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    Lesson 1: Introduction to Modern Biology

    7 Characteristics of Living Thing

    1. Organization

    DNA, Cellular, Human body

    1. Metabolism-biochemical reactions of organism

    Energy and consume to carry out nutrients.

    Anabolism-complex to simpler (ATP to DNA/RNA)

    Catabolism-stores energy

    2. Homeostasis

    Stable internal environment (human body temperature around 37deg)

    Organism stimulants

    3. Reproduction

    Asexual (salmonella bacterium)

    Sexual reproduction (sperm and egg meet) (fertilization)

    4. Growth

    Anabolic pathways (human)

    5. Response

    Three Stages of Signal Transduction

    Feedback loop

    Reception-> transduction->response

    Stimuli->response->homoestasis

    6. Evolution

    Natural selection

    Genetic makeup of population may change

    Adaptation

    Living Thing Vs Living Thing


    Fire (grow, response, reproduce, metabolize)

    Crystal (grow, organize)

    Cut wood (cells)

    What counts as life is still being defined

    Virus (cannot produce without a host, the maintenance of homeostasis is unclear)

    How to contain a virus?

    We must disintegrate the protein coat to not reproduce itself

    Surfactant to remove virus (it attracts protein coating and became unstable)

    Nature Science

    2 Ways of Reasoning Used by Scientists

    Inductive-specific observations to build general models

    ObservationGeneralizationParadigm

    Deductive-general principle to predict specific conclusions

    TheoryPredictionsExperiment

    How Science is Done?

    Alternatives to establish general principle

    Careful observation->construct hypothesis (result that may be true; dependent)

    Facts are important


    Test of Hypothesis

    ObservationQuestionsHypothesisExperimentHypothesisExperimentsPredictionsHypoth
    esisExperimentConfirmed Prediction (theory/model developed)

    There is no absolute true in Science.

    Theory can only be applied into certain situation.

    Contribute theory to be used in practical applications.

    Darwin’s Theory

    His book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”

    Mechanism of Evolution=Natural Selection

    Evidences:

    Geographical Distribution

    Oceanic Islands

    Darwin and Malthus (Principle of Population) (people’s population increases in constant progression)

    Inventing Theory of Natural Selection

    -individuals have traits that allow them to reproduce more in a certain environment than other
    individuals lacking those.

    “…This preservation of favorable variations, I call Natural Selection” -Charles Darwin

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