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PART I: THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AND ITS CHEMICAL BASIS 1. Studying Life 2. Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life 3. Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids 4. Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life PART II: CELLS 5. Cells: The Working Units of Life 6. Cell Membranes 7. Cell Communication and Multicellularity PART III: CELLS AND ENERGY 8. Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism 9. Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy 10. Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight PART IV: GENES AND HEREDITY 11. The Cell Cycle and Cell Division 12. Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes 13. DNA and Its Role in Heredity 14. From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression 15. Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine 16. Regulation of Gene Expression PART V: GENOMES 17. Genomes 18. Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology 19. Differential Gene Expression in Development 20. Development and Evolutionary Change PART VI: THE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF EVOLUTION 21. Mechanisms of Evolution 22. Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies 23. Speciation 24. Evolution of Genes and Genomes 25. The History of Life on Earth PART VII: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY 26. Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses 27. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes 28. Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land 29. The Evolution of Seed Plants 30. The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi 31. Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans 32. Protostome Animals 33. Deuterostome Animals PART VIII: FLOWERING PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION 34. The Plant Body 35. Transport in Plants 36. Plant Nutrition 37. Regulation of Plant Growth 38. Reproduction in Flowering Plants 39. Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges PART IX: ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION 40. Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation 41. Animal Hormones 42. Immunology: Animal Defense Systems 43. Animal Reproduction 44. Animal Development: From Genes to Organisms 45. Neurons, Glia, and Nervous Systems 46. Sensory Systems 47. The Mammalian Nervous System 48. Musculoskeletal Systems 49. Gas Exchange 50. Circulatory Systems 51. Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption 52. Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion 53. Animal Behavior PART X: ECOLOGY 54. Ecology and the Distribution of Life 55. Population Ecology 56. Species Interactions and Coevolution 57. Community Ecology 58. Ecosystems and Global Ecology 59. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
