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Tables of Contents for Life
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
An Evolutionary Framework for Biology
1
16
Part One The Cell
Small Molecules: Structure and Behavior
17
17
Macromolecules: Their Chemistry and Biology
34
21
The Organization of Cells
55
24
Cellular Membranes
79
16
Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
95
19
Cellular Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy
114
22
Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun
136
19
Part Two Information and Heredity
Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division
155
21
Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
176
23
DNA and Its Role in Heredity
199
19
From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
218
21
The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
239
20
The Eukaryotic Genome and Its Expression
259
20
Cell Signaling and Communication
279
15
Development: Differential Gene Expression
294
17
Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
311
20
Molecular Biology and Medicine
331
22
Natural Defenses against Disease
353
26
Part Three Evolutionary Processes
The History of Life on Earth
379
16
The Mechanisms of Evolution
395
18
Species and Their Formation
413
12
Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
425
13
Molecular and Genomic Evolution
438
12
The Origin of Life on Earth
450
9
Part Four The Evolution of Diversity
Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
459
17
Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya
476
24
Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
500
16
The Evolution of Seed Plants
516
13
Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners
529
14
Animal Origins and Lophotrochozoans
543
21
Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals
564
13
Deuterostomate Animals
577
26
Part Five The Biology of Flowering Plants
The Plant Body
603
17
Transport in Plants
620
14
Plant Nutrition
634
12
Plant Growth Regulation
646
19
Reproduction in Flowering Plants
665
14
Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
679
14
Part Six the Biology of Animals
Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
693
19
Animal Hormones
712
20
Animal Reproduction
732
20
Animal Development
752
21
Neurons and Nervous Systems
773
21
Sensory Systems
794
20
The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions
814
17
Effectors: Making Animals Move
831
18
Gas Exchange in Animals
849
17
Circulatory Systems
866
20
Animal Nutrition
886
24
Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
910
15
Animal Behavior
925
22
Part Seven Ecology and Biogeography
Behavioral Ecology
947
12
Population Ecology
959
15
Community Ecology
974
17
Ecosystems
991
16
Biogeography
1007
23
Conservation Biology
1030