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Contents
Chapter 1
g Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life g g g g g g 1
Chapter 2
g The Chemical Context of Life
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Chapter 3
g Water and the Fitness of the Environment
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Chapter 4
g Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
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Chapter 5
g The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
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Chapter 6
g A Tour of the Cell
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Chapter 7
g Membrane Structure and Function g g g 129
Chapter 8
g An Introduction to Metabolism
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Chapter 9
g Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
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Chapter 10
g Photosynthesis 200
Chapter 11
g Cell Communication
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Chapter 12
g The Cell Cycle
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Chapter 13
g Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
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Chapter 14
g Mendel and the Gene Idea
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Chapter 15
g The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 16
g The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 17
g From Gene to Protein
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Chapter 18
g Regulation of Gene Expression g g g 364
Chapter 19
g Viruses 389
Chapter 20
g Biotechnology 400
Chapter 21
g Genomes and Their Evolution g g g 420
Chapter 22
g Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
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Chapter 23
g The Evolution of Populations
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Chapter 24
g The Origin of Species
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Chapter 25
g The History of Life on Earth
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Chapter 26
g Phylogeny and the Tree of Life g g g g g 519
Chapter 27
g Bacteria and Archaea g g 546
Chapter 28
g Protists 571
Chapter 29
g Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
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Chapter 30
g Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
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g Fungi 642
Chapter 32
g An Introduction to Animal Diversity
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Chapter 33
g Invertebrates 689
Chapter 34
g Vertebrates 717
Chapter 35
g Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
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Chapter 36
g Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
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Chapter 37
g Soil and Plant Nutrition
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Chapter 38
g Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology g g g 805
Chapter 39
g Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
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Chapter 40
g Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
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Chapter 41
g Animal Nutrition
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Chapter 42
g Circulation and Gas Exchange g g g 886
Chapter 43
g The Immune System
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Chapter 44
g Osmoregulation and Excretion g g 927
Chapter 45
g Hormones and the Endocrine System
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Chapter 46
g Animal Reproduction
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Chapter 47
g Animal Development
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Chapter 48
g Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
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Chapter 49
g Nervous Systems g 1007
Chapter 50
g Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
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Chapter 51
g Animal Behaviorg 1035
Chapter 52
g An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
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Chapter 53
g Population Ecology g 1074
Chapter 54
g Community Ecology g 1102
Chapter 55
g Ecosystems 1121
Chapter 56
g Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology g g g g 1144
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