Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology

UNIT 1: CHEMISTRY AND CELLS
The Chemical Context of Life
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
A Tour of the Cell
Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling
An Introduction to Metabolism
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Photosynthesis
The Cell Cycle

UNIT 2: GENETICS
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Mendel and the Gene Idea
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
Regulation of Gene Expression
Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer
Viruses
Genomes and Their Evolution

UNIT 3: EVOLUTION
Descent with Modification
Phylogeny
The Evolution of Populations
The Origin of Species
Broad Patterns of Evolution

UNIT 4: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF LIFE
Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes
The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes
The Colonization of Land
The Rise of Animal Diversity

UNIT 5: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
Vascular Plant Structure and Growth
Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants
Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants
Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

UNIT 6: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation
Animal Nutrition
Circulation and Gas Exchange
The Immune System
Reproduction and Development
Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
Nervous and Sensory Systems
Motor Mechanisms and Behavior

UNIT 7: ECOLOGY
Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms
Ecological Communities
Ecosystems and Energy
Conservation Biology and Global Change

APPENDICES
A. Answers
B. Periodic Table of the Elements
C. The Metric System
D. A Comparison of the Light Microscope and the Electron Microscope
E. Classification of Life
F. Scientific Skills Review
G. Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes for Learning Vocabulary