received a B.A. in biology and computer science, an M.A. in biology from Wesleyan University, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard University. His research focuses on innovative ways to use technology to increase active learning in the science classroom, particularly for nonscience majors. Dr. Simon is also the author of the introductory biology textbook Biology: The Core, 2nd Edition, and a coauthor of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, 9th Edition.   JEAN L. DICKEY is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina). After receiving her B.S. in biology from Kent State University, she went on to earn a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from Purdue University. In 1984, Dr. Dickey joined the faculty at Clemson, where she devoted her career to teaching biology to nonscience majors in a variety of courses. In addition to creating content-based instructional materials, she developed many activities to engage lecture and laboratory students in discussion, critical thinking, and writing, and implemented an investigative laboratory curriculum in general biology. Dr. Dickey is the author of Laboratory Investigations for Biology, 2nd Edition, and is a coauthor of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, 9th Edition.   JANE B. REECE was Neil Campbell’s longtime collaborator and a founding author of Campbell Essential Biology and Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology. Her education includes an A.B. in biology from Harvard University (where she was initially a philosophy major), an M.S. in microbiology from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, and later as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University, her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. Dr. Reece taught biology at Middlesex County College (New Jersey) and Queensborough Community College (New York). Dr. Reece’s publishing career began in 1978 when she joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings, and since then, she played a major role in a number of successful textbooks. She was the lead author of Campbell Biology Editions 8—10 and a founding author of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections.   NEIL A. CAMPBELL (1946—2004) combined the inquiring nature of a research scientist with the soul of a caring teacher. Over his 30 years of teaching introductory biology to both science majors and nonscience majors, many thousands of students had the opportunity to learn from him and be stimulated by his enthusiasm for the study of life. He is greatly missed by his many friends in the biology community. His coauthors remain inspired by his visionary dedication to education and are committed to searching for ever better ways to engage students in the wonders of biology.