BIOLOGY OF PLANTS - P. RAVEN - 1990

Translation Editor's Preface

Preface

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY

Plant Evolution

Evolution of Communities

Summary

SECTION I. THE PLANT CELL

CHAPTER 2. THE EUKARYOTIC CELL

Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

The Plant Cell

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Cell Wall

Summary

CHAPTER 3. MOLECULAR COMPOSITION OF CELLS

Organic Compounds

Proteins

Summary

CHAPTER 4. MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES INTO AND OUT OF CELLS

Laws of Water Movement

Structure of Cell Membranes

Endocytosis and Exocytosis

Summary

SECTION II. ENERGY AND LIVING CELLS

CHAPTER 5. ENERGY FLOW

Laws of Thermodynamics

Oxidation-Reduction

Cofactors of Enzymatic Activity

Conclusion

CHAPTER 6. RESPIRATION

Glycolysis

Aerobic Pathway

Anaerobic Pathways

Conclusion

CHAPTER 7. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Overview of Photosynthesis

Light Reactions

Dark Reactions

Conclusion

SECTION III. GENETICS

CHAPTER 8. CHEMISTRY AND HEREDITY

The Chemistry of the Gene: DNA or Protein?

The Nature of DNA

How Genes Work

Regulation of Gene Transcription

Conclusion

CHAPTER 9. EUKARYOTIC GENETICS

Comparison of Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes

Eukaryotic Chromosome Structure

Meiosis

How are traits determined?

Mutations

Conclusion

SECTION IV. DIVERSITY

CHAPTER 10. CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Binomial (Binary) Nomenclature

Major Groups of Organisms

Phylogenetic Relationships Among Eukaryotes

Sexual Reproduction

Conclusion

CHAPTER 11. BACTERIA

General Characteristics of Bacteria

Conclusion

CHAPTER 12. VIRUSES

The Nature of Viruses

Structure of Viral Particles

Viral Replication

Viroids and Other Infectious Agents

Conclusion

CHAPTER 13. FUNGI

Biology of Fungi

Evolution of Fungi

Major Groups of Fungi

Mycorrhiza

Conclusion

CHAPTER 14. UNICELLULAR PROTISTS: WATER MOLDS, SLIME MOLDS, CHYTRIDS, AND UNICELLULAR ALGAE

Ecology of Unicellular Protists

Symbiosis and the Origin of Chloroplasts

Characteristics of Phyla

Conclusion

CHAPTER 15. MULTICELLULAR PROTISTS: RED, BROWN, AND GREEN ALGAE

Characteristics of Red, Brown, and Green Algae

Conclusion

CHAPTER 16. BRYOPHYTES

Characteristics of Bryophytes

Conclusion

CHAPTER 17. VASCULAR SPORE PLANTS

Reproductive Systems

Phyla of Vascular Spore Plants

Conclusion

CHAPTER 18. SEED PLANTS

Progymnosperms

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

Conclusion