Biological science / Scott Freeman, University of Washington, Lizabeth Allison, College of William & Mary, Michael Black, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Greg Podgorski, Utah State University, Kim Quillin, Salisbury University, Jon Monroe, James Madison University, Emily Taylor, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo .

Biology and the of life -- Water and carbon: the chemical basis of life -- Protein structure and function -- Nucleic acids and the RNA world -- An introduction to carbohydrates -- Lipids, mebranes. and the firs cells -- Inside the cell -- Energy and enzymes: an introduction to metabolic pathways -- Cellular respiration and fermentation -- Photosynthesis -- Cell-cell interactions -- The cell cycle -- Meiosis -- Mendel and the gene -- DNA and the gene -- How genes work -- Transcription RNA processing, and translation -- Control of gene expression -- Control of gene expression in eukaryotes -- Analyzing and engineering -- Genomics and beyond -- Principles of development -- An introduction to animal development -- An introduction to plant development -- Evolution by natural selection -- Evolutionary processes -- Speciation -- Phylogenies and the history of life -- Bacteria and archaea -- Protists -- Green algae and land plants -- Fugi -- An introduction to animals -- Protostome animals -- Deuterostome animlas -- Viruses -- Plant form and funtion -- Water and sugar transport -- Plant nutrition -- Plant sensory systems, signals, and responses -- Plant reproduction -- Animal form and function -- Water and electrolyte balance in animals -- Animal nutrition -- Gas exchange and circulation -- Animal nervous systems -- Animal sensory systems -- Animal movement -- Chemical signal in animals -- Animal reproduction -- The immune system in animals -- An introduction to ecology -- Behavioral ecology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystems and global ecology -- Biodiversity and conservation biology