UNIT I: THE LIFE OF THE CELL

• Biology: The Scientific Study of Life
• The Chemical Basis of Life
• The Molecules of Cells
• A Tour of the Cell
• The Working Cell
• How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy
• Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

• UNIT II: CELLULAR REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

• The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
• Patterns of Inheritance
• Molecular Biology of the Gene
• How Genes Are Controlled
• DNA Technology and Genomics

• UNIT III: CONCEPTS OF EVOLUTION

• How Populations Evolve
• The Origin of Species
• Tracing Evolutionary History

• UNIT IV: THE EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

• Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists
• The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity
• The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity
• The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity

• UNIT V: ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION

• Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
• Nutrition and Digestion
• Gas Exchange
• Circulation
• The Immune System
• Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance
• Hormones and the Endocrine System
• Reproduction and Embryonic Development
• Nervous Systems
• The Senses
• How Animals Move

• VI: PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION

• Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction
• Plant Nutrition and Transport Plant Nutrition and Transport
• Control Systems in Plants

• UNIT VII: ECOLOGY

• The Biosphere: An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments
• Behavorial Adaptations to the Environment
• Population Ecology
• Communities and Ecosystems
• Conservation Biology

• Appendix 1. Metric Conversion Table

  Appendix 2. The Periodic Table

  Appendix 3. The Amino Acids of Proteins

  Appendix 4. Chapter Review Answers

  Appendix 5. Credits