生物学导论（影印版）

　　随着克隆羊的问世和人类基因组计划的完成，生命科学成为21世纪名副其实的领头学科，生物高新技术产业逐步成为高科技产业的核心。生物科技和生物产业的发展对世界科技、经济、政治和社会发展等方面产生着深刻的影响，这也是我国赶超世界发达国家生产力水平最有前途和希望的领域。生命科学与技术全方位的发展呼唤高等教育培养更多高水平的复合型科技人才。

　　Neil A. Campbell has taught general biology for 30 years and is a coauthor， with Jane Reece and Larry Mitchell， of Biology， Fifth Edition， and Biology. Concepts and Connections， Third Edition. His enthusiasm for sharing the fun of science with students stems from his own undergraduate experience. He began at Long Beach State College as a history major， but switched to zoology after general education requirements "forced" him to take a science course. Following a B.S. from Long Beach， he earned an M.A. in Zoology from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California， Riverside. He has published numerous articles on how certain desert plants survive in salty soil and how the sensitive plant （Mimosa） and other legumes move their leaves. His diverse teaching experiences include courses for non-biology majors at Cornell University， Pomona College， and San Bernardino Valley College， where he received the colleges first Outstanding Professor Award in 1986. Dr. Campbell is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside.Jane B. Reece has worked in biology publishing since 1978， when she joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings. She is a coauthor， with Neil Campbell and Larry Mitchell， of Biology， Fifth Edition， and Biology： Concepts and Connections， Third Edition. Her education includes an A.B. in Biology from Harvard University， an M.S. in Microbiology from Rutgers University， and a Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of California at Berkeley. At UC Berkeley， and later as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University， her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. She taught biology at Middlesex County College （New Jersey） and Queensborough Community College （New York）. During her 12 years as an editor at Benjamin Cummings， Dr. Reece played major roles in a number of successful textbooks including Microbiology： An Introduction， by G. J. Tortora， B. R. Funke， and C. L. Case， and Molecular Biology of the Gene， Fourth Edition， by J. D. Watson et al. She was also a coauthor of The World of the Cell， Third Edition， with W. M. Becker and M. E Poenie.