Biology (Holt)

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• 1 Principles of Cell Biology UNIT


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 Looking at Cells
  
  
  • 2 Cell Features
  
  
  • 3 Cell Organelles
  
  
  • 1 Passive Transport
  
  
  • 2 Active Transport
  
  
  • 1 Energy and Living Things
  
  
  • 2 Photosynthesis
  
  
  • 3 Cellular Respiration
  
  
  • 1 Chromosomes
  
  
  • 2 The Cell Cycle
  
  
  • 3 Mitosis and Cytokinesis
    
    
    • Biology and You
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 2 Chemistry of Life


• CHAPTER 3 Cell Structure


• CHAPTER 4 Cells and Their Environment
  
  
  • Cellular Respiration CHAPTER 5 Photosynthesis and
  
  
  • Cell Reproduction CHAPTER 6 Chromosomes and
  
  
  • 1 Themes of Biology
  
  
  • 2 Biology in Your World
  
  
  • 3 The Scientific Processes
  
  
  • 1 Nature of Matter
  
  
  • 2 Water and Solutions
  
  
  • 3 Chemistry of Cells
  
  
  • 4 Energy and Chemical Reactions
  
  
  • 2 Principles of Genetics Contents vii
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER UNIT
  
  
  • 1 Identifying the Genetic Material
  
  
  • 2 The Structure of DNA
  
  
  • 3 The Replication of DNA
  
  
  • 1 Decoding the Information in DNA
  
  
  • 2 Gene Regulation and Structure
  
  
  • 1 Genetic Engineering
  
  
  • 2 Human Applications of Genetic Engineering
  
  
  • 3 Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
    
    
    • Reproduction Meiosis and Sexual
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 8 Mendel and Heredity


• CHAPTER 9 DNA: The Genetic Material


• CHAPTER 10 How Proteins Are Made


• CHAPTER 11 Gene Technology
  
  
  • 1 Meiosis
  
  
  • 2 Sexual Reproduction
  
  
  • 1 The Origins of Genetics
  
  
  • 2 Mendel’s Theory
  
  
  • 3 Studying Heredity
  
  
  • 4 Complex Patterns of Heredity
  
  
  • 3 Principles of Evolution UNIT
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 Categories of Biological Classification
  
  
  • 2 How Biologists Classify Organisms
    
    
    • History of Life on Earth
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 13 The Theory of Evolution


• CHAPTER 14 Classification of Organisms
  
  
  • 1 How Did Life Begin?
  
  
  • 2 The Evolution of Cellular Life
  
  
  • 3 Life Invaded the Land
  
  
  • 1 The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
  
  
  • 2 Evidence of Evolution
  
  
  • 3 Examples of Evolution
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER Contents ix
  
  
  • 1 How Organisms Interact in Communities
  
  
  • 2 How Competition Shapes Communities
  
  
  • 3 Major Biological Communities
  
  
  • 1 Global Change
  
  
  • 2 Effects on Ecosystems
  
  
  • 3 Solving Environmental Problems
    
    
    • Populations
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 16 Ecosystems


• CHAPTER 17 Biological Communities


• CHAPTER 18 The Environment
  
  
  • 1 How Populations Grow.
  
  
  • 2 How Populations Evolve.
  
  
  • 1 What Is an Ecosystem?.
  
  
  • 2 Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
  
  
  • 3 Cycling of Materials in Ecosystems.
  
  
  • 4 Principles of Ecology
  
  
  • 5 Exploring Diversity UNIT
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 Characteristics of Protists
  
  
  • 2 Protist Diversity
  
  
  • 3 Protists and Health
  
  
  • 1 Characteristics of Fungi
  
  
  • 2 Fungal Diversity
  
  
  • 3 Fungal Partnerships
    
    
    • Kingdoms of Life Introduction to the
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 20 Viruses and Bacteria


• CHAPTER 21 Protists


• CHAPTER 22 Fungi
  
  
  • 1 Introduction to Kingdoms and Domains
  
  
  • 2 Advent of Multicellularity
  
  
  • 3 Complex Multicellularity
  
  
  • 1 Viruses
  
  
  • 2 Bacteria
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 The Vascular Plant Body
  
  
  • 2 Transport in Plants
  
  
  • 1 How Plants Grow and Develop
  
  
  • 2 Regulating Growth and Development
    
    
    • Introduction to Plants
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 24 Plant Reproduction


• CHAPTER 25 Plant Structure and Function
  
  
  • Development CHAPTER 26 Plant Growth and
  
  
  • 1 Adaptations of Plants.
  
