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STUDY OF LIFE
BIOLOGY
Nowadays, problems on global warming, food shortage, escalating energy
costs, overpopulation, disease outbreaks, endangered species, environmental pollution,
stem cells, and human genome have become common news
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Before you get the
impression that biology is all about the problems of man and his natural world, think
again
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In the early part of the twenty-first century when the Human Genome
Project was completed, it was hailed as one of the most significant scientific endeavors
ever accomplished
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Biology unravels a story that started at least 3
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The first living cells came about as a result of ancient events
wherein lifeless matter (atoms and molecules) became organized into an entity capable
of capturing and using energy and raw materials, sensing and responding to the
environment, and reproducing its own kind
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Biology literally means "study of life
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" Biology is the science that deals
with structures, functions, and relationships of living things and their environment
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Traditionally, there are three major divisions of
the biological sciences:

Biology consists of different branches such as:
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Botany - Study of plants
3
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Taxonomy-Naming and classifying organisms
5
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Embryology - Formation and development of organisms
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Physiology - Functions of living organisms and their parts
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Genetics - Heredity and variation 8 Evolution-Origin and differentiation of various
organisms
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Molecular biology-Molecules that make up the cells of living organisms
2
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Proteomics-Proteins in a living organism
4
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Bioinformatics - Biological data using computer programs



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