About the book

Content Updates: Carefully selected content updates throughout the text reflect rapidly evolving research in the fields of:

• Genomics
• Gene editing technology (CRISPR)
• Microbiomes
• Impacts of climate change across the biological hierarchy
• Significant revisions have been made to Unit 8, Ecology, including a deeper integration of evolutionary principles.

Skill Development and Practice: The 11th Edition engages students by challenging them to apply their knowledge and skills to a variety of hands-on activities and exercises in the text and online.

• Problem-Solving Exercises guide students in applying scientific skills and interpreting real data in the context of solving a real-world problem. A version of each Problem-Solving Exercise can also be assigned in MasteringBiology™.
• Visualizing Figures and Visual Skills Questions are designed to improve students’ ability to interpret and create visual representations of processes and structures in biology. These skills are an essential foundation for understanding diagrams and models that students will encounter in higher-level courses and the scientific literature. For more practice, each Visualizing Figure is accompanied by an automatically graded assignment in MasteringBiology with answer-specific feedback for students.

Make Connections: The 11th Edition helps students make connections visually across biology topics.

• Make Connections Figures include Figure 37.10, “Mutualism Across Kingdoms and Domains,” and Figure 56.29, “Climate Change Has Effects at All Levels of Biological Organization.” Make Connections Figure 18.27 on breast cancer has been expanded to illustrate the role of cell signaling in one type of breast cancer and its treatment.

Active Learning and Assessment: Campbell BIOLOGY, Eleventh Edition, provides students with multiple opportunities to deepen their understanding of biology:

In the text:

• Problem-Solving Exercises using real data guide students in applying scientific skills and interpreting real data in the context of solving a real-world problem. A version of each Problem-Solving Exercise can also be assigned in MasteringBiology.
• Visualizing Figures and Visual Skills Questions are designed to improve students’ ability to interpret and create visual representations of processes and structures in biology. These skills are an essential foundation for understanding diagrams and models that students will encounter in higher-level courses and the scientific literature. For more practice, each Visualizing Figure is accompanied by an automatically graded assignment in MasteringBiology with answer-specific feedback for students.
• QR codes and URLs at the end of every chapter give students quick access to Vocabulary Self-Quizzes and Practice Tests on their smartphones, tablets, and computers.

MasteringBiology™ is not included. Students, if MasteringBiology is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN. MasteringBiology should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

MasteringBiology is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Interactive