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PART I: CELLS 1. Introduction 2. The Chemistry and Energy of Life 3. Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes 4. Cells: The Working Units of Life 5. Cell Membranes and Signaling 6. Pathways that Harvest and Store Chemical Energy PART II: GENETICS 7. The Cell Cycle and Cell Division 8. Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes 9. DNA and Its Role in Heredity 10. From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression 11. Regulation of Gene Expression 12. Genomes 13. Biotechnology 14. Genes, Development, and Evolution PART III: EVOLUTION 15. Processes of Evolution 16. Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies 17. Speciation 18. The History of Life on Earth PART IV: DIVERSITY 19. Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses 20. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes 21. The Evolution of Plants 22. The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi 23. Animal Origins and Diversity PART V: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION 24. The Plant Body 25. Plant Nutrition and Transport 26. Plant Growth and Development 27. Reproduction of Flowering Plants 28. Plants in the Environment PART VI: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION 29. Fundamentals of Animal Function 30. Nutrition and Digestion 31. Breathing 32. Circulation 33. Muscle and Movement 34. Neurons, Sense Organs, and Nervous Systems 35. Nervous and Endocrine Control 36. Water and Salts: Excretion 37. Animal Reproduction 38. Animal Development 39. Immunology: Animal Defense Systems 40. Animal Behavior PART VII: ECOLOGY 41. The Distribution of Earth's Ecological Systems 42. Populations 43. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Interactions within and among Species 44. Ecological Communities 45. The Global Ecosystem