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Table of Contents

Section A  General Principles

Part I The Origin of Living Things  1

1 The Science of Biology  1

2 The Nature of Molecules  19

3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life  37

4 The Origin and Early History of Life  61

Part II Biology of the Cell  79

5 Cell Structure  79

6 Membranes  105

7 Cell-Cell Interactions  127

Part III Energetics  145

8 Energy and Metabolism  145

9 How Cells Harvest Energy  161

10 Photosynthesis  183

Part IV Reproduction and Heredity  205

11 How Cells Divide  205

12 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis  227

13 Patterns of Inheritance  241

Part V Molecular Genetics  277

14 DNA: The Genetic Material  277

15 Genes and How They Work  299

16 Control of Gene Expression  315

17 Altering the Genetic Message  333

18 Gene Technology 363

Part VI Evolution  389

19 Genes Within Populations  389

20 The Evidence for Evolution  405

21 The Origin of Species  423

22 How Humans Evolved  443

Part VII Ecology  463

23 Population Ecology  463

24 Community Ecology  479

25 Dynamics of Ecosystems  503

26 The Biosphere  517

27 The Future of the Biosphere  543

Section B  Organismal Biology

Part VIII Viruses and Simple Organisms  559

28 How We Classify Organisms  559

29 Viruses  575

30 Bacteria  591

31 Protists  605

32 Fungi  629

Part IX Plant Form and Function  645

33 Evolutionary History of Plants  645

34 Vascular Plant Structure  665

35 Transport in Plants  691

36 Plant Nutrition  703

Part X Plant Growth and Reproduction  713

37 Plant Reproduction  713

38 Plant Development  731

39 Plant Growth and Regulation  745

40 Plant Molecular Biology  767

Part XI Animal Diversity  787

41 The Noncoelomate Animals  787

42 Mollusks and Annelids  811

43 Arthropods  827

44 Echinoderms  849

45 Vertebrates  863

Part XII Animal Form and Function  903

46 Organization of the Animal Body  903

47 Locomotion  919

48 Fueling Body Activities: Digestion  935

49 Circulation  957

50 Respiration  973

Part XIII Regulating the Animal Body  991

51 The Nervous System  991

52 Sensory Systems  1021

53 The Endocrine System  1045

54 The Immune System  1067

55 Maintaining Homeostasis  1095

Part XIV Animal Reproduction, Development, and Behavior  1119

56 Sex and Reproduction  1119

57 Cellular Mechanisms of Development  1141

58 Vertebrate Development  1169

59 Animal Behavior  1193

60 Behavioral Ecology  1213

Appendix  1229

Glossary  1232

Credits  1247

Index  1255


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