Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms‚ including their structure‚ function‚ growth‚ evolution‚ distribution‚ and taxonomy.[1] Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field‚ composed of many branches and subdisciplines. However‚ despite the broad scope of biology‚ there are certain general and unifying concepts within it which govern all study and research‚ consolidating it into single‚ coherent field. Biology generally recognizes the cell as the basic unit
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although it has only ever consisted of four natural bases. The four natural bases generally base pair to form A-T and C-G; however‚ the authors created an organism that consists of those in addition to another base pair: X-Y. Considering the fact that X and Y do not typically occur in nature‚ the authors actually ended up creating a semisynthetic organism (SSO) that has an unnatural base pair (UBP) and may be able to create new life. The numerous past failed efforts in creating a suitable UBP contributed
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Title- Protista Lab Concept- the concept of this lab was to explore what is in the pond water as living organisms and try to identify what it is. Some types of Protista are multi-cellular like giant kelp. Although they look much like plants‚ multi-cellular protists lack specialized tissues. Being eukaryotes‚ they have a membrane-bound true nucleus with linear chromosomes‚ and they have membrane-bound organelles. The kingdom Protista contains all eukaryotes that are not plants‚ animals‚ or fungi
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are classified using a variety of characteristics including morphology‚ behavior‚ and molecular similarities. The classification system is based on evolutionary relationships so with each addition of new information the classification of specific organisms may change. This is particularly true of the bacteria‚ protist‚ and fungi kingdoms. Understanding these groups is essential due to their diversity and importance to life on Earth. __________________________________________________________________________
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Biotechnology Biotechnology are genetic modifications referring to “altering the genetic trait of a living organism by using recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology to transfer one or more genes from one organism to another by crossing biological species.”[65] New developments in molecular and cell biology allow scientists to modify foods by the identification‚ copying‚ and insertion of genes into plants. It can whether be a good or bad thing depending on a lot of personal
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abiotic components. • Producers/ Autotrophs-organisms that use the energy of the Sun to produce usable forms of energy • photosynthesis- the process by which producers use solar energy to convert CO2 and water into glucose. • cellular respiration- the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy‚ carbon dioxide‚ and water. • Consumers/ Heterotrophs- An organism that must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms • primary consumers-an individual incapable
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1a. What are the two goals of systematics? The goal of systematics is to organize living things into groups that have biological meaning. (Taxa or Taxon) 1b. Why do common names of organisms – like daisy or mountain lion – often cause problems for scientists? The common names of organism often cause problems for scientist because common names can change meaning among languages and from place to place. 1c. The scientific name of the sugar maple is Acer saccharum. What does each
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among the Different Components of the Ecosystem I. Introduction Ecology is the study of environmental systems‚ or as it is sometimes called‚ the economy of nature (Hall and Weiss‚ 2010). It studies interactions between different organisms and their environments‚ including relations within its own species and members of others. Ecology focuses more on the population‚ community‚ and ecosystem ecology although it also includes a wide variety of fields. Both the living (biotic) and the
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creature to another. This is called “genetic engineering.” Genetic engineering also refers to the artificial modification of the genetic code of any living organism. Genetic engineering changes the original physical nature of the organism‚ sometimes in ways that would never occur in nature. Genes from one organism are inserted in another organism‚ most often across natural species boundaries. Some of the effects become known‚ but most do not. There are some examples of genetic engineering that have
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of life”(Louis Schwartzberg). Across the Earth‚ the main reason why cell division is so that organism can make more copies of the cells. Reproduction is the process of making offspring that are able to survive in the environment they are born into. There are two major forms of reproduction‚ which are asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction is the production of new living organism by combining genetic information from two individuals of different sexes (an egg and sperm cell)
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