- Biology | Definition, History, Concepts, Branches, Facts | Britannica
What is biology? Biology is a branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes Biology encompasses diverse fields, including botany, conservation, ecology, evolution, genetics, marine biology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and zoology
- Biology Portal | Britannica
The field of biology is subdivided into separate branches for convenience of study, though all the subdivisions share basic principles Biology encompasses fields such as botany, genetics, marine biology, microbiology, molecular biology, and much more
- Biology - Evolution, Genetics, Classification | Britannica
Much of the earliest recorded history of biology is derived from Assyrian and Babylonian bas-reliefs showing cultivated plants and from carvings depicting veterinary medicine
- Biology - Evolution, Genetics, Species | Britannica
Qualitative and quantitative analyses in biology make use of a variety of techniques and approaches to identify and estimate levels of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and other chemical constituents of cells and tissues
- Biology - Origin, Evolution, Life | Britannica
Biology - Origin, Evolution, Life: If a species can develop only from a preexisting species, then how did life originate? Among the many philosophical and religious ideas advanced to answer that question, one of the most popular was the theory of spontaneous generation, according to which, as already mentioned, living organisms could originate
- Biology - Aristotle, Organisms, Cells | Britannica
Biology - Aristotle, Organisms, Cells: Around the middle of the 4th century bce, ancient Greek science reached a climax with Aristotle, who was interested in all branches of knowledge, including biology
- Biophysics | Molecular Biology, Physics Chemistry | Britannica
The field of molecular biology is focused especially on nucleic acids (e g , DNA and RNA) and proteins — macromolecules that are essential to life processes—and how these molecules interact and behave within cells
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