BIO SCI 93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scanning Electron Microscope, Robert Hooke, Reductionism
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Evolution the process of change that has transformed life on earth from its beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today: fundamental organizing principle of biology. Biology the scientific study of life. Properties of life (emerge from complex organizations: order, reproductions, growth/development, responses to the environment, evolutionary adaption, regulation. The arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases: ex. thoughts and memories, complex network of nerve cells. Reductionism the approach of reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study. Approach that attempts to model the dynamic behavior of the biological systems (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) the study of the i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g the syste(cid:373)"s parts: study of life @ all level. Levels of biological organizations: biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms, organs/ organ systems, organelles, molecules, tissue, cells. Organisms interact with other organisms and their physical. Ex. leaves of the tree absorb light from the sun take in carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen to the hair.
