• 1. Invitation to Biology.

Part I: PRINCIPLES OF CELLULAR LIFE.

• 2. Life's Chemical Basis.

• 3. Molecules of Life.

• 4. Cell Structure.

• 5. Ground Rules of Metabolism.

• 6. Where It Starts--Photosynthesis.

• 7. How Cells Release Chemical Energy.

Part II: GENETICS.

• 8. DNA Structure and Function.

• 9. From DNA to Protein.

• 10. Controls over Genes.

• 11. How Cells Reproduce.

• 12. Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction.

• 13. Observing Patterns in Inherited Traits.

• 14. Human Inheritance.

• 15. Biotechnology.

Part III: PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION.

• 16. Evidence of Evolution.

• 17. Processes of Evolution.

• 18. Life's Origin and Early Evolution.

Part IV: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY.

• 19. Viruses, Bacteria, and Achaeans.

• 20. The Protests.

• 21. Plant Evolution.

• 22. Fungi.

• 23. Animals I: Invertebrate Groups.

• 24. Animals II: The Chordates.

Part VII: PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY.

• 39. Animal Behavior.

• 40. Population Ecology.

• 41. Community Ecology.

• 42. Ecosystems.

• 43. The Biospheres.

• 44. Human Effects on the Biosphere.

Appendix I: Classification System.

Appendix II: Annotations to a Journal Article.

Appendix III: Answers to Self-Quizzes and Genetics Problems.

Appendix IV: Periodic Table of the Elements.

Appendix V: Molecular Models.

Appendix VI: Closer Look at Some Major Metabolic Pathways.

Appendix VII: A Plain English Map of the Human Chromosomes.

Appendix VIII: Restless Earth--Life's Changing Geologic Stage.

Appendix IX: Units of Measure.

Appendix X: A Comparative View of Mitosis in Plant and Animal Cells.

Glossary.

Index.