Table Of ContentIntroduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology UNIT 1: Chemistry and Cells The Chemical Context of Life Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life A Tour of the Cell Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling An Introduction to Metabolism Cellular Respiration and Fermentation Photosynthesis The Cell Cycle UNIT 2: Genetics Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles Mendel and the Gene Idea The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance The Molecular Basis of Inheritance Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein Regulation of Gene Expression Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer Viruses Genomes and Their Evolution UNIT 3: Evolution Descent with Modification Phylogeny The Evolution of Populations The Origin of Species Broad Patterns of Evolution UNIT 4: The Evolutionary History of Life Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes The Colonization of Land The Rise of Animal Diversity UNIT 5: Plant Form and Function Vascular Plant Structure and Growth Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals UNIT 6: Animal Form and Function The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation Animal Nutrition Circulation and Gas Exchange The Immune System Reproduction and Development Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling Nervous and Sensory Systems Motor Mechanisms and Behavior UNIT 7: Ecology Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms Ecological Communities Ecosystems and Energy Conservation Biology and Global Change
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