BIOLOGY CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS WITHOUT PHYSIOLOGY 7/E

BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, 7e, supplies an 800-page introductory issues-oriented approach with enormous instructional power. Starr supports mastery throughout while encouraging the critical-thinking skills students need as citizens, voters, parents, and consumers. The "Impacts, Issues" and "How Would You Vote?" features enliven the subject matter and draw students into the material by making connections between biology and real-life concerns. "An Impacts, Issues" case study opens each chapter, focusing on a biology-related societal issue. Short films that expand on the issue are accessed via CengageNOW. Each chapter's "How Would You Vote?" question, inspired by the case study, asks students to consider biology-related news, explore the facts behind the issue, apply knowledge, and cast a vote on the Web. Students can also see state and nationwide voting tallies. This text is an ideal choice for nonmajors biology because of Starr's clear and engaging writing, trendsetting art, and unparalleled support from student and instructor media.

1. Invitation to Biology.

Part I: PRINCIPLES OF CELLULAR LIFE.
2. Life's Chemical Basis.
3. Molecules of Life.
4. Cell Structure and Function.
5. Ground Rules of Metabolism.
6. Where It Starts--Photosynthesis.
7. How Cells Release Chemical Energy.

Part II: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE.
8. How Cells Reproduce.
9. Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction.
10. Observing Patterns in Inherited Traits.
11. Chromosomes and Human Inheritance.
12. DNA Structure and Function.
13. From DNA to Proteins.
14. Controls over Genes.
15. Studying and Manipulating Genomes.

Part III: PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION.
16. Evidence of Evolution.
17. Microevolutionary Process.
18. Life's Origin and Early Evolution.

Part IV: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY.
19. Prokaryotes and Viruses.
20. Protists--The Simplest Eukaryotes.
21. Plant Evolution.
22. Fungi.
23. Animal Evolution--The Invertebrates.
24. Animal Evolution--The Vertebrates.
25. Plants and Animals--Common Challenges.

Part V. HOW PLANTS WORK.
26. Plant Tissues.
27. Plant Nutrition and Transport.
28. Plant Reproduction and Development.

Part VI. HOW ANIMALS WORK.
29. Animal Tissues and Organ Systems.
30. Neural Control.
31. Sensory Perception.
32. Endocrine Control.
33. Structural Support and Movement.
34. Circulation.
35. Immunity.
36. Respiration.
37. Digestion and Human Nutrition.
38. The Internal Environment.
39. Animal Reproduction and Development.

Part VII: PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY.
40. Population Ecology.
41. Community Structure and Biodiversity.
42. Ecosystems.
43. The Biosphere.
44. Behavioral Ecology.

Appendix I: Classification System.
Appendix II: Units of Measure.
Appendix III: Answers to Self-Quizzes.
Appendix IV: Answers to Genetic Problems.
Appendix V: Molecular Models.
Appendix VI: Closer Look at Some Major Metabolic Pathways.
Appendix VII: The Amino Acids Appendix.
Appendix VIII: Life's Changing Geologic Stage.
Appendix IX: Periodic Table of the Elements.
Appendix X: A Comparison of Plant and Animal Mitosis.
Glossary.
Index.