Campbell Biology in Focus

For introductory biology course for science majors
 
Focus. Practice. Engage.
Built unit-by-unit, Campbell Biology in Focus achieves a balance between breadth and depth of concepts to move students away from memorization. Streamlined content enables students to prioritize essential biology content, concepts, and scientific skills that are needed to develop conceptual understanding and an ability to apply their knowledge in future courses. Every unit takes an approach to streamlining the material to best fit the needs of instructors and students, based on reviews of over 1,000 syllabi from across the country, surveys, curriculum initiatives, reviews, discussions with hundreds of biology professors, and the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education report.
 
Maintaining the Campbell hallmark standards of accuracy, clarity, and pedagogical innovation, the 3rd Edition builds on this foundation to help students make connections across chapters, interpret real data, and synthesize their knowledge. Thenew editionintegrates new, key scientific findings throughout and offers more than 450 videos and animations in Mastering Biology and embedded in the new Pearson eText to help students actively learn, retain tough course concepts, and successfully engage with their studies and assessments.
 

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1. Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology

UNIT 1: Chemistry and Cells

1. The Chemical Context of Life
2. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
3. A Tour of the Cell
4. Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling
5. An Introduction to Metabolism
6. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
7. Photosynthesis
8. The Cell Cycle

UNIT 2: Genetics

1. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
2. Mendel and the Gene Idea
3. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
4. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
5. Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
6. Regulation of Gene Expression
7. Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer
8. Viruses
9. Genomes and Their Evolution

UNIT 3: Evolution

1. Descent with Modification
2. Phylogeny
3. The Evolution of Populations
4. The Origin of Species
5. Broad Patterns of Evolution

UNIT 4: The Evolutionary History of Life

1. Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes
2. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes
3. The Colonization of Land
4. The Rise of Animal Diversity

UNIT 5: Plant Form and Function

1. Vascular Plant Structure and Growth
2. Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants
3. Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants
4. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

UNIT 6: Animal Form and Function

1. The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation
2. Animal Nutrition
3. Circulation and Gas Exchange
4. The Immune System
5. Reproduction and Development
6. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
7. Nervous and Sensory Systems
8. Motor Mechanisms and Behavior

UNIT 7: Ecology

1. Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms
2. Ecological Communities
3. Ecosystems and Energy
4. Conservation Biology and Global Change