BIOL 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gene Expression, Reductionism, Prokaryote
1 Oct 2015
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Concept 1. 1 studying the diverse forms of life reveals common themes. Emergent properties: new properties that appear as the complexity of organisms increases, one which a collection or complex system has but which the individual members do not have, ex. Thoughts and memories are emergent properties of a complex network of nerve cells: properties of life, order, evolutionary adaptation, response to the environment, regulation, energy processing, reproduction, growth and development, levels of biological organization, the biosphere. Consists of all life on earth and all the places where life exists: ecosystems. Consists of all the living things in a given area, along with all of the non-living components with which life interacts. All of earths ecosystems make up the biosphere: communities: Consists of the array of organisms that inhabit a particular ecosystem: populations: Consists of all the individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specific area: organisms. Individual living things are called organisms: organs and organ systems:
