Includes index

Contents: The Science of biology -- The Nature of molecules -- The Chemical building of blocks of life -- Cell-cell interactions -- Energy and metabolism -- How cells harvest energy -- Photosynthesis -- How cells divide -- Sexual reproduction and meiosis -- Patterns of inheritance -- DNA: the genetic material -- Genes and how they work -- Gene technology -- Genomes -- Control of gene expression -- Cellular mechanisms of development -- Cancer biology and cell technology -- Genes within populations -- The Evidence for evolution -- The Origin of species - Evolution of genomes and developmental mechanisms -- Systematics and the phylogenetic revolution -- Viruses -- Prokaryotes -- Protists -- Overview of plant diversity -- Fungi -- Overview of animal diversity -- Noncoelomatic invertebrates -- Coelomate invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- Plant form -- Vegetative plant development -- Transport in plants -- Plant nutrition -- Plant defence responses -- Sensory systems in plants -- Plant reproduction -- The Animal body aand how it moves -- Fueling body activities: digestion -- Circulation and respiration -- The Nervous system -- Sensory systems -- The Endocrine system -- The Immune system -- Maintaining the internal environment -- Sex and reproduction -- Vertebrate development -- Behavioural biology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Dynamics of ecosystems -- The Bioshpere -- Conservation biology.