部分目录展示PART ONE 􀂄 THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AND ITS
CHEMICAL BASIS
1 Studying Life 1
2 Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life 21
3 Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids 39
4 Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life 62
PART TWO 􀂄 CELLS
5 Cells: The Working Units of Life 77
6 Cell Membranes 105
7 Cell Communication and Multicellularity 125
PART THREE 􀂄 CELLS AND ENERGY
8 Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism 144
9 Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy 165
10 Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight 185
PART FOUR 􀂄 GENES AND HEREDITY
11 The Cell Cycle and Cell Division 205
12 Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes 232
13 DNA and Its Role in Heredity 259
14 From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression 281
15 Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine 304
16 Regulation of Gene Expression 328
PART FIVE 􀂄 GENOMES
17 Genomes 352
18 Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology 373
19 Differential Gene Expression in Development 392
20 Genes, Development, and Evolution 412
PART SIX 􀂄 THE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES
OF EVOLUTION
21 Mechanisms of Evolution 427
22 Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies 449
23 Speciation 467
24 Evolution of Genes and Genomes 485
25 The History of Life on Earth 505
PART SEVEN 􀂄 THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY
26 Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses 525
27 The Origin and Diversifi cation of Eukaryotes 549
28 Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land 569
29 The Evolution of Seed Plants 588
30 The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi 608
31 Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans 629
32 Protostome Animals 651
33 Deuterostome Animals 678
PART EIGHT 􀂄 FLOWERING PLANTS:
FORM AND FUNCTION
34 The Plant Body 708
35 Transport in Plants 726
36 Plant Nutrition 740
37 Regulation of Plant Growth 756
38 Reproduction in Flowering Plants 778
39 Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges 797
PART NINE 􀂄 ANIMALS:
FORM AND FUNCTION
40 Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature
Regulation 815
41 Animal Hormones 834
42 Immunology: Animal Defense Systems 856
43 Animal Reproduction 880
44 Animal Development 902
45 Neurons, Glia, and Nervous Systems 924
46 Sensory Systems 946
47 The Mammalian Nervous System 967
48 Musculoskeletal Systems 986
49 Gas Exchange 1005
50 Circulatory Systems 1025
51 Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption 1048
52 Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen
Excretion 1071
53 Animal Behavior 1093
PART TEN 􀂄 ECOLOGY
54 Ecology and the Distribution of Life 1121
55 Population Ecology 1149
56 Species Interactions and Coevolution 1169
57 Community Ecology 1188
58 Ecosystems and Global Ecology 1207
59 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 1228