BIOL 1202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spark Chamber, Louis Pasteur, Purified Water
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Earth, the universe is 14 - 16 billion years old, we have been on earth about 200,000 years, charles darwin published his book in 1859. Cell theory: 50 trillion cells make up your body, came from pre-existing cells. Rna itself: conclusion, earliest cells used rna to store information, ribozymes to catalyze reactions, proto-cells, just add fat and protein to water then shake. Ingredients: water + elements + energy, prebiotic soup, amino acids , nucleotides, lipids, sugars, microsphere like protocells surrounding more complex organic molecules like rna, carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, first prokaryotes ix. Prokaryotes are divided between archaea group and bacteria: bacteria, principles of evolution, why are there so many species, what is science, the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena. Restricted to a class of natural phenomena. Supernatural: theories are not simple things. Complex ideas that have been developed by many people.