1.1 biological heirarchy

Question 1

due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases:

Answer 1

emergent properties

Question 2

example of emergent properties

Answer 2

if you have all the components of a chloroplast, photo synthesis still won’t work until you arranged the parts into a chloroplast.

if you hit your head and disrupt your brain, it would not work even though you have all the parts of the brain.

the recycling of chemical elements essential for life depends on a network of organisms interacting with each other

if you have all the parts of a bicycle, it won’t work until its a bicycle.

Question 3

the reduction of a complex system to simpler components that are more manageable to study:

Answer 3

reductionism

Question 4

reductionism example

Answer 4

1953 Watson and Crick used reductionism to extract DNA to study

Question 5

con of reductionism

Answer 5

after it is taken apart, it does not function anymore so the interactions cannot be studied

Question 6

a combination of components that function together:

Answer 6

system

Question 7

construct models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems:

Answer 7

systems biology

Question 8

ultimate aim of systems biology

Answer 8

to answer big questions like how a change in one variable affects another