LIFE 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coordination Complex, Oxygen, Carbon
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Studies chemical reactions that can happen in the smallest seconds. Multidisciplinary because it involves many other disciplines. Life is at the same time uniform and diverse. Uniformity: exhibited mostly at the molecular/cellular level and population level. Reflects the origin of all life forms from one common ancestor. All life forms are related and have evolved from a common ancestor. Cell structure and chemistry is similar in all organisms. All organisms have the same genetic code. Diversity: particularly visible at the organism level. Diversity can be used to classify groups: taxonomy Species become increasingly adapted to their specific environment. The more similar life forms are, the more closely related they are. Attributes of living systems: focuses on aspects of biology that are the same for all organisms: Organisms are different because the arrangement of their atoms are different, that"s it. Element: substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by a chemical reactions.
