COURSE DESCRIPTION

Campbell Biology AP Edition, 11th Edition
To engage learners in developing a deeper understanding of biology, the Eleventh Edition challenges them to apply their knowledge and skills to a variety of new hands-on activities and exercises in the text and online. Content updates throughout the text reflect rapidly evolving research, and new learning tools include Problem-Solving Exercises, Visualizing Figures, Visual Skills Questions, and more.

Table of Contents

1. Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry 2
Unit 1 The Chemistry of Life 27
2.The Chemical Context of Life 28
3. Water and Life 44
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 56
5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 66
Unit 2 The Cell 92
6. A Tour of the Cell 93
7. Membrane Structure and Function 126
8. An Introduction to Metabolism 143
9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 164
10. Photosynthesis 187
11. Cell Communication 212
12. The Cell Cycle 234
Unit 3 Genetics 253
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 254
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea 269
15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 294
16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 314
17. Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein 335
18. Regulation of Gene Expression 363
19. Viruses 396
20. DNA Tools and Biotechnology 413
21. Genomes and Their Evolution 440
Unit 4 Mechanisms of Evolution 465
22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 466
23. The Evolution of Populations 484
24. The Origin of Species 504
25. The History of Life on Earth 523
Unit 5 The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity 550
26. Phylogeny and the Tree of Life 551
27. Bacteria and Archaea 571
28. Protists 591
29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land 616
30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants 634
31. Fungi 652
32. An Overview of Animal Diversity 671
33. An Introduction to Invertebrates 684
34. The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates 716
Unit 6 Plant Form and Function 755
35. Vascular Plant Structure, Growth, and Development 756
36. Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants 782
37. Soil and Plant Nutrition 803
38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology 820
39. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals 840
Unit 7 Animal Form and Function 870
40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function 871
41. Animal Nutrition 896
42. Circulation and Gas Exchange 919
43. The Immune System 950
44. Osmoregulation and Excretion 975
45. Hormones and the Endocrine System 997
46. Animal Reproduction 1017
47. Animal Development 1041
48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling 1065
49. Nervous Systems 1083
50. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 1105
51. Animal Behavior 1137
Unit 8 Ecology 1161
52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere 1162
53. Population Ecology 1188
54. Community Ecology 1212
55. Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology 1236
56. Conservation Biology and Global Change 1258