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Authors: Robert Brooker and Eric Widmaier and Linda Graham and Peter Stiling

ISBN13: 9781260240863, ©2021

Chapter 1

An Introduction to Biology

Chapter 2

The Chemical Basis of Life I: Atoms, Molecules, and Water

Chapter 3

The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic Molecules

Chapter 4

Evolutionary Origin of Cells and Their General Features

Chapter 5

Membranes: The Interface Between Cells and Their Environment

Chapter 6

How Cells Utilize Energy

Chapter 7

How Cells Capture Light Energy via Photosynthesis

Chapter 8

How Cells Communicate with Each Other and with the Environment

Chapter 9

The Information of Life: DNA and RNA Structure, DNA Replication, and Chromosome Structure

Chapter 10

The Expression of Genetic Information via Genes I: Transcription and Translation

Chapter 11

The Expression of Genetic Information via Genes II: Non-coding RNAs

Chapter 12

The Control of Genetic Information via Gene Regulation

Chapter 13

Altering the Genetic Material: Mutation, DNA Repair, and Cancer

Chapter 14

How Eukaryotic Cells Sort and Transmit Chromosomes: Mitosis and Meiosis

Chapter 15

Transmission of Genetic Information from Parents to Offspring I: Patterns That Follow Mendel’s Laws

Chapter 16

Transmission of Genetic Information from Parents to Offspring II: Epigenetics, Linkage, and Extranuclear Inheritance

Chapter 18

Genetic Technologies: How Biologists Study Genes and Genomes

Chapter 19

Evolution of Life I: How Populations Change from Generation to Generation

Chapter 20

Evolution of Life II: The Emergence of New Species

Chapter 21

How Biologists Classify Species and Study Their Evolutionary Relationships

Chapter 22

The History of Life on Earth and Human Evolution

Chapter 23

Diversity of Microbial Life: Archaea, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi

Chapter 24

Microbiomes: Microbial Systems on and Around Us

Chapter 25

Plant Evolution: How Plant Diversification Changed Planet Earth

Chapter 26

Invertebrates: The Vast Array of Animal Life Without a Backbone

Chapter 27

Vertebrates: Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals

Chapter 28

An Introduction to Flowering Plant Form and Function

Chapter 29

How Flowering Plants Sense and Interact with Their Environments

Chapter 30

How Flowering Plants Obtain and Transport Water, Mineral Nutrients, and Organic Compounds

Chapter 31

How Flowering Plants Reproduce and Develop

Chapter 32

General Features of Animal Bodies, and Homeostasis as a Key Principle of Animal Biology

Chapter 33

Neuroscience I: The Structure, Function, and Evolution of Nervous Systems

Chapter 34

Neuroscience II: How Sensory Systems Allow Animals to Interact with the Environment

Chapter 35

How Muscles and Skeletons Are Adaptations for Movement, Support, and Protection

Chapter 36

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems: Transporting Solutes and Exchanging Gases

Chapter 37

Digestive and Excretory Systems: Maintaining Nutrient, Water, and Energy Balance and Removing Waste

Chapter 38

How Endocrine Systems Influence the Activities of All Other Organ Systems

Chapter 39

The Production of Offspring: Reproduction and Development

Chapter 40

Immune Systems: How Animals Defend Against Pathogens and Other Dangers

Chapter 41

An Example of a System-Wide Response to a Challenge to Homeostasis

Chapter 42

Behavioral Ecology: The Struggle to Find Food and Mates and to Pass On Genes

Chapter 43

Population Growth and Species Interactions

Chapter 44

Communities and Ecosystems: Ecological Organization at Large Scales

Chapter 45

Biomes: How Climate Affects the Distribution of Species on Earth

Chapter 46

The Age of Humans

Chapter 47

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

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