ESTB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Living Systems, Genetic Engineering
7 Dec 2016
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Genetic engineering could lead to a master race. Researchers were able to insert artificial genetic material into a cell, which was then able to grow naturally. Program: organized plan that describes both the ingredients themselves and the kinetics of the interactions among ingredients as the living system persists through time. Improvisation: refers to the living system"s ability to change its program in response to the larger environment in which it exists. An example of improvisation on earth is natural selection. Compartmentalization: refers to the separation of spaces in the living system, which. Compartmentalization is necessary to protect the outside environment from the allow for separate environments and necessarily chemical processes. concentrations of ingredients for chemical processes. Energy: because living systems involve the net movement of chemicals or the body, and lose energy from those movements through entropy, energy is required for a living system to exist. The main source of energy on earth is the sun, although other sources exist.
