Biology

Dr Sutton's exciting text provides a comprehensive introduction to the core concepts of biology. Starting with an overview of the diversity of life, the author covers a range of subjects from the naming and grouping of organisms through natural selection, molecular and cell biology, genetics, reproduction, physiology, ecology and biotechnology. Written in a student-friendly style and with an emphasis on explaining concepts rather than cataloguing facts, the book is fully illustrated with copious diagrams and photographs. Exercises with answers are also included. Beginning students in biology or first-year undergraduates with biology as a subsidiary will find this book invaluable. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Describing the Diversity of Life....Pages 3-18 Explaining the Diversity of Life: Natural Selection....Pages 19-36 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Molecules and Life....Pages 39-63 Cell Structure and Function....Pages 64-87 Enzymes....Pages 88-97 Movement of Molecules....Pages 98-107 The Gene at Work....Pages 108-124 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Energy in Living Systems....Pages 127-138 Respiration....Pages 139-153 Photosynthesis....Pages 154-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Life Cycles, Cell Division and Variation....Pages 181-198 The Gene as the Unit of Inheritance....Pages 199-216 Reproduction in Animal Life Cycles....Pages 217-234 Reproduction in Plant Life Cycles....Pages 235-253 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Principles of Homeostasis....Pages 257-263 Cell Communication: Chemicals....Pages 264-276 Cell Communication: Nerves....Pages 277-297 Plant, Soil and Atmosphere....Pages 298-313 Transport in Animals....Pages 314-333 Gas Exchange in Animals....Pages 334-348 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Heterotrophic Nutrition....Pages 349-362 Excretion and Osmoregulation in Animals....Pages 363-379 Defence....Pages 380-394 Support and Movement....Pages 395-413 Development and Growth....Pages 414-430 Front Matter....Pages 431-431 Population Ecology....Pages 433-447 Community Ecology....Pages 448-458 The Ecology of Ecosystems....Pages 459-468 Behaviour....Pages 469-474 Front Matter....Pages 475-475 Disease....Pages 477-488 Biotechnology....Pages 489-503 Back Matter....Pages 504-528 An introduction to the core concepts of biology. Starting with an overview of the diversity of life, the text looks at how organisms are grouped and named, natural selection, molecular and cell biology, genetics, reproduction, physiology, ecology and biological principles in disease and biotechnology