Preface
Chapter 1. Biology: Exploring Life
Unit I. The Life of the Cell
Chapter 2. The Chemical Basis of Life
Chapter 3. The Molecules of Cells
Chapter 4. A Tour of the Cell
Chapter 5. The Working Cell
Chapter 6. How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy
Chapter 7. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
Unit II. Cellular Reproduction and Genetics
Chapter 8. The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
Chapter 9. Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 10. Molecular Biology of the Gene
Chapter 11. How Genes Are Controlled
Chapter 12. DNA Technology and Genomics
Unit III. Concepts of Evolution
Chapter 13. How Populations Evolve
Chapter 14. The Origin of Species
Chapter 15. Tracing Evolutionary History
Unit IV. The Evolution of Biological Diversity
Chapter 16. Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists
Chapter 17. The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity
Chapter 18. The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity
Chapter 19. The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity
Unit V. Animals: Form and Function
Chapter 20. Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
Chapter 21. Nutrition and Digestion
Chapter 22. Gas Exchange
Chapter 23. Circulation
Chapter 24. The Immune System
Chapter 25. Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance
Chapter 26. Hormones and the Endocrine System
Chapter 27. Reproduction and Embryonic Development
Chapter 28. Nervous Systems
Chapter 29. The Senses
Chapter 30. How Animals Move
Unit VI. Plants: Form and Function
Chapter 31. Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction
Chapter 32. Plant Nutrition and Transport
Chapter 33. Control Systems in Plants
Unit VII. Ecology
Chapter 34. The Biosphere: An Introduction to Earths Diverse Environments
Chapter 35. Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment
Chapter 36. Population Ecology
Chapter 37. Communities and Ecosystems
Chapter 38. Conservation Biology
Appendix 1. Metric Conversion Table
Appendix 2. The Periodic Table
Appendix 3. The Amino Acids of Proteins
Appendix 4. Chapter Review Answers
Appendix 5. Credits
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