Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: THE ORGANIZATION OF LIFE -- 1. A View of Life -- 2. Atoms and Molecules: The Chemical Basis of Life -- 3. The Chemistry of Life: Organic Compounds -- 4. Organization of the Cell -- 5. Biological Membranes -- 6. Cell Communication -- Part II: ENERGY TRANSFER THROUGH LIVING SYSTEMS -- 7. Energy and Metabolism -- 8. How Cells Make ATP: Energy-Releasing Pathways -- 9. Photosynthesis: Capturing Light Energy -- Part III: THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE: GENETICS -- 10. Chromosomes, Mitosis, and Meiosis -- 11. The Basic Principles of Heredity -- 12. DNA: The Carrier of Genetic Information -- 13. Gene Expression -- 14. Gene Regulation -- 15. DNA Technology and Genomics -- 16. Human Genetics and the Human Genome -- 17. Developmental Genetics -- Part IV: THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE: EVOLUTION -- 18. Introduction to Darwinian Evolution -- 19. Evolutionary Change in Populations -- 20. Speciation and Macroevolution -- 21. The Origin and Evolutionary History of Life -- 22. The Evolution of Primates -- Part V: THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE -- 23. Understanding Diversity: Systematics -- 24. Viruses and Subviral Agents -- 25. Bacteria and Archaea -- 26. Protists -- 27. Seedless Plants -- 28. Seed Plants -- 29. The Fungi -- 30. An Introduction to Animal Diversity -- 31. Sponges, Cnidarians, Ctenophores, and Protostomes -- 32. The Deuterostomes -- Part VI: STRUCTURE AND LIFE PROCESSES IN PLANTS -- 33. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development -- 34. Leaf Structure and Function -- 35. Stem Structure and Transport -- 36. Roots and Mineral Nutrition -- 37. Reproduction in Flowering Plants -- 38. Plant Developmental Responses to External and Internal Signals -- Part VII: STRUCTURE AND LIFE PROCESSES IN ANIMALS -- 39. Animal Structure and Function: An Introduction -- 40. Protection, Support, and Movement -- 41. Neural Signaling -- 42. Neural Regulation -- 43. Sensory Systems -- 44. Internal Transport -- 45. The Immune System: Internal Defense -- 46. Gas Exchange -- 47. Processing Food and Nutrition -- 48. Osmoregulation and Disposal of Metabolic Wastes -- 49. Endocrine Regulation -- 50. Reproduction -- 51. Animal Development -- 52. Animal Behavior -- Part VIII: THE INTERACTIONS OF LIFE: ECOLOGY -- 53. Introduction to Ecology: Population Ecology -- 54. Community Ecology -- 55. Ecosystems and the Biosphere -- 56. Ecology and the Geography of Life -- 57. Biological Diversity and Conservation Biology -- APPENDICES A: Periodic Table of the Elements -- B: Classification of Organisms -- C: Understanding Biological Terms -- D: Abbreviations -- E: Answers to Test Your Understanding, Checkpoint, Key Point, and Key Experiment Questions -- Glossary -- Index.

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