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Biology

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the scientific study of life

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We recognize life by

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what living things do

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Life possesses

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order

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Life displays

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evolutionary adaptation
and
regulatory responses

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Living organisms respond to

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their environment

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Living organisms

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grow and develop

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Living organisms process

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energy

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Living organisms reproduce

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their own kind

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Until well into the 1800’s it was commonly thought that

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living

organisms could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter.

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The continuity of life is coded in DNA

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Shared molecular “alphabet” of
four letters (nucleotides)

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DNA Neuclotides

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A - Adenine T - Thymine

C - Cytosine G - Guanine

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Biologists explore life from

microscopic to global scales

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molecule, organelle, cells, tissues, organ, community

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Emergent properties

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are those properties not present in

the components, only in the system.

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Emergent properties are due to

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the arrangement and

interaction of parts as complexity increases.

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Emergent properties are a common theme

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in biology and

can be observed at all levels of organization.

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emergent property at

the group level

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Schooling of fish and

flocking of birds

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The movement of the

group is a result of

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the
interaction of the
movements of the
individuals.

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The functioning of social insect colonies is an

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emergent property

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Cells are the

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Unit of Life

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All life is built from cells with certain characteristics

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They are all enclosed by a membrane

They all use DNA as genetic information

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There are two main kinds of cells

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Eukaryotic

Prokaryotic

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Eukaryotic cells

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• Are subdivided by internal membranes into
various membrane-enclosed organelles
• Include animal and plant cells

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Prokaryotic cells

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Lack the kinds of
membrane-enclosed
organelles found in
eukaryotic cells
• Bacterial cells are
prokaryotic

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The evolutionary view of life came into sharp
focus in 1859 when Charles Darwin published
On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection

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1. Descent with modification

2. Natural selection