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Section 15.2: Ideas That Shaped Darwin’s Thinking
Prentice Hall Biology (California)
1st Edition
Kenneth R. Miller, Levine
ISBN: 9780132013529
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Chapter 1: The Science of Biology
Section 1.1: What is Science?
Section 1.2: How Scientists Work
Section 1.3: Studying Life
Section 1.4: Tools and Procedures
Page 31: Chapter 1 Assessment
Page 33: Standards Practice
Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life
Section 2.1: The Nature of Matter
Section 2.2: Properties of Water
Section 2.3: Carbon Compounds
Section 2.4: Chemical Reaction and Enzymes
Page 57: Chapter 2 Assessment
Page 59: Standards Practice
Chapter 3: The Biosphere
Section 3.1: What is Ecology?
Section 3.2: Energy Flow
Section 3.3: Cycles of Matter
Page 83: Chapter 3 Assessment
Page 85: Standards Practice
Chapter 4: Ecosystems and Communities
Section 4.1: The Role of Climate
Section 4.2: What Shapes and Ecosystem?
Section 4.3: Biomes
Section 4.4: Aquatic Ecosystems
Page 115: Chapter 4 Assessment
Page 117: Standards Practice
Chapter 5: Populations
Section 5.1: How Populations Grow
Section 5.2: Limits to Growth
Section 5.3: Human Population Growth
Page 135: Chapter 5 Assessment
Page 137: Standards Practice
Chapter 6: Humans in the Biosphere
Section 6.1: A Changing Landscape
Section 6.2: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Section 6.3: Biodiversity
Section 6.4: Charting a Course for the Future
Page 163: Chapter 6 Assessment
Page 165: Standards Practice
Chapter 7: Cell Structure and Function
Page 173: Section Assessment
Section 7.2: Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Section 7.3: Cell Boundaries
Section 7.4: The Diversity of Cellular Life
Page 197: Chapter 7 Assessment
Page 199: Standards Practice
Chapter 8: Photosynthesis
Section 8.1: Energy and Life
Section 8.2: Photosynthesis: An Overview
Section 8.3: The Reactions of Photosynthesis
Page 217: Chapter 8 Assessment
Page 219: Standards Practice
Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration
Section 9.1: Chemical Pathways
Section 9.2: The Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport
Page 237: Chapter 9 Assessment
Page 239: Standards Practice
Chapter 10: Cell Growth and Division
Section 10.1: Cell Growth
Section 10.2: Cell Division
Section 10.3: Regulating the Cell Cycle
Page 257: Chapter 10 Assessment
Page 259: Standards Practice
Chapter 11: Introduction to Genetics
Section 11.1: The Work of Gregor Mendel
Section 11.2: Probability and Punnett Squares
Section 11.3: Exploring Mendelian Genetics
Section 11.4: Meiosis
Section 11.5: Linkage and Gene Maps
Page 283: Chapter 11 Assessment
Page 285: Standards Practice
Chapter 12: DNA and RNA
Section 12.1: DNA
Section 12.2: Chromosomes and DNA Replication
Section 12.3: RNA and Protein Synthesis
Section 12.4: Mutations
Section 12.5: Gene Regulation
Page 315: Chapter 12 Assessment
Page 317: Standards Practice
Chapter 13: Genetic Engineering
Section 13.1: Changing the Living World
Section 13.2: Manipulating DNA
Section 13.3: Cell Transformations
Section 13.4: Applications of Genetic Engineering
Page 337: Chapter 13 Assessment
Page 339: Standards Practice
Chapter 14: The Human Genome
Section 14.1: Human Heredity
Section 14.2: Human Chromosomes
Section 14.3: Human Molecular Genetics
Page 363: Chapter 14 Assessment
Page 365: Standards Practice
Chapter 15: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Section 15.1: The Puzzle of Life’s Diversity
Section 15.2: Ideas That Shaped Darwin’s Thinking
Section 15.3: Darwin Presents His Case
Page 389: Chapter 15 Assessment
Page 391: Standards Practice
Chapter 16: Evolution of Populations
Section 16.1: Genes and Variation
Section 16.2: Evolution as Genetic Change
Section 16.3: The Process of Speciation
Page 413: Chapter 16 Assessment
