Biology

Biology
Twelfth Edition
Kenneth A. Mason / Jonathan B. Losos / Tod Duncan
© 2020

I. The Molecular Basis of Life

1. The Science of Biology
2. The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of Water
3. The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

II. Biology of the Cell

4. Cell Structure
5. Membranes
6. Energy and Metabolism
7. How Cells Harvest Energy
8. Photosynthesis
9. Cell Communication
10. How Cells Divide

III. Genetic and Molecular Biology

11. Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
12. Patterns of Inheritance
13. Chromosomes, Mapping, and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection
14. DNA: The Genetic Material
15. Genes and How They Work
16. Control of Gene Expression
17. Biotechnology
18. Genomics
19. Cellular Mechanisms and Development

IV. Evolution

20. Genes Within Populations
21. The Evidence for Evolution
22. The Origin of Species
23. Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology
24. Genome Evolution

V. Diversity of Life on Earth

25. The Origin and Diversity of Life
26. Viruses
27. Prokaryotes
28. Protists
29. Seedless Plants
30. Seed Plants
31. Fungi
32. Animal Diversity and the Evolution of Body Plans
33. Protostomes
34. Deuterostomes

VI. Plant Form and Function

35. Plant Form
36. Transport in Plants
37. Plant Nutrition and Soils
38. Plant Defense Responses
39. Sensory Systems in Plants
40. Plant Reproduction

VII. Animal Form and Function

41. The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation
42. The Nervous System
43. Sensory Systems
44. The Endocrine System
45. The Muscuoskeletal System
46. The Digestive System
47. The Respiratory System
48. The Circulatory System
49. Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System
50. The Immune System
51. The Reproductive System
52. Animal Development

VIII. Ecology and Behavior

53. Behavioral Biology
54. Ecology of Individuals and Populations
55. Community Ecology
56. Dynamics of Ecosystems
57. The Biosphere and Human Impacts
58. Conservation Biology