Biology 2601A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chloroplast, Glycogen, Indirect Calorimetry
10 Jan 2017
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In different ways, plants and animals both: require nutrients, energy, grow, reproduce. Plants: roots absorb nutrients and water from aqueous environment, vasculature travels to the upper leaf so they can make all the building blocks for this and functions the organism obtains, under different temperatures, organisms react differently. Animals: gene expression whole organism, to meet demands of life, animals catch prey, eat and digest food, reproduce, find way around and grow and regulate, animals (mice) are models for human health and disease states. Design rules for plants and animals: they must obey physical and chemical laws (including scaling, eg. Plants and animals must obey the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics. Max rubners dog was in a caliometer, some energy disappeared and went towards his growth. Plants must capture solar energy, animals: plants- capture sun ; photosynthesis, animals-eat. Biosynthesis- how you grow, export chemical energy.
