Primary Navigation
Want to create or adapt books like this? Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices.
Book Contents Navigation
Front Cover Image
About the Book
Preface to the original textbook, by OpenStax College
Preface to Concepts of Zoology - Hawaiʻi Edition
1.1 Themes and Concepts of Biology and Zoology
1.2 The Process of Science
1.3 Sustainability Connection
2.1 The Building Blocks of Molecules
2.2 Water
2.3 Biological Molecules
3.1 How Cells Are Studied
3.2 Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
3.3 Eukaryotic Cells
3.4 The Cell Membrane
3.5 Passive Transport
3.6 Active Transport
4.1 Energy and Metabolism
4.2 Glycolysis
4.3 Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
4.4 Fermentation
4.5 Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
6.1 The Genome
6.2 The Cell Cycle
6.3 Cancer and the Cell Cycle
6.4 Prokaryotic Cell Division
7.1 Sexual Reproduction
7.2 Meiosis
7.3 Variations in Meiosis
8.1 Mendel’s Experiments
8.2 Laws of Inheritance
8.3 Extensions of the Laws of Inheritance
9.1 The Structure of DNA
9.2 DNA Replication
9.3 Transcription
9.4 Translation
9.5 How Genes Are Regulated
10.1 Cloning and Genetic Engineering
10.2 Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture
10.3 Genomics and Proteomics
11.1 Discovering How Populations Change
11. 2 Mechanisms of Evolution
11.3 Evidence of Evolution
11.4 Speciation
11.5 Common Misconceptions about Evolution
12.1 Organizing Life on Earth
12.2 Determining Evolutionary Relationships
13.1 Prokaryotic Diversity
13.2 Eukaryotic Origins
13.3 Protists
13.4 Fungi
15.1 Features of the Animal Kingdom
15.2 Sponges and Cnidarians
15.3 Flatworms, Nematodes, and Arthropods
15.4 Mollusks and Annelids
15.5 Echinoderms and Chordates
15.6 Vertebrates
16.1 Homeostasis and Osmoregulation
16.2 Digestive System
16.3 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
16.4 Endocrine System
16.5 Musculoskeletal System
16.6 Nervous System
17.1 Viruses
17.2 Innate Immunity
17.3 Adaptive Immunity
17.4 Disruptions in the Immune System
18.1 How Animals Reproduce
18.2 Development and Organogenesis
18.3 Human Reproduction
19.1 Population Demographics and Dynamics
19.2 Population Growth and Regulation
19.3 The Human Population
19.4 Community Ecology
20.1 Energy Flow through Ecosystems
20.2 Biogeochemical Cycles
20.3 Terrestrial Biomes
20.4 Aquatic and Marine Biomes
21.1 Importance of Biodiversity
21.2 Threats to Biodiversity
21.3 Preserving Biodiversity
Appendix
Chapter 1 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 2 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 3 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 4 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 6 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 7 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 8 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 9 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 10 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 11 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 12 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 13 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 15 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 16 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 17 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 18 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 19 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 20 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
Chapter 21 Glossary, Summary, and Practice Questions
This is where you can add appendices or other back matter.
Previous/next navigation
Concepts of Zoology - Hawaiʻi Edition Copyright © 2023 by Anuschka Faucci and Alyssa MacDonald is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.