| 1 | Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life | 2 |
| 2 | The Chemical Context of Life | 25 |
| 3 | Water and the Fitness of the Environment | 41 |
| 4 | Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life | 53 |
| 5 | The Structure and Function of Macromolecules | 63 |
| 6 | An Introduction to Metabolism | 89 |
| 7 | A Tour of the Cell | 110 |
| 8 | Membrane Structure and Function | 140 |
| 9 | Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy | 159 |
| 10 | Photosynthesis | 182 |
| 11 | The Reproduction of Cells | 204 |
| 12 | Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles | 225 |
| 13 | Mendel and the Gene Idea | 238 |
| 14 | The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance | 262 |
| 15 | The Molecular Basis of Inheritance | 281 |
| 16 | From Gene to Protein | 297 |
| 17 | Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria | 324 |
| 18 | Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes | 351 |
| 19 | DNA Technology | 369 |
| 20 | Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life | 399 |
| 21 | The Evolution of Populations | 416 |
| 22 | The Origin of Species | 436 |
| 23 | Tracing Phylogeny: Macroevolution, the Fossil Record, and Systematics | 454 |
| 24 | Early Earth and the Origin of Life | 486 |
| 25 | Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity | 498 |
| 26 | The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity | 518 |
| 27 | Plants and the Colonization of Land | 547 |
| 28 | Fungi | 573 |
| 29 | Invertebrates and the Origin of Animal Diversity | 589 |
| 30 | The Vertebrate Genealogy | 628 |
| 31 | Plant Structure and Growth | 668 |
| 32 | Transport in Plants | 692 |
| 33 | Plant Nutrition | 711 |
| 34 | Plant Reproduction and Development | 727 |
| 35 | Control Systems in Plants | 750 |
| 36 | An Introduction to Animal Structure and Function | 779 |
| 37 | Animal Nutrition | 796 |
| 38 | Circulation and Gas Exchange | 819 |
| 39 | The Body's Defenses | 852 |
| 40 | Controlling the Internal Environment | 879 |
| 41 | Chemical Signals in Animals | 912 |
| 42 | Animal Reproduction | 937 |
| 43 | Animal Development | 963 |
| 44 | Nervous Systems | 993 |
| 45 | Sensory and Motor Mechanisms | 1026 |
| 46 | An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms | 1061 |
| 47 | Population Ecology | 1093 |
| 48 | Community Ecology | 1118 |
| 49 | Ecosystems | 1145 |
| 50 | Behavior | 1172 |
