Unit One Challenges and Opportunities in Biology Today 1
Lesson 1 Challenges and Opportunities in Biology Today 2
Lesson 2 Biology Is the Study of Life(Reading Material) 6
Unit Two Origin of Living Things and Evolution 11
Lesson 3 The Origin of Organic Molecules 12
Lesson 4 Darwin s Theory of Evolution(Reading Material) 16
Unit Three Biology of Animals 19
Lesson 5 The Animal Kingdom 20
Lesson 6 Arthropods and Their Major Groups(Reading Material) 25
Lesson 7 Introduction to the Vertebrates(Reading Material) 28
Lesson 8 Diversity of Mammals(Reading Material) 32
Unit Four Biology of Plants 35
Lesson 9 The Plant Body 36
Lesson 10 Flowers,Fruits,Seeds,and Plant Embryos(Reading Material) 42
Lesson 11 The Roles of Plant Nutrients and Fertilizers(Reading Material) 46
Lesson 12 An Overview of Photosynthesis(Reading Material) 49
Unit Five Cells and Development Biology 52
Lesson 13 General Characteristics of Cells 53
Lesson 14 Mating and Fertilization(Reading Material) 57
Lesson 15 Call Cleavage(Reading Material) 62
Lesson 16 Organogenesis:Development of Body Organs(Reading Material) 65
Unit Six Ecology 68
Lesson 17 Ecology and the Levels of Organization 69
Lesson 18 The Concept of Population(Reading Material) 73
Lesson 19 Community Ecology of Islands and the Design of Nature Preserves(Reading Material) 78
Lesson 20 The Flow of Energy in Ecosystems(Reading Material) 81
Unit Seven Experiments in Biology 85
Lesson 21 Sampling 86
Lesson 22 Culture Bacteria(Reading Material) 91
Lesson 23 DNA Sequence Analysis(Reading Material) 94
Lesson 24 The World of Biosphere-Ⅱ(Reading Material) 97
Unit Eight Pest Control 101
Lesson 25 Life Histories of Insects 102
Lesson 26 The Pest Problem and Control Strategies(Reading Material) 106
Lesson 27 Pesticides and Problems(Reading Material) 110
Lesson 28 Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management(Reading Material) 114
Unit Nine Environmental Protection 119
Lesson 29 Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect 120
Lesson 30 Disposal of Sewage(Reading Material) 124
Lesson 31 Noise Pollution(Reading Material) 127
Lesson 32 Save Environment,Save Ourselves(Reading Material) 131
Unit Ten Microbiology 134
Lesson 33 Virus and Its Nature 135
Lesson 34 Bacteria(Reading Material) 139
Lesson 35 Fungi and Their Structure(Reading Material) 142
Lesson 36 Algae(Reading Material) 145
Unit Eleven Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 149
Lesson 37 General Concepts and Classification of Enzymes 150
Lesson 38 Amino Acid Composition of Proteins(Reading Material) 154
Lesson 39 DNA:A Linear Molecule(Reading Material) 158
Unit Twelve Genetics 162
Lesson 40 Mendelian Genetics 163
Lesson 41 Genes:The Units of Hereditary Information(Reading Material) 170
Lesson 42 The Path of Information Flow from DNA to RNA(Reading Material) 174
Lesson 43 Translation:RNA into Protein(Reading Material) 177
Unit Thirteen Genetic Engineering 181
Lesson 44 Genetic Engineering in Plants 182
Lesson 45 Building a Bigger Mouse(Reading Material) 185
Lesson 46 Tomato Engineering(Reading Material) 188
Lesson 47 Transgenic Animals(Reading Material) 192
Unit Fourteen The News on Biological Science and Technology 195
Lesson 48 Yuan Seeks to Feed World 196
Lesson 49 Species Need Protection(Reading Material) 201
Lesson 50 Human Genome Project(Reading Material) 207
Unit Fifteen Selected Papers in Biology 211
Lesson 51 Effects of JH and Ecdysone on Endogenous Ice Nucleus Production in Larvae of the Rice Stem Borer,Chilo Suppressalis Walker(Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) 212
Lesson 52 Cell Cycle Inhibition of Potato Root Tips Treated with Imazethapyr(Reading Material) 220
Lesson 53 Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the hmeB Gene of Rhodothermus marinus(Reading Material) 227
Unit Sixteen WTO and Quarantine 232
Lesson 54 WTO and China 233
Lesson 55 Travel Medicine and Food Safety(Reading Material) 236
Lesson 56 Official Quarantine Certificates(Reading Material) 239
Vocabulary Index 244
Phrase Index 276
练习参考答案 286
主要参考文献 289