EDDIE'S BIOLOGY BLOG

Thursday, January 11, 2007

1 Interesting Fact About Biology

Welcome to my first bio-blog post.
The interesting fact that I discovered about Biology is about the structures of life:cells. There are different types of studies regarding varying types of cells. They are molecular biology, cell biology, genetics and development biology.
Molecular biology is the study at a molecular level, and is basically about understanding the interactions between the various systems of a cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated. Cell biology studies the "characteristics" of the cells, and also their interaction with other cells. The scientists study these cells by microscopic and molecular means. Our genes, heredity and the variation of organisms all come under "Genetics". Genetics serve as important tools in the investigation of the function of a particular gene. Genetic information is carried in chromosomes which is represented by DNA molecules. Genes are important as they synthesize proteins which will determine what an organism would look. The final study of our life structures is the development biology, which studies the processes by which organisms grow and develop.developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and morphogenesis which is the process where by the organs, tissues and anatomy are formed.
These are the four different types of studies on cells that I researched on the internet, which I found very interesting to read and know about.

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