Campbell Biology in Focus

About our authors Lisa A. Urry (Units 1 and 2) is Gibbons Young Professor of Biology at Mills College. After earning a B.A. at Tufts University, she completed her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Lisa has conducted research on gene expression during embryonic and larval development in sea urchins. Deeply committed to promoting opportunities in science for women and underrepresented minorities, she has taught courses ranging from introductory and developmental biology to a nonmajors course called Evolution for Future President.Michael L. Cain (Chapter 1 and Units 3, 4, and 7) is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist who is now writing full-time. Michael earned an A.B. from Bowdoin College, an M.Sc. from Brown University, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. As a faculty member at New Mexico State University, he taught introductory biology, ecology, evolution, botany, and conservation biology. Michael is the author of dozens of scientific papers on topics that include foraging behavior in insects and plants, long-distance seed dispersal, and speciation in crickets. He is also a coauthor of an ecology textbook.Steven A. Wasserman (Unit 6) is Professor of Biology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He earned an A.B. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from MIT. Working on the fruit fly Drosophila, Steve has done research on developmental biology, reproduction, and immunity. Having taught genetics, development, and physiology to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, he now focuses on introductory biology, for which he has been honored with UCSD's Distinguished Teaching Award.Peter V. Minorsky (Unit 5) is Professor of Biology at Mercy College in New York, where he teaches introductory biology, ecology, and botany. He received his A.B. from Vassar College and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Peter taught at Kenyon College, Union College, Western Connecticut State University, and Vassar College; he is also the science writer for the journal Plant Physiology. His research interests concern how plants sense environmental change. Peter received the 2008 Award for Teaching Excellence at Mercy College.Rebecca B. Orr (Ready-to-Go Teaching Modules, eText Media Integration) is Professor of Biology at Collin College in Plano, Texas, where she teaches introductory biology. She earned her B.S. from Texas A&M University and her Ph.D. from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Rebecca has a passion for investigating strategies that result in more effective learning and retention, and she is a certified Team-Based Learning Collaborative Trainer Consultant. She enjoys focusing on the creation of learning opportunities that both engage and challenge students.Neil A. Campbell (1946--2004) earned his M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. His research focused on desert and coastal plants. Neil's 30 years of teaching included introductory biology courses at Cornell University, Pomona College, and San Bernardino Valley College, where he received the college's first Outstanding Professor Award. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of California, Riverside. Neil was the founding author of Campbell Biology, upon which this book is based.

• Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of BiologyUNIT 1: Chemistry and Cells The Chemical Context of LifeCarbon and the Molecular Diversity of LifeA Tour of the CellMembrane Transport and Cell SignalingAn Introduction to MetabolismCellular Respiration and FermentationPhotosynthesisThe Cell CycleUNIT 2: Genetics Meiosis and Sexual Life CyclesMendel and the Gene IdeaThe Chromosomal Basis of InheritanceThe Molecular Basis of InheritanceGene Expression: From Gene to ProteinRegulation of Gene ExpressionDevelopment, Stem Cells, and CancerVirusesGenomes and Their EvolutionUNIT 3: Evolution Descent with ModificationPhylogenyThe Evolution of PopulationsThe Origin of SpeciesBroad Patterns of EvolutionUNIT 4: The Evolutionary History of Life Early Life and the Diversification of ProkaryotesThe Origin and Diversification of EukaryotesThe Colonization of LandThe Rise of Animal DiversityUNIT 5: Plant Form and Function Vascular Plant Structure and GrowthResource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular PlantsReproduction and Domestication of Flowering PlantsPlant Responses to Internal and External SignalsUNIT 6: Animal Form and Function The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and RegulationAnimal NutritionCirculation and Gas ExchangeThe Immune SystemReproduction and DevelopmentNeurons, Synapses, and SignalingNervous and Sensory SystemsMotor Mechanisms and BehaviorUNIT 7: Ecology Population Ecology and the Distribution of OrganismsEcological CommunitiesEcosystems and EnergyConservation Biology and Global Change