INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY

MAJOR CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

MAJOR BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY

•TAXONOMY--> a science that deals with the grouping and naming of living things.•MORPHOLOGY--> a science that deals with the forms and structures of organisms.•EMBRYOLOGY--> a science that deals with the development of organisms.•PHYSIOLOGY--> a science that deals with the functions and activities of organisms.•GENETICS--> a science that deals with the transmission of traits and characters.•ECOLOGY--> a science that deals with the interrelationships between living things and their environment.•BIOGEOGRAPHY--> a science that deals with the distribution of the organisms on the earth's surface.•EVOLUTION--> a science that deals with the origin of life and living forms.

Major classification of living organisms:

Previous Kingdoms of Living Things

Whittaker’s Kingdoms of Living organisms

Levels of biological organization

LIVING WORLD IN TIME AND SPACE

APPLICATION OF BIOLOGY FOR THE WELFARE IF MANKIND

1. Vaccination

2. Radiotherapy

3. Chemotherapy

Cloning