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Authors: Kenneth Mason and Tod Duncan and Jonathan Losos

ISBN13: 9781260240900, ©2021

Chapter 1

The Science of Biology

Chapter 2

The Nature of Moleculars and the Properties of Water

Chapter 3

The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

Chapter 4

Cell Structure

Chapter 5

Membranes

Chapter 6

Energy and Metabolism

Chapter 7

How Cells Harvest Energy

Chapter 8

Photosynthesis

Chapter 9

Cell Communication

Chapter 10

How Cells Divide

Chapter 11

Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis

Chapter 12

Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 13

The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

Chapter 14

DNA: The Genetic Material

Chapter 15

Genes and How They Work

Chapter 16

Control of Gene Expression

Chapter 17

Biotechnology

Chapter 18

Genomics

Chapter 19

Genes Within Populations

Chapter 20

The Evidence for Evolution

Chapter 21

The Origin of Species

Chapter 22

Systematics and Phylogeny

Chapter 23

Prokaryotes and Viruses

Chapter 24

Protists

Chapter 25

Fungi

Chapter 26

Plants

Chapter 27

Animal Diversity

Chapter 28

Vertebrates

Chapter 29

Plant Form

Chapter 30

Flowering Plant Reproduction

Chapter 31

The Living Plant

Chapter 32

The Animal Biology and How It Moves

Chapter 33

The Nervous System

Chapter 34

Fueling the Body's Metabolism

Chapter 35

Maintaining Homeostasis

Chapter 36

Reproduction and Development

Chapter 37

Behavioral Biology

Chapter 38

Ecology of Individuals and Populations

Chapter 39

Community Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics

Chapter 40

The Living World

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