Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 1—Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry
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Chapter 2—The Chemical Context of Life
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Chapter 3—Water and Life
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Chapter 4—Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
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Chapter 5—The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
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Chapter 6—A Tour of the Cell
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Chapter 7—Membrane Structure and Function
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Chapter 8—An Introduction to Metabolism
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Chapter 9—Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
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Chapter 10—Photosynthesis
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Chapter 11—Cell Communication
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Chapter 12—The Cell Cycle
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Chapter 13—Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
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Chapter 14—Mendel and the Gene Idea
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Chapter 15—The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 16—The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 17—Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein
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Chapter 18—Regulation of Gene Expression
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Chapter 19—Viruses
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Chapter 20—DNA Tools and Biotechnology
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Chapter 21—Genomes and Their Evolution
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Chapter 22—Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
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Chapter 23—The Evolution of Populations
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Chapter 24—The Origin of Species
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Chapter 25—The History of Life on Earth
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Chapter 26—Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
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Chapter 27—Bacteria and Archaea
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Chapter 28—Protists
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Chapter 29—Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
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Chapter 30—Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
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Chapter 31—Fungi
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Chapter 32—An Overview of Animal Diversity
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Chapter 33—An Introduction to Invertebrates
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Chapter 34—The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates
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Chapter 35—Vascular Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
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Chapter 36—Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
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Chapter 37—Soil and Plant Nutrition
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Chapter 38—Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
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,Chapter 39—Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
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Chapter 40—Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
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Chapter 41—Animal Nutrition
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Chapter 42—Circulation and Gas Exchange
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Chapter 43—The Immune System
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Chapter 44—Osmoregulation and Excretion
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Chapter 45—Hormones and the Endocrine System
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Chapter 46—Animal Reproduction
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Chapter 47—Animal Development
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Chapter 48—Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
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Chapter 49—Nervous Systems
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Chapter 50—Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
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Chapter 51—Animal Behavior
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Chapter 52—An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
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Chapter 53—Population Ecology
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Chapter 54—Community Ecology
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Chapter 55—Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology
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Chapter 56—Conservation Biology and Global Change
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Chapter 1—Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry
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A) only found in pairs, because single cells cannot exist independently
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5) A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
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