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Biology 9/15-10/21 (6 weeks) 授課老師:蔡玉真 電話分機: 2468, 2469 生命科學系 107室 Office time: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 Biology Seventh edition Neil A.Campbell and Jane B.Reece Exploring life (1) The chemistry of life (2-5) The cell (6-10) Bird’s nest fern (Fiddlehead fern) mid-term exam (2): 70% Quiz: 20% 出席率: 10% Score: 33.3分 Exploring Life Biology is the scientific study of life How do we recognize life? By what ? Growth Reproduce similar organisms properties of life (b) Evolutionary adaptation (a) Order (c) Response to the environment (d) Regulation (e) Energy processing (f) Growth and development (g) Reproduction Biologists explore life from the microscopic to the global scale A Hierarchy of Biological Organization: • microscope scale of molecules and cells • organisms • the global scale of the entire living planet many levels of biological organization biosphere Ecosystems Livings and non-living communities livings population organisms from the biosphere to organisms From cells to molecules Organelles 1 µm Molecules Cells Atoms 10 µm Tissues 50 µm Organs and organ systems The cell is the lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life DNA spindle cell division mitosis 25 µm cell Cell theory: • All cells share certain characteristics – They are all enclosed by a membrane – They all use DNA as genetic information • There are two main forms of cells – Eukaryotic – Prokaryotic nuclear cell Eukaryotic cells vs. Prokaryotic cells EUKARYOTIC CELL PROKARYOTIC CELL DNA (no nucleus) Membrane Membrane Cytoplasm cell Organelles size Nucleus (contains DNA) membrane-enclosed organelles 1 µm Lack of membrane-enclosed organelles The Cell’s Heritable Information : DNA -program the cells’ production of proteins -transmit information from parents to offspring inheritance Sperm cell Nuclei containing DNA Egg cell Fertilized egg with DNA from both parents Embyro’s cells with copies of inherited DNA Offspring with traits inherited from both parents DNA The molecular structure of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Nucleus DNA Cell A C Nucleotide T A T four types of nucleotides (A, T, C, and G). A C C G T A G T A DNA double helix Single strand of DNA. DNA Energy flows through an ecosystem Sunlight Ecosystem Producers (plants and other photosynthetic organisms) Heat Chemical energy Consumers (including animals) Heat ecosystem Usually entering as sunlight and exiting as heat Taxonomy: Classifying life Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom Domain Ursus ameri-canus (American black bear) Ursus Ursidae Carnivora Mammalia Chordata Animalia Community Eukarya similarity diversity The Three Domains of Life At the highest level, life is classified into three domains Bacteria Consist of prokaryotes Archaea Eukarya the eukaryotes Includes the various protist kingdoms and the kingdoms Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia Life’s three domains protist 4 µm 100 µm Plantae, DOMAIN ARCHAEA 0.5 µm 0.5µm Fungi Animalia Remarkable unity in the Diversity of Life 15 µm Universal genetic language: DNA Cilia of Paramecium. Eukaryotic cell structure The cilia of Paramecium propel the cell through pond water. 1.0 µm 9+2 5 µm Cross section of cilium, as viewed with an electron microscope Cilia of windpipe cells. The cells that keep the lungs clean by moving a film of debris-trapping mucus upward. The evolutionary view of life Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection (in 1859) Charles Darwin organism The Origin of Species articulated two main points Descent with modification -mutation -sexual reproduction Gametes get different combination of parents chromosomes Natural selection Natural selection 1 Populations with varied inherited traits environmental factors 2 Elimination of individuals with certain traits. 3 Reproduction of survivors. 4 Increasing frequency of traits that enhance survival and reproductive success. Natural Selection Population of organisms Hereditary variations Overproduction and struggle for existence Differences in reproductive success Evolution of adaptations in the population The Tree of life Large ground finch Large cactus ground finch Small ground finch similar anatomical features Large tree finch Camarhynchus Geospiza Green Gray Geospiza psitacula magnirostris warbler warbler fuliginosa Sharp-beaked Woodpecker Medium finch finch Medium Geospiza tree finch ground finch finch conirostris ground finch Certhidea Certhidea Geospiza Cactus Cactospiza Camarhynchus olivacea fusca difficilis ground finch pauper pallida Mangrove Geospiza Small tree finch finch fortis Geospiza Camarhynchus Cactospiza scandens parvulus heliobates Vegetarian Cactus flower Seed eater Seed eater finch eater Platyspiza crassirostris Insect eaters Ground finches Galapagos islands Tree finches Bud eater Warbler finches Common ancestor from South American mainland Kinship food niche The products of natural selection Are often exquisite adaptations of organisms to the special circumstances of their way of life and their environment bat Structure and function Reductionism vs. System biology Reductionism reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study System biology - models of the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems - at the cellular and molecular levels - high-throughput technology, bioinformatics, and interdisciplinary research teams How do biologists inquiry to explore life? A search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions Two approaches of scientific study: Discovery science : describe nature Hypothesis-based science: explain nature to know Discovery Science--Descriptive science -describes life (at many different levels) -careful observation and measurement -analysis of data and get conclusions Example: “All organisms are made of cells” Induction reasoning generalizations based on a large number of specific observations Hypotheses-based Scientific method testable falsifiable Observations specific questions Propose Questions Hypothesis # 1: Dead batteries Prediction: Replacing batteries will fix problem Test Test prediction Test falsifies hypothesis Hypothesis # 2: Burnt-out bulb Prediction: Replacing bulb will fix problem Test prediction Test does not falsify hypothesis Logic of Hypothesis-Based Science • deductive The logic flows from the general to the specific • If a hypothesis is correct, Then we can expect a particular outcome Designing Controlled Experiments control groups experimental groups in a way that cancels the effects of unwanted variables Scientific method Discovery Science : induction Hypotheses-based Science: deduction Limitation? Observation and experimental results: repeatability Hypothesis is testable and falsifiable Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Theories : Is broad in scope than hypothesis Generates new hypotheses Is supported by a large body of evidence Model : Diagrams, graphs, 3-D objects, computer programs or mathematical equations Help us understand scientific phenomena and make predictions Models of ideas, structures, and processes • In mimicry – A harmless species resembles a harmful species Advantage? Flower fly (non-stinging) Honeybee (stinging) To test this mimicry hypothesis Field Experiments with Artificial Snakes hundreds of artificial snakes an experimental group (a) Artificial king snake a control group (b) Brown artificial snake that has been attacked The hypothesis predicts that predators in non–coral snake areas will attack king snakes more frequently than will predators that live where coral snakes are present Scarlet king snake Key Range of scarlet king snake Range of eastern color snake North Carolina South Carolina Eastern coral snake Scarlet king snake After a given period of time The researchers collected data that fit a key prediction 17% In areas where coral snakes were absent, most attacks were on artificial king snakes North Carolina South Carolina 83% X XX X XX X X X X XX X X 16% 84% Key In areas where coral snakes were present, most attacks were on artificial brown snakes % of attacks on artificial king snakes % of attacks on brown artificial snakes Field site with artificial snakes Protein interaction map: CELL Outer membrane and cell surface Cytoplasm Nucleus System biology An accumulation of an end product slows the process that produces that product A A Enzyme 1 Enzyme 1 shut down/shut-off B B Enzyme 2 C C Enzyme 3 D end product D D D D D D D D D D The negative feedback regulation The end product speeds up production W W Enzyme 4 Enzyme 4 X X Enzyme 5 Enzyme 5 Y Y Enzyme 6 Z Z Z Z end product Enzyme 6 Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z The positive feedback regulation Z