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PART I: THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AND ITS CHEMICAL BASIS Studying Life Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life PART II: CELLS Cells: The Working Units of Life Cell Membranes Cell Communication and Multicellularity PART III: CELLS AND ENERGY Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight PART IV: GENES AND HEREDITY The Cell Cycle and Cell Division Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes DNA and Its Role in Heredity From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine Regulation of Gene Expression PART V: GENOMES Genomes Recombinent DNA and Biotechnology Differential Gene Expression in Development Development and Evolutionary Change PART VI: THE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF EVOLUTION Mechanisms of Evolution Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies Speciation Evolution of Genes and Genomes The History of Life on Earth PART VII: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land The Evolution of Seed Plants The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans Protostome Animals Deuterostome Animals PART VIII: FLOWERING PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION The Plant Body Transport in Plants Plant Nutrition Regulation of Plant Growth Reproduction in Flowering Plants Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges PART IX: ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation Animal Hormones Immunology: Animal Defense Systems Animal Reproduction Animal Development: From Genes to Organisms Neurons, Glia, and Nervous Systems Sensory Systems The Mammalian Nervous System Musculoskeletal Systems Gas Exchange Circulatory Systems Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion Animal Behavior PART X: ECOLOGY Ecology and the Distribution of Life Population Ecology Species Interaction and Coevolution Community Ecology Ecosystems and Global Ecology Biodiversity and Conservation Biology