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Chapter 1: An Evolutionary Framework for Biology
PART ONE The Cell
Chapter 2: Small Molecules: Structure and Behavior
Chapter 3: Macromolecules: Their Chemistry and Biology
Chapter 4: The Organization of Cells
Chapter 5: Cellular Membranes
Chapter 6: Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Chapter 7: Cellular Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy
Chapter 8: Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun
PART TWO Information and Heredity
Chapter 9: Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division
Chapter 10: Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
Chapter 11: DNA and Its Role in Heredity
Chapter 12: From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
Chapter 13: The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
Chapter 14: The Eukaryotic Genome and Its Expression
Chapter 15: Cell Signaling and Communication
Chapter 16: Development: Differential Gene Expression
Chapter 17: Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
Chapter 18: Molecular Biology and Medicine
Chapter 19: Natural Defenses against Disease
PART THREE Evolutionary processes
Chapter 20: The History of Life on Earth
Chapter 21: The Mechanisms of Evolution
Chapter 22: Species and Their Formation
Chapter 23: Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
Chapter 24: Molecular and Genomic Evolution
Chapter 25: The Origin of Life on Earth
PART FOUR The Evolution of Diversity
Chapter 26: Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
Chapter 27: Protists and the Dawn of Eukarya
Chapter 28: Plants Without Seeds: From Sea to Land
Chapter 29: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Chapter 30: Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners
Chapter 31: Animal Origins and Lophotrochozoans
Chapter 32: Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals
Chapter 33: Deuterostomate Animals: Large Brains and Complex Behavior
PART FIVE The Biology of Flowering Plants
Chapter 34: The Plant Body
Chapter 35: Transport in Plants
Chapter 36: Plant Nutrition
Chapter 37: Plant Growth Regulation
Chapter 38: Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Chapter 39: Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
PART SIX The Biology of Animals
Chapter 40: Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
Chapter 41: Animal Hormones
Chapter 42: Animal Reproduction
Chapter 43: Animal Development
Chapter 44: Neurons and Nervous Systems
Chapter 45: Sensory Systems
Chapter 46: The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions
Chapter 47: Effectors: Making Animals Move
Chapter 48: Gas Exchange in Animals
Chapter 49: Circulatory Systems
Chapter 50: Animal Nutrition
Chapter 51: Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
Chapter 52: Animal Behavior
PART SEVEN Ecology and Biogeography
Chapter 53: Behavioral Ecology
Chapter 54: Population Ecology
Chapter 55: Community Ecology
Chapter 56: Ecosystems
Chapter 57: Biogeography
Chapter 58: Conservation Biology
