好的, 第九版與前面幾個版本的編排與章節略有不同, 整本書分8大部份, 共計56章, 一般來說課本把內容由細胞化學開始談, 進入細胞學, 遺傳學, 再進入演化的機制, 生物多樣性, 植物與動物個論(含結構, 發育, 生理, 生殖等), 最後是生態學與全球變遷. 那我們這學期會上那幾章呢? 這學期我們會從22章開始談起:
Mechanisms of Evolution
Chapter 22: Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 24: The Origin of Species
Chapter 25: The History of Life on Earth
The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity
Chapter 26: Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
Chapter 27: Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 28: Protists
Chapter 29: Plant Diversity: How Plants Colonized Land
Chapter 30: Plant Diversity: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Chapter 31: Fungi
Chapter 32: An Overview of Animal Diversity
Chapter 33: An Introduction to Invertebrates
Chapter 34: The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates
Animal Form and Function
Chapter 51: Animal Behavior
Ecology
Chapter 52: An Introduction to Ecology and the BiosphereChapter 53: Population Ecology
Chapter 54: Community Ecology
Chapter 55: Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology
Chapter 56: Conservation Biology and Global Change
全部18週的課程要上19章的課, 包含第一週的導讀, 測驗, 作業, 分組報告....我們的課程就會挑重點而不一定會鋸細靡遺地說明.
