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Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 Biologists study life on many different scales of size and time Figure 1.1x Geneticist Mary-Claire King Figure 1.2 The hierarchy of biological organization Figure 1.3 Some properties of life Figure 1.3ax Order Figure 1.3bx Reproduction Figure 1.3cx Growth and development Figure 1.3dx Energy utilization Figure 1.4 Structural organization of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells Figure 1.5 The genetic material: DNA Figure 1.5x DNA Figure 1.6 Form fits function Figure 1.7 An introduction to energy flow and energy transformation in an ecosystem Figure 1.8 Regulation by feedback mechanisms Figure 1.9 A small sample of biological diversity Figure 1.10 Classifying life Figure 1.11 Three domains of life Figure 1.12 An example of unity underlying the diversity of life: the architecture of eukaryotic cilia Figure 1.13 Digging into the past Figure 1.14 Charles Darwin (1809–1882) Figure 1.15 Natural selection Figure 1.16 Evolutionary adaptation is a product of natural selection Figure 1.17b Diversification of finches on the Galápagos Islands Figure 1.18 Careful observation and measurement provide the raw data for science Figure 1.19 Idealized version of the scientific method Figure 1.20 Applying hypothetico-deductive reasoning to a campground problem Figure 1.x1 David Reznick conducting field experiments on guppy evolution in Trinidad Figure 1.21 Controlled experiments to test the hypothesis that selective predation affects the evolution of guppy populations Figure 1.22 Science as a social process Figure 1.23x Two examples of DNA technology Figure 1.23x1 Biotechnology laboratory Figure 1.23x2 Analyzing DNA Table 1.1 Review of Ten Unifying Themes in Biology Table 1.1 Review of Ten Unifying Themes in Biology (continued)