  
  • 2 Kinds of Plants
  
  
  • 3 Plants in Our Lives
  
  
  • 1 Sexual Reproduction in Seedless Plants
  
  
  • 2 Sexual Reproduction in Seed Plants.
  
  
  • 3 Asexual Reproduction
  
  
  • 6 Exploring Plants
  
  
  • 7 Exploring Invertebrates UNIT
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 Mollusks
  
  
  • 2 Annelids
  
  
  • 1 Features of Arthropods
  
  
  • 2 Spiders and Other Arachnids
  
  
  • 3 Insects and Their Relatives
  
  
  • 4 Crustaceans
  
  
  • 1 Echinoderms
  
  
  • 2 Invertebrate Chordates
    
    
    • Introduction to Animals
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 28 Simple Invertebrates


• CHAPTER 29 Mollusks and Annelids


• CHAPTER 30 Arthropods
  
  
  • Invertebrate Chordates CHAPTER 31 Echinoderms and
  
  
  • 1 Characteristics of Animals
  
  
  • 2 Animal Body Systems
  
  
  • 1 Sponges
  
  
  • 2 Cnidarians
  
  
  • 3 Flatworms and Roundworms
  
  
  • 8 Exploring Vertebrates Contents xiii
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER UNIT
  
  
  • 1 The Reptilian Body
  
  
  • 2 Today’s Reptiles
  
  
  • 3 Characteristics and Diversity of Birds
  
  
  • 1 The Mammalian Body
  
  
  • 2 Today’s Mammals
  
  
  • 1 Evolution of Behavior
  
  
  • 2 Types of Behavior
    
    
    • Introduction to Vertebrates
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 33 Fishes and Amphibians


• CHAPTER 34 Reptiles and Birds


• CHAPTER 35 Mammals


• CHAPTER 36 Animal Behavior
  
  
  • 1 Vertebrates in the Sea and on Land
  
  
  • 2 Terrestrial Vertebrates
  
  
  • 3 Evolution of Primates
  
  
  • 4 The Genus Homo
  
  
  • 1 The Fish Body
  
  
  • 2 Today’s Fishes
  
  
  • 3 Amphibians
  
  
  • 9 Exploring Human Biology UNIT
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER
  
  
  • 1 Nonspecific Defenses
  
  
  • 2 Immune Response
  
  
  • 3 Disease Transmission and Prevention
  
  
  • 4 Disorders of the Immune System
    
    
    • Body Structure Introduction to
    
    
    • Respiratory Systems CHAPTER 38 Circulatory and
    
    
    • Excretory Systems CHAPTER 39 Digestive and
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 40 The Body’s Defenses
  
  
  • 1 Body Organization
  
  
  • 2 Skeletal System
  
  
  • 3 Muscular System
  
  
  • 4 Skin, Hair, and Nails
  
  
  • 1 The Circulatory System
  
  
  • 2 The Heart
  
  
  • 3 The Respiratory System
  
  
  • 1 Your Body’s Need for Food
  
  
  • 2 Digestion
  
  
  • 3 Excretion
  
  
  
  


• CHAPTER 41 Nervous System
  
  
  • 1 Neurons and Nerve Impulses
  
  
  • 2 Structures of the Nervous System
  
  
  • 3 Sensory Systems
  
  
  • 4 Drugs and the Nervous System
  
  
  
  


• On the Trail of a Chromosomal Deletion


• The Genetics of Missing Teeth


• A Population of Pests
  
  
  • in the Gulf of Mexico Watching Out for Wildlife
  
  
  
  


• Linking Pollution and Disease


• Drilling for Buried Bacteria


• Foods as Fuel technology issues.


• The Shifting Allegiance of HIV


• Muscle Fatigue and Endurance Training


• The Making of an Egg


• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)


• Sustainable Agriculture


• Making a Malaria Vaccine


• Vegetarian Diets


• Plant Tissue Culture


• Eating Mollusks Safely


• Leeches Make a Comeback
  
  
  • Monitoring Water Quality
  
  
  • Selecting Dairy Products
  
  
  • Courtroom Science
  
  
  • Blood Doping
  
  
  • Obesity and Health
  
  
  • Eating Disorders
  
  
  • Asthma
  
  
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  
  
  • Anabolic Steroids Are Dangerous
  
  
  • Hormones and Body Fat
  
  
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  
  
  • Protecting Honeybees out in Texas today.
  
  
  • Texas’s Inland Reef
  
  
  • An Arthropod on the Move
  
  
  • Mammalian Fossils in Texas
  
  
  • Trouble for Turtles in Texas
  
  
  • The Gregarious Lobster