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Part One: The Science of Life and Its Chemical Basis
1. Studying Life
2. Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life
3. Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids
4. Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life New!
Part Two: Cells
5. Cells: The Working Units of Life
6. Cell Membranes
7. Cell Signaling and Communication New Placement!
Part Three: Cells and Energy
8. Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
9. Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight
Part Four: Genes and Heredity
11. The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
12. Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes
13. DNA and Its Role in Heredity
14. From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression
15. Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine New!
16. Regulation of Gene Expression New!
Part Five: Genomes
17. Genomes New!
18. Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
19. Differential Gene Expression in Development
20. Development and Evolutionary Change
Part Six: The Patterns and Processes of Evolution
21. Evidence and Mechanisms of Evolution
22. Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
23. Species and Their Formation
24. Evolution of Genes and Genomes
25. The History of Life on Earth
Part Seven: The Evolution of Diversity
26. Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
27. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes
28. Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land
29. The Evolution of Seed Plants
30. Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners
31. Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans
32. Protostome Animals
33. Deuterostome Animals
Part Eight: Flowering Plants: Form and Function
34. The Plant Body
35. Transport in Plants
36. Plant Nutrition
37. Regulation of Plant Growth
38. Reproduction in Flowering Plants
39. Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
Part Nine: Animals: Form and Function
40. Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
41. Animal Hormones
42. Immunology: Animal Defense Systems New Placement!
43. Animal Reproduction
44. Animal Development
45. Neurons and Nervous Systems
46. Sensory Systems
47. The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Function
48. Musculoskeletal Systems
49. Gas Exchange in Animals
50. Circulatory Systems
51. Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
52. Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
53. Animal Behavior
Part Ten: Ecology
54. Ecology and the Distribution of Life
55. Population Ecology
56. Species Interaction and Coevolution New!
57. Community Ecology
58. Ecosystems and Global Ecology
59. Conservation Biology