6 The Eleventh Edition of the best-selling Campbell BIOLOGY sets students on the path to success in biology through its clear and engaging narrative, superior skills instruction, innovative use of art and photos, and fully integrated media resources to enhance teaching and learning.

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.

KEY TOPICS: Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry; Inquiring About Life; THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE; The Chemical Context of Life; A Chemical Connection to Biology; Water and Life; The Molecule That Supports All of Life; Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life; Carbon: The Backbone of Life; The Molecules of Life; THE CELL; A Tour of the Cell; The Fundamental Units of Life; Membrane Structure and Function; Life at the Edge; An Introduction to Metabolism; The Energy of Life; Cellular Respiration and Fermentation; Life Is Work; to many other metabolic pathways; Photosynthesis; The Process That Feeds the Biosphere; Cell Communication; Cellular Messaging; The Cell Cycle; The Key Roles of Cell Division; GENETICS; Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles; Variations on a Theme; Mendel and the Gene Idea; Drawing from the Deck of Genes; The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance; Locating Genes Along Chromosomes; The Molecular Basis of Inheritance; Life's Operating Instructions; Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein; The Flow of Genetic Information; Regulation of Gene Expression; Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder; Viruses; A Borrowed Life; DNA Tools and Biotechnology; The DNA Toolbox; Genomes and Their Evolution; Reading the Leaves from the Tree of Life; MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION; Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life; Endless Forms Most Beautiful; The Evolution of Populations; The Smallest Unit of Evolution; The Origin of Species; That "Mystery of Mysteries"; The History of Life on Earth; A Surprise in the Desert; THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Phylogeny and the Tree of Life; Investigating the Tree of Life; Bacteria and Archaea; Masters of Adaptation; Protists; Living Small; Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land; The Greening of Earth; Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants; Transforming the World; Fungi; Mighty Mushrooms; An Overview of Animal Diversity; A Kingdom of Consumers; An Introduction to Invertebrates; A Dragon Without a Backbone; The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates; Half a Billion Years of Backbones; PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION; Vascular Plant Structure, Growth, and Development; Are Plants Computers?; A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On; Soil and Plant Nutrition; The Corkscrew Carnivore; Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology; Flowers of Deceit; Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals; Stimuli and a Stationary Life; ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION; Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function; Diverse Forms, Common Challenges; The Need to Feed; Circulation and Gas Exchange; Trading Places; The Immune System; Recognition and Response; Osmoregulation and Excretion; A Balancing Act; Hormones and the Endocrine System; The Body's Long-Distance Regulators; Animal Reproduction; Let Me Count the Ways; Animal Development; A Body-Building Plan; Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling; Lines of Communication; Nervous Systems; Command and Control Center; Sensory and Motor Mechanisms; Sense and Sensibility; Animal Behavior; The How and Why of Animal Activity; ECOLOGY; An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere; Discovering Ecology; Population Ecology; Turtle Tracks; Community Ecology; Communities in Motion; Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology; Transformed to Tundra; Conservation Biology and Global Change; Psychedelic Treasure
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