Previous edition: Campbell biology / Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson. Tenth edition. 2014.

1st edition: Biology by Neil A. Campbell, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution, the themes of biology, and scientific inquiry -- Unit 1. The chemistry of life. The chemical context of life -- Water and life -- Carbon and the molecular diversity of life -- The structure and function of large biological molecules -- Unit 2. The cell. A tour of the cell -- Membrane structure and function -- An introduction to metabolism -- Cellular respiration and fermentation -- Photosynthesis -- Cell communication -- The cell cycle -- Unit 3. Genetics. Meiosis and sexual life cycles -- Mendel and the gene idea -- The chromosomal basis of inheritance -- The molecular basis of inheritance -- Gene expression : from gene to protein -- Regulation of gene expression -- Viruses -- DNA tools and biotechnology -- Genomes and their evolution -- Unit 4. Mechanisms of evolution. Descent with modification : a Darwinian view of life -- The evolution of populations -- The origin of species -- The history of life on earth -- Unit 5. The evolutionary history of biological diversity. Phylogeny and the tree of life -- Bacteria and archaea -- Protists -- Plant diversity I : how plants colonized land -- Plant diversity II : the evolution of seed plants -- Fungi -- An overview of animal diversity -- An introduction to invertebrates -- The origin and evolution of vertebrates -- Unit 6. Plant form and function. Vascular plant structure, growth, and development -- Resource acquisition and transport in vascular plants -- Soil and plant nutrition -- Angiosperm reproduction and biotechnology -- Plant responses to internal and external signals -- Unit 7. Animal form and function. Basic principles of animal form and function -- Animal nutrition -- Circulation and gas exchange -- The immune system -- Osmoregulation and excretion -- Hormones and the endocrine system -- Animal reproduction -- Animal development -- Neurons, synapses, and signaling -- Nervous systems -- Sensory and motor mechanisms -- Animal behavior -- Unit 8. Ecology. An introduction to ecology and the biosphere -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and restoration ecology -- Conservation biology and global change.