Part one: The organization of life -- A view of life -- Atoms and molecules: the chemical basis of life -- The chemistry of life: organic compounds -- Organization of the cell -- Biological membranes -- Cell communication -- Part two: Energy transfer through living systems -- Energy and metabolism -- How cells make ATP: energy-releasing pathways -- Photosynthesis: capturing light energy -- Part three: The continuity of life: genetics -- Chromosomes, mitosis, and meiosis -- The basic principles of heredity -- DNA: The carrier of genetic information -- Gene expression -- Gene regulation -- DNA technology and genomics -- Human genetics and the human genome -- Developmental genetics -- Part four: The continuity of life: evolution -- Introduction to Darwinian evolution -- Evolutionary change in populations -- Speciation and macroevolution -- The origin and evolutionary history of life -- The evolution of primates -- Part five: The diversity of life -- Understanding diversity: systematics -- Viruses and subviral agents -- Bacteria and archaea -- Protists -- Seedless plants -- Seed plants -- The fungi -- An introduction to animal diversity -- Sponges, cnidarians, ctenophores, and protostomes -- The deuterostomes -- Part six: Structure and life processes in plants -- Plant structure, growth, and development -- Leaf structure and function -- Stem structure and transport -- Roots and mineral nutrition -- Reproduction in flowering plants -- Plant developmental responses to external and internal signals -- Part seven: Structure and life processes in animals -- Animal structure and function: an introduction -- Protection, support, and movement -- Neural signaling -- Neural regulation -- Sensory systems -- Internal transport -- The immune system: internal defense -- Gas exchange -- Processing food and nutrition -- Osmoregulation and disposal of metabolic wastes -- Endocrine regulation -- Reproduction -- Animal development -- Animal behavior -- Part eight: The interactions of life: ecology -- Introduction to ecology: population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and biosphere -- Ecology and the geography of life -- Biological diversity and conservation biology