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Reading Check List (8th Edition)
Unit 1: Chemistry of life
CHAPTERS:
3. Water and the fitness of the environment (pg. 46-56)
4. Carbon and molecular diversity of life (pg. 58-63)
5. The Structure and function of large biological molecules (pg. 68-89)
Unit 2: The Cell
CHAPTERS:
6. A tour of the cell (pg. 98-111)
7. Membrane Structure and function (pg. 125-138)
8. An Introduction to metabolism (pg. 142-159)
11. Cell Communication (pg. 201-225)
12. The Cell Cycle (pg. 229-243)
Unit 3: Respiration and Photosynthesis
CHAPTERS:
9. Cellular Respiration and fermentation
(pg. 162-167, 170-179)
10. Photosynthesis (pg. 186-199)
Unit 4: Mendelian Genetics
CHAPTERS:
13. Meiosis and sexual Life Cycles (pg. 248-260)
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea (pg. 262-281)
15. The Chromosomal basis of Inheritance (pg. 286-302)
Unit 5: Molecular Genetics
CHAPTERS:
16. The molecular basis of inheritance (pg. 305-319)
17. from gene to protein (pg. 325-346)
18. Regulation of gene expression (pg. 351-373)
19. Viruses (pg. 381-390)
20. Biotechnology (pg. 396-411)
21. Genomes and their evolution (pg. 429-432, 438-442)
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Unit 6: Mechanisms of Evolution
CHAPTERS:
22. Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of life (pg. 455-466)
23. The evolution of populations (pg. 468-485)
24. The origins of species (pg. 487-504)
25. The history of life on earth (pg. 507-529)
Unit 7: The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity
Chapter:
26. Phylogeny and the tree of life(pg. 537-548, 551-553)
27. Bacteria and Archaea (pg. 556-564)
Unit 8: Plant Form and Function
Chapter:
38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology (pg. 801-811)
39. Plant Response to Internal and External Signals (pg. 821- 841, 845-847)
Unit 9: Animal Form and Function
Chapter:
40. Basic Principles of animal Form and Function (pg. 852-872)
43. The Immune Systems (pg. 931-951)
45. Hormones and the Endocrine System (pg. 975-984)
47. Animal Development (pg. 1038-1044)
48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling (pg. 1047-1061)
49. Nervous Systems (pg. 1070-1074)
51. Animal Behavior (pg. 1120-1142)
Unit 10: Ecology
Chapter:
52. An introduction to ecology and the biosphere (pg. 1151-1159)
53. Population ecology (pg. 1174-1195)
54. Community Ecology (pg. 1198-1219)
55. Ecosystems and restoration ecology (pg. 1223-1242)
56. Conservation biology and global Change (pg. 1246-1250, 1260-1264)
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