Table of Contents

• 1. Biology and the Tree of Life
• BioSkills
• I. THE MOLECULAR ORGIN AND EVOLUTION 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 Metabolism
• 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. The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology and Beyond
• 21. gGenes, Development, and Evolution
• IV. EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES
• 22. Evolution by Natural Selection
• 23. Evolutionary Processes
• 24. Speciation
• 25. Phylogenies and the History of Life
• V. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE
• 26. Bacteria and Archaea
• 27. Protists
• 28. Green Algae and Land Plants
• 29. Fungi
• 30. An Introduction to Animals
• 31. Protostome Animals
• 32. Deuterostome Animals
• 33. Viruses
• VI. HOW PLANTS WORK
• 34. Plant Form and Function
• 35. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants
• 36. Plant Nutrition
• 37. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses
• 38. Plant Reproduction and Development
• VII. HOW ANIMALS WORK
• 39. Animal Form and Function
• 40. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals
• 41. Animal Nutrition
• 42. Gas Exchange and Circulation
• 43. Animal Nervous Systems
• 44. Animal Sensory Systems
• 45 Animal Movement
• 46. Chemical Signals in Animals
• 47. Animal Reproduction and Development
• 48. The Immune System in Animals
• VIII. ECOLOGY
• 49. An Introduction to Ecology
• 50. Behavioral Ecology
• 51. Population Ecology
• 52. Community Ecology
• 53. Ecosystems and Global Ecology
• 54. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology