《生物专业英语》内容涉及细胞生物学、遗传学、动物和植物科学、微生物学、生态学、分子生物学、物种起源与进化、环境科学等。全书共15课，由课文、课后练习、拓展信息、阅读理解和阅读材料五部分组成。内容涉及面广，取材新颖，难易适度，充分反映现代生物学的发展趋势。
　　本版在前3版的基础上新了部分较为陈旧的阅读材料。为了*好地帮助学生学习，编者在《生物专业英语（第4版）》配套的数字课程中提供了练习答案、词汇表及许多教学资源课件及网络链接，以多种教学形式帮助读者有效利用WebofScierice，ProOest，ElsevierScienceDirect，SpringerLink等国际重要文献数据库。
　　《生物专业英语（第4版）》可作为高校生物类专业英语教材，也作为从事生物学、农林、环境科学等方面的科学工作者参考书。

Lesson One Inside the Living Cell： Structure and
Function of Internal Cell Parts
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Two Photosynthesis
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Three Cellular Reproduction： Mitosis and Meiosis
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Four Foundations of Genetics
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Five Discovering the Chemical Nature of the Gene
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Six The Origin and Diversity of Life
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Seven Fungi： The Great Decomposers
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Eight Animal Development
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Nine The Origin of Species
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Ten The Ecology of Populations
Glossary
Exercises
Additional Information
Reading Comprehension
Reading Materials

Lesson Eleven The Critical Role of Potassium in Plant Stress
Response
Additional Information

Lesson Twelve Web of Science
Additional Information

Lesson Thirteen Assessing Potential Dietary Toxicity of Heavy
Metals in Selected Vegetables and Food Crops
Additional Information

Lesson Fourteen Predictive genomics： A Cancer Hallmark Network
Framework for Predicting Tumor Clinical Phenotypes
Using Genome Sequencing Data
Additional Information

Lesson Fifteen Hyperaccumulation of Cadmium by Roots， Bulbs
and Shoots of Garlic （Allium sativum L．）
Cd-induced System of Defence in the Garlic
Root Meristematic Cells
Additional Information

Glossary of Biological Terms
References