Includes index

1. Introduction to biological concepts and research -- 2. Life, chemistry, and water -- 3. Biological molecules: the carbon compounds of life -- 4. Energy, enzymes, and biological reactions -- 5. The cell: an overview -- 6. Membranes and transport -- 7. Cell communication -- 8. Harvesting chemical energy: cellular respiration -- 9. Photosynthesis -- 10. Cell division and mitosis -- 11. Meiosis: the cellular basis of sexual reproduction -- 12. Mendel, genes, and inheritance -- 13. Genes, Chromosomes, and human genetics -- 14. DNA structure, replication, and organization -- 15. From DNA to protein -- 16. Regulation of gene expression -- 17. Bacterial and viral genetics -- DNA tehcnologies: analyzing and modifying genes -- 19. Genomes and proteomes -- 20. Development of evolutionary thought -- 21. Microevolution: genetic changes within populations -- 22. Speciation -- 23. Paleobiology and macroevlution -- 24. Systematics and phylogenetics: revealing the tree of life -- 25. The origin of life -- 26. Prokaryotes: bacteria and archaea -- 27. Protists -- 28. Seedless plants -- 29. Seed plants -- 30. Fungi -- 31. Animal phylogeny, acoelomates, and protostomes -- 32. Deuterostomes: vertebrates and their closest relatives -- 33. The plant body -- 34. Transport in plants -- 35. Plant nutrition -- 36. Reproduction and development in flowering plants -- 37. Plant signals and responses to the environment -- 38. Introduction to animal organization and physiology -- 39. Information flow and the neuron -- 40. Nervous systems -- 41. Sensory systems -- 42. The endocrine system -- 43. Muscles, bones, and body and movements -- 44. The circulatory system -- 45. Defenses against disease -- 46. Gas exchange: the respiratory system -- 47. Animal nutrition -- 48. Regulating the internal environment -- 49. Animal reproduction -- 50. Animal development -- 51. Ecology and the biosphere -- 52. Population ecology -- 53. Population interactions and community ecology -- 54. Ecosystems -- 55. Biodiversity and conservation biology -- 56. Animal behavior