STUDY OF LIFE Flashcards
BIOLOGY UNRAVELS A STORY THAT STARTED AT LEAST ___ BILLION YEARS IN AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT DEVOID OF LIFE
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STUDY OF LIFE
BIOLOGY
BIOS MEANS
LIFE
LOGOS MEANS
REASON OR STUDY
THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS W/ STRUCTURES, FUNCTIONS, AND RELATIONSHIPS OF LIVING THING AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
BIOLOGY
3 MAJOR DIVISIONS
MICROBIOLOGY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY
STUDY OF MICROORGANISMS
MICROBIOLOGY
STUDY OF PLANTS
BOTANY
STUDY OF ANIMALS
ZOOLOGY
AIMED TO SEQUENCE THE 3 BILLION DNA BASES FOUND STARTED IN 1990 AND FINISHED 2003
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
PROVIDED NEW INSIGHTS ON THE PROPER AND ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
A Pioneer in Genomics and Synthetic Biology
JOHN CRAIG VENTER
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL SCIENTISTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
JOHN CRAIG VENTER
INSTRUMENTAL AS THE 1ST PRIVATE GROUP OF SCIENTISTS TO SEQUENCE THE HUMAN GENOME
CELERA GENOMIC
A non-profit research organization dedicated to exploring genomic research in various fields, including human, microbial, plant, and synthetic life forms.
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI):
Created the first synthetic cell, known as
“synthia”
from messenger RNAs isolated from human cells, a method that sparked controversy due to its potential for patenting human genes.
“expressed sequence tags” (EST)
MAJOR DIVISIONS MAY BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INTO SPECIALIZED BRANCHES:
TAXONOMY, CYTOLOGY, EMBRYOLOGY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, BROCHEMISTRY, GENETICS, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY
NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
TAXONOMY
STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF CELLS
CYTOLOGY
FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANISMS
EMBRYOLOGY
FUNCTIONS OF LIVING ORGANISMS AND THEIR PARTS
PHYSIOLOGY
BIOCHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
BROCHEMISTRY
HEREDITY AND VARIATION
GENETICS
ORIGIN AND DIFFERENTATION OF VARIOUS ORGANISMS
EVOLUTION
RELATIONSHIPS OF ORGANISMS
ECOLOGY
MODERN BRANCHES:
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, GENOMICS, IMMUNOLOGY, BIOINFORMATICS
MOLECULES THAT MAKE UP THE CELLS OF LIVING ORGANISMS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
GENETIC MATERIAL (GENOME) FOUND IN A LIVING ORGANISMS
GENOMICS
IMMUNE SYSTEM
IMMUNOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL DATA USING COMPUTER ORGANISMS
BIOINFORMATICS
BIOLOGICAL DATA USING COMPUTER ORGANISMS
BIOINFORMATICS
Structures and parts of organisms
ANATOMY