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Table of Contents
- Introduction: 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
