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| About Our Author and Editor | |
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| About REA | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Passing the CLEP Biology Exam | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| The REA Study Center | |
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| An Overview of the Exam | |
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| All About the CLEP Program | |
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| Options for Military Personnel and Veterans | |
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| SSD Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities | |
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| 6-Week Study Plan | |
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| Test-Taking Tips | |
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| The Day of the Exam | |
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| Online Diagnostic Test www.rea.com/studycenter | |
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| The Chemistry of Biology | |
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| Chemical Basis of Life | |
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| Chemical Structure of Organic Compounds | |
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| Cellular and Molecular Biology | |
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| Cell Structure and Function | |
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| Properties of Cell Membranes | |
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| Cell Organelles of Plants and Animals | |
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| Animal Cells | |
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| Plant Cells | |
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| Enzymes | |
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| Energy Transformations | |
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| Molecular Basis of Heredity | |
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| DNA Replication | |
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| Structural and Regulatory Genes | |
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| Transduction and Transformation | |
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| Cell Division | |
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| The Cell Cycle | |
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| Mitosis | |
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| Meiosis | |
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| Restriction Enzymes | |
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| Plants (Botany) | |
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| Plant Anatomy | |
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| Angiosperms | |
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| Plant Physiology | |
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| Water and Mineral Absorption and Transport | |
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| Food Translocation and Storage | |
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| C3 and C4 Plants | |
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| Plant Reproduction and Development | |
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| Asexual Plant Reproduction | |
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| Plant Growth and Development | |
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| Animals (Zoology) | |
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| Animal Anatomy | |
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| Tissues | |
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| Systems | |
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| Homeostatic Mechanisms | |
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| Animal Reproduction and Development | |
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| Principles of Heredity (Genetics) | |
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| Modern Genetics | |
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| The Law of Segregation | |
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| The Law of Dominance | |
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| The Law of Independent Assortment | |
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| Incomplete Dominance | |
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| Multiple Alleles | |
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| Linkage | |
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| Polygenic Inheritance | |
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| Population Biology | |
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| Ecology | |
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| Ecological Cycles | |
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| Population Growth and Regulation | |
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| Limiting Factors | |
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| Community Structure | |
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| Biomes | |
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| Island Biogeography | |
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| Principles of Behavior | |
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| Social Behavior | |
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| Social Biology | |
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| Human Population Growth | |
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| Evolution | |
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| History of Evolutionary Concepts | |
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| Darwinian Concept of Natural Selection | |
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| Modern Concept of Natural Selection | |
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| Mechanisms of Evolution | |
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| Genetic Drift or Neutral Selection | |
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| Hardy-Weinberg and Allele Frequencies | |
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| Speciation | |
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| Genetic Diversity | |
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| Plant and Animal Evolution | |
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| Evolution of the First Cells | |
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| Plant Evolution | |
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| Animal Evolution | |
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| Human Evolution | |
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| Evolutionary Ecology | |
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| Diversity of Life | |
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| Classification of Living Organisms | |
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| Practice Test 1 (also available online at www.rea.com/studycenter) | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Detailed Explanations of Answers | |
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| Practice Test 2 (also available online at www.rea.com/studycenter) | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Detailed Explanations of Answers | |
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| Appendix: Laboratory Information | |
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| Mathematics, Measurement, and Data Manipulation | |
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| Measurements and Accuracy | |
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| Interpreting Results | |
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| Reporting Results | |
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| Laboratory Procedures and Safety | |
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| General | |
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| Apparel | |
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| Substance Control | |
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| Fire Control | |
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| Accidents | |
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| Handling Live Organisms | |
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| Answer Sheets | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |