Subcategories

• The Chemistry of Life
  Chapter 2: The Chemical Context of Life
  Chapter 3: Water and Life
  Chapter 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
  Chapter 5: The Structure and Function of Large Biological Macromolecules
• The Cell
  Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell
  Chapter 7: Membrane Structure and Function
  Chapter 8: An Introduction to Metabolism
  Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
  Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
  Chapter 11: Cell Comminication
  Chapter 12: The Cell Cycle
• Genetics
  Chapter 13: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
  Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea
  Chapter 15: Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
  Chapter 16: Molecular Basis of Inheritance
  Chapter 17: From Gene to Protein
  Chapter 18: Regulation of Gene Expression
  Chapter 19: Viruses
  Chapter 20: DNA Technology
  Chapter 21: Genomes and Their Evolution
• Mechanisms of Evolution
  Chapter 22: Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
  Chapter 23: Evolution of Populations
  Chapter 24: Origin of Species
  Chapter 25: The History of Life on Earth
• The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity

  Chapter 26: Tracing Phylogeny
  Chapter 27: Bacteria and Archaea
  Chapter 28: Protists
  Chapter 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized of Land
  Chapter 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seeded Plants
  Chapter 31: Fungi
  Chapter 32: An Introduction to Animal Diversity
  Chapter 33: Invertebrates
  Chapter 34: Vertebrates

• Plant Form and Function
  Chapter 35: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
  Chapter 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
  Chapter 37: Soil and Plant Nutrition
  Chapter 38: Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
  Chapter 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
• Animal Form and Function
  Chapter 40: Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
  Chapter 41: Animal Nutrition
  Chapter 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange
  Chapter 43: The Immune System
  Chapter 44: Osmoregulation and Excretion
  Chapter 45: Hormones and the Endocrine System
  Chapter 46: Animal Reproduction
  Chapter 47: Animal Development
  Chapter 48: Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
  Chapter 49: Nervous Systems
  Chapter 50: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
• Ecology
  Chapter 51: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
  Chapter 52: Behavioral Biology
  Chapter 53: Population Ecology
  Chapter 54: Community Ecology
  Chapter 55: Ecosystems
  Chapter 56: Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology