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BIO 101: Introductory Ecology (1)

Introduction Living organisms are in constant contact with their external environment. They continuously modify the environment through their activities and, in

Evidence supporting the evolution of living organisms

Evolution scientists believe that man arose from fish; a belief that could have led to their death during the dark age era of the history of science because the

Evolution of living organisms

The biological traits of living organisms are controlled by genes. The more complex an organism is, the more the number of genes that would be present in its genome,

BIO 101: Analysing the Cell Theory

Introduction For those that have been following my blog, I have discussed how life originated from the chemical soup, a process that culminated in the emergence

The Cell Organelles (concluding part)

In my last post, I started discussing the various cell organelles that are found in a typical prokaryotic cell - the bacteria - and their various functions. It is

BIO 101: Cell organelles

Introduction Scientists generally believe that the atom is the smallest indivisible portion of any material. However, the same scientists believe that the atom has

BIO 101: The cell

In the last post, we discussed how life originated from what scientists nowadays know as the chemical soup. The chemical soup did not give rise to complex lives

BIO 101: Origin of Life (concluding part)

Introduction In the previous post, we started the discussion on how life came into existence and how being able to provide answers to the question of the origin

BIO 101: Origin of Life

Introduction After discussing the various attributes that constitute life itself, it is pertinent to discuss how life originated before delving fully into the study

Biological Statistics 1

INTRODUCTION The subject of Biological statistics deals with the application of statistical knowledge in the study of Biology. Both Biology and Statistics are part

BIO 101: Characteristics of life (concluding part)

Introduction In the last lecture, we discussed how biology has to do with the study of life and how one cannot study life without knowing what makes life to be life