Page 415: Standards Practice
Chapter 17: The History of Life
Section 17.1: The Fossil Record
Section 17.2: Earth’s Early History
Section 17.3: Evolution of Multicellular Life
Section 17.4: Patterns as Evolution
Page 443: Chapter 17 Assessment
Page 445: Standards Practice
Chapter 18: Classification
Section 18.1: Finding Order in Diversity
Section 18.2: Modern Evolutionary Classification
Section 18.3: Kingdoms and Domains
Page 465: Chapter 18 Assessment
Page 467: Standards Practice
Chapter 19: Bacteria and Viruses
Section 19.1: Bacteria
Section 19.2: Viruses
Section 19.3: Diseases Caused By Bacteria and Viruses
Page 493: Chapter 19 Assessment
Page 495: Standards Practice
Chapter 20: Protists
Section 20.1: The Kingdom Protista
Section 20.2: Animal-Like Protists: Protozoans
Section 20.3: Plantlike Protists: Unicellular Algae
Section 20.4: Plantlike Protists: Red, Brown, and Green Algae
Section 20.5: Funguslike Protists
Page 523: Chapter 20 Assessment
Page 525: Standards Practice
Chapter 21: Fungi
Section 21.1: The Kingdom Fungi
Section 21.2: Classification of Fungi
Section 21.3: Ecology of Fungi
Page 545: Chapter 21 Assessment
Page 547: Standards Practice
Chapter 22: Plant Diversity
Section 22.1: Introduction to Plants
Section 22.2: Bryophytes
Section 22.3: Seedless Vascular PLants
Section 22.4: Seed Plants
Section 22.5: Angiosperms–Flowering Plants
Page 575: Chapter 22 Assessment
Page 577: Standards Practice
Chapter 23: Roots, Stems and Leaves
Section 23.1: Specialized Tissues in PLants
Section 23.2: Roots
Section 23.3: Stems
Section 23.4: Leave
Section 23.5: Transport in Plants
Page 605: Chapter 23 Assessment
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Chapter 24: Reproduction of Seed Plants
Section 24.1: Reproduction with Cones and Flowers
Section 24.2: Seed Development and Germination
Section 24.3: Plant Propagation and Agriculture
Page 629: Chapter 24 Assessment
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Chapter 25: Plant Responses and Adaptations
Section 25.1: Hormones and Plant Growth
Section 25.2: Plant Responses
Section 25.3: Plant Adaptations
Page 651: Chapter 25 Assessment
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Chapter 26: Sponges and Cnidarians
Section 26.1: Introduction to the Animal Kingdom
Section 26.2: Sponges
Section 26.3: Cnidarians
Page 679: Chapter 26 Assessment
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Chapter 27: Worms and Mollusks
Section 27.1: Flatworms
Section 27.2: Roundworms
Section 27.3: Annelids
Section 27.4: Mollusks
Page 711: Chapter 27 Assessment
Page 713: Standards Practice
Chapter 28: Arthropods and Echinoderms
Section 28.1: Introduction to the Arthropods
Section 28.2: Groups of Arthropods
Section 28.3: Insects
Section 28.4: Echinoderms
Page 741: Chapter 28 Assessment
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Chapter 29: Comparing Invertebrates
Section 29.1: Invertebrate Evolution
Section 29.2: Form and Function in Invertebrates
Page 761: Chapter 29 Assessment
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Chapter 30: Nonvertebrate Chordates, Fishes and Amphibians
Section 30.1: The Chordates
Section 30.2: Fishes
Section 30.3: Amphibians
Page 793: Chapter 30 Assessment
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Chapter 31: Reptiles and Birds
Section 31.1: Reptiles
Section 31.2: Birds
Page 817: Chapter 31 Assessment
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Chapter 32: Mammals
Section 32.1: Introduction to the Mammals
Section 32.2: Diversity of Mammals
Section 32.3: Primates and Human Origins
Page 845: Chapter Assessment
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Chapter 33: Comparing Chordates
Section 33.1: Chordate Evolution
Section 33.2: Controlling Body Temperature
Section 33.3: Form and Function in Chordates
Page 867: Chapter Assessment
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