APPLIED BIOLOGY Flashcards
raising crops and livestock (cow, buffalo etc)
Agriculture
treatment and surgery of animals.
Veterinary Science
study of life in the sea
Marine Biology
study of household animals, insects etc, including how to prevent damage to our own body
and to our belongings
Household Biology
science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers or ornamental plants
Horticulture
technique of producing silk by raising silkworms
Sericulture
the technique of growing fish
Pisciculture
interpreting biological events in terms of molecules in the cell.
Molecular Biology
the application of biological processes in technology (biogas production, food processing, vaccine etc.)
Biotechnology
it is a rapidly advancing branch of biotechnology. Several animals have been cloned in which a body cell is
used with no involvement of the male sperms
Cloning
which includes techniques like the making of artificial limbs, joints and other parts of the
body from metals or plastic etc. It also includes modifying crops easier to grow and improving their food quality.
Bioengineering
the study of the effects of radioactivity on living things which is also called Radiation Biology
Nuclear Biology
the study of survival problems of living things in outer space
Space Biology
it is one the newest sciences, which contemplates to study life elsewhere in the universe
Exobiology
the study of genomes as opposed to individual genes. Genome is the entire DNA sequence of an
organism
Genomics
