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Acknowledgment of Country
Adaptation and attribution
Preface
1. Organising life on earth
2. Perspectives on the phylogenetic tree
3. Distinctions and relationships of major groups of life
4. Test your understanding
5. Basic science and measurement
6. Particles and temperature
7. Thermodynamics
8. Test your understanding
9. Cell membrane
10. Nucleus
11. The endomembrane system
12. The cytoskeleton
13. Cell-cell adhesions
14. Test your understanding
15. Tissues and cells
16. Organs and systems
17. Epithelial tissue
18. Muscular tissue
19. Connective tissue
20. Nervous tissue
21. Test your understanding
22. Introduction to biomolecules and energy
23. Enzymes
24. Carbohydrates
25. Lipids
26. Proteins
27. Nucleic acids
28. Test your understanding
29. Selective permeability and simple diffusion
30. Facilitated diffusion
31. Electrochemical gradients and equilibrium potential
32. Active transport
33. Test your understanding
34. Cell signalling
35. Receptors and ligands
36. Test your understanding
37. DNA and chromosomes
38. Regulation of gene expression
39. Cell cycle regulation
40. Biotechnology
41. Test your understanding
About the authors
Review and accessibility statements
Versioning history
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