Table of Contents

1. Biology and the Tree of Life BioSkills

I. THE MOLECULAR ORGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE

2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life

3. Protein Structure and Function

4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World

5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates

6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells

II. CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

7. Inside the Cell

8. Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolism

9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

10. Photosynthesis

11. Cell-Cell Interactions

12. The Cell Cycle

III. GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION

13. Meiosis

14. Mendel and the Gene

15. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair

16. How Genes Work

17. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation

18. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria

19. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes

20. The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology and Beyond

21. gGenes, Development, and Evolution

IV. EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES

22. Evolution by Natural Selection

23. Evolutionary Processes

24. Speciation

25. Phylogenies and the History of Life

V. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE

26. Bacteria and Archaea

27. Protists

28. Green Algae and Land Plants

29. Fungi

30. An Introduction to Animals

31. Protostome Animals

32. Deuterostome Animals

33. Viruses

VI. HOW PLANTS WORK

34. Plant Form and Function

35. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants

36. Plant Nutrition

37. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses

38. Plant Reproduction and Development

VII. HOW ANIMALS WORK

39. Animal Form and Function

40. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals

41. Animal Nutrition

42. Gas Exchange and Circulation

43. Animal Nervous Systems

44. Animal Sensory Systems

45 Animal Movement

46. Chemical Signals in Animals

47. Animal Reproduction and Development

48. The Immune System in Animals

VIII. ECOLOGY

49. An Introduction to Ecology

50. Behavioral Ecology

51. Population Ecology

52. Community Ecology

53. Ecosystems and Global Ecology

54. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology