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,Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life 1
Chapter 2 The Chemical Context of Life 17
Chapter 3 Water and the Fitness of the Environment 41
Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 61
Chapter 5 The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 82
Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell 110
Chapter 7 Membrane Structure and Function 129
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism 150
Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy 172
Chapter 10 Photosynthesis 200
Chapter 11 Cell Communication 220
Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle 236
Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 257
Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea 277
Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 301
Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 321
Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein 340
Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression 364
Chapter 19 Viruses 389
Chapter 20 Biotechnology 400
Chapter 21 Genomes and Their Evolution 420
Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 430
Chapter 23 The Evolution of Populations 447
Chapter 24 The Origin of Species 472
Chapter 25 The History of Life on Earth 491
Chapter 26 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life 519
Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea 546
Chapter 28 Protists 571
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land 595
Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants 615
Chapter Fungi 642
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,Chapter An Introduction to Animal Diversity 665
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Chapter Invertebrates 689
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Chapter Vertebrates 717
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Chapter Plant Structure, Growth, and Development 744
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Chapter Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants 764
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Chapter Soil and Plant Nutrition 784
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Chapter Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology 805
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Chapter Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals 825
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Chapter Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function 851
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Chapter Animal Nutrition 869
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Chapter Circulation and Gas Exchange 886
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Chapter The Immune System 905
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Chapter Osmoregulation and Excretion 927
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Chapter Hormones and the Endocrine System 939
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Chapter Animal Reproduction 956
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Chapter Animal Development 976
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Chapter Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling 993
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Chapter Nervous Systems 1007
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Chapter Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 1019
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Chapter Animal Behavior 1035
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Chapter An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere 1054
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Chapter Population Ecology 1074
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Chapter Community Ecology 1102
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Chapter Ecosystems 1121
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Chapter Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology 1144
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