Table of Contents--8th Edition

Prologue: Biology and the Molecular Perspective

Unit 1 Energy, Matter, and Organization
Chapter 1 The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 2 Energy, Life, and the Biosphere
Chapter 3 Exchanging Materials with the Environment
Chapter 4 Autotrophy: Collecting Energy from the Nonliving Environment
Chapter 5 Cell Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy

Unit 2 The Cell: Homeostasis and Development
Chapter 6 Cell Structures and Their Functions
Chapter 7 Transport Systems
Chapter 8 The Cell Cycle
Chapter 9 Expressing Genetic Information
Chapter 10 Animal Growth and Development
Chapter 11 Plant Growth and Development

Unit 3 Heredity: Continuity of Life
Chapter 12 Reproduction
Chapter 13 Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 14 Other Forms of Inheritance
Chapter 15 Advances in Molecular Genetics
Chapter 16 Population Genetics

Unit 4 Evolution
Chapter 17 The Origin of Life
Chapter 18 Diversity and Variation
Chapter 19 Changes in Species
Chapter 20 Human Evolution

Unit 5 Responding to the Environment
Chapter 21 Nervous Systems
Chapter 22 Behavior
Chapter 23 Immune Systems

Unit 6 Interactions and Interdependence
Chapter 24 Ecosystem Structure and Function
Chapter 25 Change in Ecosystems