1. Biology and the Tree of Life
I. THE MOLECULES OF LIFE
2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life
3. Protein Structure and Function
4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World
5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates
6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells
II. CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
7. Inside the Cell
8. Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolic Pathways
9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
10. Photosynthesis
11. Cell-Cell Interactions
12. The Cell Cycle
III. GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION
13. Meiosis
14. Mendel and the Gene
15. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair
16. How Genes Work
17. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation
18. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria
19. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
20. Analyzing and Engineering Genes
21. Genomics and Beyond
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
22. Principles of Development
23. An Introduction to Animal Development
24. An Introduction to Plant Development
V. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES AND PATTERNS
25. Evolution by Natural Selection
26. Evolutionary Processes
27. Speciation
28. Phylogenies and the History of Life
VI. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE
29. Bacteria and Archaea
30. Protists
31. Green Algae and Land Plants
32. Fungi
33. An Introduction to Animals
34. Protostome Animals
35. Deuterostome Animals
36. Viruses
VII. HOW PLANTS WORK
37. Plant Form and Function
38. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants
39. Plant Nutrition
40. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses
41. Plant Reproduction
VIII. HOW ANIMALS WORK
42. Animal Form and Function
43. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals
44. Animal Nutrition
45. Gas Exchange and Circulation
46. Animal Nervous Systems
47. Animal Sensory Systems
48 Animal Movement
49. Chemical Signals in Animals
50. Animal Reproduction
51. The Immune System in Animals
IX. ECOLOGY
52. An Introduction to Ecology
53. Behavioral Ecology
54. Population Ecology
55. Community Ecology
56. Ecosystems and Global Ecology
57. Biodiversity and Conservation
