BIOL 1201 Chapter : Chapter 1 Notes 1
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Life is recognized by what living things do and seeing a thing actually has characteristics or does different processes: characteristics of life: order, regulation, energy processing, Growth and development: it has to answer all 7 to be considered as living but there is still gray areas in defining what is living, new properties emerge at each level in the biological hierarchy, emergent properties. Emergent properties characterize nonbiological entities as well. Example: a functioning bicycle emerges only when all of the necessary parts connect in the correct: levels of biological organization. The reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study. Example: how many errors does a dna polymerase make when it replicates dna: systems biology. Constructs models for the behavior of whole biological systems- and interactions across between levels of biological organization. How does increasing co2 alter the biosphere: organisms interact with other organisms and the physical.
