1 INTRODUCTION TO LIFE SCIENCE
1.1 What Is Life?
1.2 Why Do We Study Life Science?
1.3 What Will You Learn?
1.4 How Do You Study?
2 THE DIVERSITY AND TAXONOMY OF ORGANISMS
2.1 What Is Biodiversity?
2.2 The Convention on Biological Diversity
2.3 The Importance of and Threats to Biodiversity
2.4 Biological Taxonomy
2.5 The Five Kingdoms of Biological Classification
2.6 Microbial Kingdoms
2.7 Kingdom Plantae
2.8 Kingdom Animalia
3 THE CELL
3.1 The Invention of the Microscope
3.2 The Basic Concept of the Cell
3.3 Types of Cells
3.4 Cell Structure
3.5 Biological Membranes
3.6 Separation of Cellular Components
4 THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE
4.1 The Chemical Units of Life:Elements and Molecules
4.2 Carbohydrates
4.3 Lipids
4.4 Proteins
4.5 Nucleic Acids
5 ENERGY AND METABOLISM
6 CELLULAR RESPIRATION : HARVESTING CHEMICAL ENERGY
7 PHOTOSYNTHESIS
8 REPRODUCTION AND THE TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC MATERIALS
9 DNA: THE MOLECULAR BLUEPRINT FOR LIFE
10 THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION
11 RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY
12 BIOTECHNOLOGY :A REVOLUTION IN MODERN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
13 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE
14 PLANTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT
15 ANIMALS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT
16 FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY
References
Index