Nuffield Advanced Biology: Organisms and Populations: a Laboratory Guide

Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this Nuffield Advanced Biology Laboratory Guide was to provide a coherent treatment of a series of biological topics, based on laboratory investigations. The approach throughout was centered on enquiry as opposed to the mere verification of facts. Students were expected to gain not only knowledge but also an understanding of the processes by which biological knowledge is acquired. Observation, the designing of investigations, working out ideas and hypotheses on which to base experiments, analysing results, and drawing relevant conclusions played a fundamental role in the work.

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Variation in a community
Chapter 2: Inheritance and the origin of variation
Chapter 3: The cell nucleus and inheritance
Extension work I: Biochemical genetics
Chapter 4: Population genetics and selection
Chapter 5: Population dynamics
Chapter 6: Organisms and their physical environment
Chapter 7: Organisms and their biotic environment
Extension work II: Experimental field ecology
Chapter 8: The community as an ecosystem
Chapter 9: Evolution and the origin of species