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Before You Start: Book Club Orientation
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Promo
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Book Club System: How It Works & How You Win
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Biology for Dummies PDF
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Biology for Dummies Promo
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chapter 1.
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Exploring
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Life Begets Life Reproduction and Genetics
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Making the Connection between Ecosystems and Evolution
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Getting Up Close and Personal with the Anatomy and Physiology
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Comparing Plants to People
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Chapter 2
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How Life Is Studied
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2 Living Things Why Biologists Study Them and What Defines T
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Making Sense of the World through Observations
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Introducing the scientific method
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Designing experiments
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your hypothesis
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One man’s error is another man’s starting point
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Science The Constant Evolution of Knowledge
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The Architecture of Scientific Publication
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Evaluating Scientific Sources
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Chapter 3
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Matter and Molecules The Basis of Biology
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Matter s Architecture Atoms, Elements, and Ions
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Isotopes The Weight of Atomic Variation
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Chemical Structures Molecules and Bonds
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Defining Acids, Bases, and the pH Scale
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Decoding pH The Spectrum of Acidity
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The Chemistry of Biological pH Stabilization
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Carbon Architect of Living Structures
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Carbohydrates Molecular Energy and Structure
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Sweet Science Sugar Reactions and Biological Storage
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Molecular Architecture and Essential Protein Functions
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Decoding Life Structure and Function of Nucleic A
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DNA and RNA Structure and Genetic Code
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Chapter 4
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The Living Cell Cellular Foundations Structure and Enzyme Action
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The Architecture of Life Cells Defined
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Prokaryotic Cells Simple Structure, Essential Functions
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The Architecture of Eukaryotic Cells
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Cell Architecture Plant Versus Animal Organelles
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Cellular Gatekeeping Membrane and Transport
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Cytoskeleton Internal Scaffolding and Motility
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The Nucleus Genetic Blueprint and Cell Controller
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The Endoplasmic Reticulum Cell Factory
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Golgi Apparatus The Cell s Post Office
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Peroxisomes Cellular Detoxification and Lipid Breakdown
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Mitochondria The Power Plant of the Cell
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Chloroplasts Plant Solar Power and Cellular Energy
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Enzymes Jump Starters of Cellular Chemistry
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Enzymes Catalytic Function and the ase Rule
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Enzymes Lowering the Energy Threshold
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END OF CH 4 The Living Cell Enzymes Partners, Pathways, and Feedback Loops
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Chapter5
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Chapter 5 Acquiring Energy to Run the Motor In This Chapter
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What’s Energy Got to Do with It
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Looking at the rules regarding energy
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Consuming food for matter and energy
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Photosynthesis
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Transforming energy from the ultimate energy source
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Cellular Respiration Using Oxygen to Break Down Food for Energy
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Breaking down food
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Transferring energy to ATP
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Energy and Your
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Chapter 6and 7
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Dividing to Conquer Cell Division In This Chapter
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Reproduction Keep On Keepin
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Cell Division Out with the Old, In with the New
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Interphase Getting organized
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Mitosis
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Meiosis It’s all about sex
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How Sexual Reproduction
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Pure breeding the parentals 63 “Monk”ing Around with Peas Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
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Diving into the Pool of Genetic Terminology
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Bearing Genetic Crosses
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Studying Genetic Traits in Humans
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Testing different
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Drawing conclusions about traits
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Chapter 8
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Reading the Book of Life DNA and Proteins
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Proteins Make Traits Happen,
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Moving from DNA to RNA
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Rewriting DNA’s message
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Putting on the finishing touches RNA processing
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Mistakes Happen
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Genes are regulated
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Chapter 9
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Engineering the Code DNA Technology In This Chapter
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Understanding Just What’s
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Using gel electrophoresis to separate molecules
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Reading a gene with DNA sequencing
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Genetically Modifying Organisms
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Why GMOs cause concern
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In this part
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Chapter 10
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Biodiversity and Classification In This Chapter
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Valuing biodiversity 2
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Exploring the extinction of species
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Protecting biodiversity
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Meet Your Neighbors Looking at Life on Earth
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Climbing the Tree of Life
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Mastering the domains
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Chapter 11
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Observing How Organisms Get Along In This Chapter
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Biomes Communities of life
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Why can’t we be friends Interactions between species
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Studying Populations Is Popular in Ecology
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Discovering how populations grow
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Taking a closer look at the human population
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Moving Energy and Matter around within Ecosystems
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Going with the energy flow
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Cycling matter through ecosystems
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Chapter 12
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Evolving Species in an Ever Changing World In This Chapter
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The Evidence of Biological Evolution
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Why So Controversial Evolution versus Creationism
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How Humans Evolved
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Digging into DNA
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In this part
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Chapter 13
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Pondering the Principles of Physiology
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Wrapping Your Head around
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Getting the message across plasma membranes 2
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Chapter 14
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Moving and Shaking Skeletal and Muscular Systems In This Chapter
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The Types of Skeletal Systems
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Splitting apart vertebrate skeletons
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Joining the movement fun
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Muscle tissue and physiology
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Chapter 15
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Going with the Flow Respiratory and Circulatory Systems In This Chapter
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Tracheal exchange systems
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Circulation Nutrients In, Garbage Out
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Entering the cardiac cycle
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Seeing what makes your ticker tick
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How blood clots form
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Chapter 16
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Checking Out the Plumbing Animal Digestive and Excretory Systems In This Chapter
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The Ins and Outs of Digestive Systems
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Traveling through the Human Digestive System
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Absorbing the Stuff Your Body Needs
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Minerals and vitamins The fuel
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Chapter 17
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Fighting Back Human Defenses In This Chapter
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Viruses All bad, all the time
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Learning a Lesson Adaptive Human Defenses
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Killing bacteria with antibiotics
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Fighting viruses with antiviral drugs
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Aging and Ailing Changes in the Immune System
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Chapter 18
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The Nervous and Endocrine Systems, Messengers Extraordinaire In This Chapter
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What a Sensation! The Brain and the Five Senses
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Oooh, that smell Olfaction
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Following the Path of Nerve Impulses
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The Endocrine System All Hormones Are Not Raging
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Chapter 19
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Reproduction 101 Making More Animals In This Chapter
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The Ins and Outs of Sexual Reproduction
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How humans mate
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How Other Animals Do It
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Part V It’s Not Easy Being Green Plant Structure and Function
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Chapter 20
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Living the Life of a Plant In This Chapter
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Obtaining Matter and Energy for Growth
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The life of a plant
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How pollination and fertilization occur
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Chapter 21
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Probing into Plant Physiology In This Chapter
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Transporting water and other nutrients from the ground up
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Sending Signals with Plant Hormones
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Part VI The Par t of Tens
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Chapter 22
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Ten Great Biology Discoveries In This Chapter
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Formulating Cell Theory
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Chapter 23
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Ten Ways Biology Affects Your Life In This Chapter
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Designing Genes
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Providing You with Clean Water
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Facing Extinction
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