Supports and motivates you as you learn to think like a biologist. Building upon Scott Freemans unique narrative style that incorporates the Socratic approach and draws you into thinking like a biologist, the Fourth Edition has been carefully refined to motivate and support a broader range of learners as they are introduced to new concepts and encouraged to develop and practice new skills. Each page of the book is designed in the spirit of active learning and instructional reinforcement, equipping novice learners with tools that help them advance in the course-from recognizing essential information in highlighted sections to demonstrating and applying their understanding of concepts in practice exercises that gradually build in difficulty. New to Freemans MasteringBiology(R) online tutorial and assessment system are ten classic experiment tutorials and automatically-graded assignment options that are adapted directly from content and exercises in the book. Package Components: *Biological Science, Fourth Edition*MasteringBiology(R) with Pearson eText Student Access Kit
1. Biology and the Tree of Life I. THE MOLECULES OF LIFE 2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life 3. Protein Structure and Function 4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World 5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates 6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells II. CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 7. Inside the Cell 8. Cell-Cell Interactions 9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 10. Photosynthesis 11. The Cell Cycle III. GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION 12. Meiosis 13. Mendel and the Gene 14. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair 15. How Genes Work 16. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation 17. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria 18. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 19. Analyzing and Engineering Genes 20. Genomics IV. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 21. Principles of Development 22. An Introduction to Animal Development 23. An Introduction to Plant Development V. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES AND PATTERNS 24. Evolution by Natural Selection 25. Evolutionary Processes 26. Speciation 27. Phylogenies and the History of Life VI. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE 28. Bacteria and Archaea 29. Protists 30. Green Algae and Land Plants 31. Fungi 32. An Introduction to Animals 33. Protostome Animals 34. Deuterostome Animals 35. Viruses VII. HOW PLANTS WORK 36. Plant Form and Function 37. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants 38. Plant Nutrition 39. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses 40. Plant Reproduction VIII. HOW ANIMALS WORK 41. Animal Form and Function 42. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals 43. Animal Nutrition 44. Gas Exchange and Circulation 45. Electrical Signals in Animals 46. Animal Sensory Systems and Movement 47. Chemical Signals in Animals 48. Animal Reproduction 49. The Immune System in Animals IX. ECOLOGY 50. An Introduction to Ecology 51. Behavioral Ecology 52. Population Ecology 53. Community Ecology 54. Ecosystems 55. Biodiversity and Conservation