Description: 1. Biology and the Tree of Life I. THE MOLECULES OF LIFE 2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life 3. Protein Structure and Function 4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World 5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates 6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells II. CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 7. Inside the Cell 8. Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolic Pathways 9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 10. Photosynthesis 11. Cell-Cell Interactions 12. The Cell Cycle III. GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION 13. Meiosis 14. Mendel and the Gene 15. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair 16. How Genes Work 17. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation 18. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria 19. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 20. Analyzing and Engineering Genes 21. Genomics and Beyond IV. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 22. Principles of Development 23. An Introduction to Animal Development 24. An Introduction to Plant Development V. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES AND PATTERNS 25. Evolution by Natural Selection 26. Evolutionary Processes 27. Speciation 28. Phylogenies and the History of Life VI. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE 29. Bacteria and Archaea 30. Protists 31. Green Algae and Land Plants 32. Fungi 33. An Introduction to Animals 34. Protostome Animals 35. Deuterostome Animals 36. Viruses VII. HOW PLANTS WORK 37. Plant Form and Function 38. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants 39. Plant Nutrition 40. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses 41. Plant Reproduction VIII. HOW ANIMALS WORK 42. Animal Form and Function 43. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals 44. Animal Nutrition 45. Gas Exchange and Circulation 46. Animal Nervous Systems 47. Animal Sensory Systems 48 Animal Movement 49. Chemical Signals in Animals 50. Animal Reproduction 51. The Immune System in Animals IX. ECOLOGY 52. An Introduction to Ecology 53. Behavioral Ecology 54. Population Ecology 55. Community Ecology 56. Ecosystems and Global Ecology 57. Biodiversity and Conservation

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