1. The Themes of Biology and Scientific Inquiry I. THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE 2. The Chemical Context of Life 3. Water and Life 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules II. THE CELL 6. A Tour of the Cell 7. Membrane Structure and Function 8. An Introduction to Metabolism 9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 10. Photosynthesis 11. Cell Communication 12. The Cell Cycle III. GENETICS 13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 14. Mendel and the Gene Idea 15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 17. Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein 18. Regulation of Gene Expression 19. Viruses 20. DNA Tools and Biotechnology 21. Genomes and Their Evolution IV. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION 22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 23. The Evolution of Populations 24. The Origin of Species 25. The History of Life on Earth V. THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 26. Phylogeny and the Tree of Life 27. Bacteria and Archaea 28. Protists 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land 30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants 31. Fungi 32. An Overview of Animal Diversity 33. An Introduction to Invertebrates 34. The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates VI. PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION 35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development 36. Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants 37. Soil and Plant Nutrition 38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology 39. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals VII. ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION 40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function 41. Animal Nutrition 42. Circulation and Gas Exchange 43. The Immune System 44. Osmoregulation and Excretion 45. Hormones and the Endocrine System 46. Animal Reproduction 47. Animal Development 48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling 49. Nervous Systems 50. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 51. Animal Behavior VIII. ECOLOGY 52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere 53. Population Ecology 54. Community Ecology 55. Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology 56. Conservation Biology and Global Change

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