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Should there be warning labels on fast foods? Should SUV drivers pay extra taxes? Should employers be allowed to require drug testing of prospective employees?This introductory biology text helps you learn the process of science and basic biological principles while encouraging you to think about critical issues. New "Take Home Messages" help you grasp key concepts while special features like the chapter opening case studies and "How Would You Vote?" questions make the material come to life. New "Figure It Out" questions in many illustrations help you understand the concepts communicated in the figures and the new Data Analysis Activities at the end of every chapter strengthen your analytical skills. This book has been widely praised for clear and engaging writing, art with step-by-step callouts, and terrific support from student media that all work together to help you "get" biology.

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• Introduction
• 1 Invitation to Biology
• Part I Principles of Cellular Life
• 2 Life's Chemical Basis
• 3 Molecules of Life
• 4 Cell Structure
• 5 Ground Rules of Metabolism
• 6 Where it Starts--Photosynthesis
• 7 How Cells Release Chemical Energy
• Part II Genetics
• 8 DNA Structure and Function
• 9 from DNA to Protein
• 10 Controls over Genes
• 11 How Cells Reproduce
• 12 Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
• 13 Observing Patterns in Inherited Traits
• 14 Human Inheritance
• 15 Biotechnology
• Part III Principles of Evolution
• 16 Evidence of Evolution
• 17 Processes of Evolution
• 18 Life's Origin and Early Evolution
• Part IV Evolution and Biodiversity
• 19 Viruses, Bacteria, and Archaeans
• 20 The Protists
• 21 Plant Evolution
• 22 Fungi
• 23 Animals I: Invertebrate Groups
• 24 Animals II: the Chordates
• Part V How Plants WORK
• 25 Plant Tissues
• 26 Plant Nutrition and Transport
• 27 Plant Reproduction and Development
• Part VI How Animals Work
• 28 Animal Tissues and Organ Systems
• 29 Neural Control
• 30 Sensory Perception
• 31 Endocrine Control
• 32 Structural Support and Movement
• 33 Circulation
• 34 Immunity
• 35 Respiration
• 36 Digestion and Human Nutrition
• 37 The Internal Environment
• 38 Reproduction and Development
• Part VII Principles of Ecology
• 39 Animal Behavior
• 40 Population Ecology
• 41 Community Ecology
• 42 Ecosystems
• 43 The Biospheres
• 44 Human Effects on the Biosphere
• Appendix I Classification System
• Appendix II Annotations to a Journal Article
• Appendix III Answers to Self-Quizzes and Genetics Problems
• Appendix IV Periodic Table of the Elements
• Appendix V Molecular Models
• Appendix VI Closer Look at Some Major Metabolic Pathways
• Appendix VII A Plain English Map of the Human Chromosomes
• Appendix VIII Restless Earth--Life's Changing Geologic Stage
• Appendix IX Units of Measure
• Appendix X A Comparative View of Mitosis in Plant and Animal Cells
• Glossary
• Index