This book begins by describing what an individual organism is, comparing preconceptions of the in...

This book describes and analyzes genetic and environmental factors that cause variation in indivi...

Three of the four major mechanisms of evolution, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow ...

It is common for most people to mistakenly think that humans are the only species that can coordi...

Perhaps the most important chemical reactions on the planet take place inside a plant's chloropla...

Food webs, energy flow, indirect effects, and nutrient cycling are described as properties that e...

What happens to a meal after it is eaten? Food consists primarily of lipids, proteins and carbohy...

Many people were taught that DNA is the 'blueprint of the cell,' but what does that really mean? ...

Several genetic and pathogenic diseases are described to illustrate how diseases can and do disru...

Once the first cell arose on Earth, how did genetic diversity arise if DNA replication and cell d...

Individual organisms contribute to nutrient cycling in ecological systems, which is shown to be a...

All organisms are composed of cells, but what is the definition of a cell? Can size, shape or fun...