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1. Introduction: Ten Themes in the Study of Life. I. THE CHEMISTRY OFLIFE. 2. The Chemical Context of Life. 3. Water and the Fitness of theEnvironment. 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life. 5. TheStructure and Function of Macromolecules. 6. An Introduction to Metabolism.II. THE CELL. 7. A Tour of the Cell. 8. Membrane Structure andFunction. 9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy. 10.Photosynthesis. 11. Cell Communication. 12. The Cell Cycle. III.GENETICS. 13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles. 14. Mendel and the Gene Idea.15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance. 16. The Molecular Basis ofInheritance. 17. From Gene to Protein. 18. Microbial Models: The Geneticsof Viruses and Bacteria. 19. The Organization and Control of EukaryoticGenomes. 20. DNA Technology and Genomics. 21. The Genetic Basis ofDevelopment. IV. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION. 22. Descent with Modification: ADarwinian View of Life. 23. The Evolution of Populations. 24. The Origin ofSpecies. 25. Phylogeny and Systematics. V. THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OFBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. 26. Early Earth and the Origin of Life. 27.Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity. 28. The Origins ofEukaryotic Diversity. 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land. 30.Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants. 31. Fungi. 32.Introduction to Animal Evolution. 33. Invertebrates. 34. VertebrateEvolution and Diversity. VI. PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION. 35. Plant Structureand Growth. 36. Transport in Plants. 37. Plant Nutrition. 38. PlantReproduction and Development. 39. Control Systems in Plants. VII. ANIMALFORM AND FUNCTION. 40. An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function.41. Animal Nutrition. 42. Circulation and Gas Exchange. 43. The Body'sDefenses. 44. Controlling the Internal Environment. 45. Chemical Signals inAnimals. 46. Animal Reproduction. 47. Animal Development. 48. NervousSystems. 49. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms. VIII. ECOLOGY. 50. AnIntroduction to Ecology and the Biosphere. 51. Behavioral Biology. 52.Population Ecology. 53. Community Ecology. 54. Ecosystems. 55.Conservation Biology.