SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY:

AN INTRODUCTION

Joseph E. Armstrong and Glen E. Collier


Copyright 1990 by Joseph E. Armstrong and Glen E. Collier

Published by Waveland Press, Inc., Prospect Heights, Illinois

P.O.Box 400, Prospect Heights, IL 60070 (708-634-0081)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1: SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, AND NON-MAJORS

UNIT I - CELL THEORY

CHAPTER 2: ORIGIN OF CELL THEORY

CHAPTER 3: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

CHAPTER 4: CELL REPRODUCTION

UNIT II - THEORY OF HEREDITY

CHAPTER 5: MENDELIAN GENETICS

CHAPTER 6: CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF INHERITANCE

CHAPTER 7: MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

CHAPTER 8: HUMAN GENETICS

CHAPTER 9: POPULATION GENETICS

UNIT III - THEORY OF EVOLUTION

CHAPTER 10: THE CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION

CHAPTER 11: TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF NATURAL SELECTION

CHAPTER 12: EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION OF BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA

CHAPTER 13: ORIGIN OF LIFE AND RELATED CONTROVERSIES

UNIT IV - ECOLOGY

CHAPTER 14: ECOLOGY OF INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS

CHAPTER 15: CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

CHAPTER 16: ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN ECOLOGY