what is biology? • technically, the “study” (gr =logos) of “life” (gr = bio s)
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WHAT IS BIOLOGY? • Technically, the “study” (Gr =logos) of “life” (Gr = bio s) • Where do we draw the line between living and non-living entities? • For examples: Are viruses alive? * They consist of only a protein coat and an inner core of nucleic acid - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WHAT IS BIOLOGY?
• Technically, the “study” (Gr =logos) of “life” (Gr = bios)
• Where do we draw the line between living and non-living entities?
• For examples: Are viruses alive?
* They consist of only a protein coat and an inner core of nucleic acid
* They can reproduce only inside living cells
* They can be crystallized and kept in a bottle for years and still infect their host cells
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What Makes Something Alive?
1. Living organisms take in energy and/or nutrients from the environment.
2. Living organisms sense and respond to the environment in controlled ways.
3. Living organisms grow and reproduce.
4. Living organisms contain genetic material.
5. Living organisms demonstrate homeostasis: the ability to regulate the internal environment to keep it within certain limits.
6. Living organisms have the capacity to evolve.
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Hierarchy in BiologyAtoms
Molecules
Macromolecules
Organelles
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ Systems
Individual Organisms
Populations
Communities
Ecosystems
Biosphere
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Meet the cell
Hi! I’m Sammy Cell.
I am an animal cell. I am microscopic and live inside the human body along with billions of other cells identical to me.
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Two types of organisms*
* Every biological ‘rule’ has exceptions!
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Animal cell
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Nucleus: administrative center of the cell
It consists of chromatin, the unstructured form of the cell's DNA that will organize to form chromosomes during mitosis or cell division.
It coordinates the cell's activities, which include intermediary metabolism, growth, protein synthesis, and reproduction (cell division).
Occupies about 10 percent of a cell's volume, making it the cell's most prominent feature.
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A schematic diagram of a prokaryotic cell
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Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Type of cell Definition Examples
Eukaryotic Cell that containsorganelles, largerthan Prokaryoticcells
Majority of livingcells
Prokaryotic Cells that lackorganelles,smaller thanEukaruotic cells
Mostly single-celled organisms
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Fundamental DogmaDNA
RNA
Proteins
Circuits
Phenotypes
Populations
GenBankEMBLDDBJ
MapDatabases
SwissPROTPIRPDB
Gene Expression?
Clinical Data ?
Regulatory Pathways? Metabolism?
Biodiversity?
Neuroanatomy?
Development ?
Molecular Epidemiology?
Comparative Genomics?
the post-genomic era will need many more to collect, manage, and publish the coming flood of new findings.
Although a few databases already exist to distribute molecular information,
If this extension covers functional genomics, then “functional genomics” is equivalent to biology.
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Chromosomes and DNA
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Human Chromosome Banding Patterns
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Human Chromosomes
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Human somatic cells have 46 chromosomes diploid number (2n) = 46
23 from mom - 23 from dad
22 pairs are autosomes –true homologous pairs
1 pair is not necessarily homologous
- sex chromosomesfemales are XX
males are XY – a non homologous pair.
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Genes are linearly arranged along chromosomes
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DNA can be simplified to a string of four letters
GATTACA
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DNA Structure (overview)
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Adenine (A) Guanine (G) (Purines)
Thymine (T) (DNA) (Pyrimidines)
Cytosine (C)
Uracil (U) (RNA)
Nucleotide Bases
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Genomic Nucleotide Composition
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DNA Reading Frames
AGCTACGTAGCTAGCTAAGCTACGTAGCTAGCTAAGCTACGTAGCTAGCTAAGCTACGTAGCTAGCTA
mRNA has only three reading frames, whereas dsDNA has six!
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Genome AnnotationThe Process of Adding Biology Information andPredictions to a Sequenced Genome Framework
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Genome AnnotationThe Process of Adding Biology Information andPredictions to a Sequenced Genome Framework
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DNA intron-exon structure
promoter
轉錄起始點5’ UTR exon intron Donor site
Acceptor site
Splice site
Start Codon Stop Codon
3’ UTR PolyA
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Nucleotide codesA Adenine W Weak (A or T)
G Guanine S Strong (G or C)
C Cytosine M Amino (A or C)
T Thymine K Keto (G or T)
U Uracil B Not A (G or C or T)
R Purine (A or G) H Not G (A or C or T)
Y Pyrimidine (C or T) D Not C (A or G or T)
N Any nucleotide V Not T (A or G or C)
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DNA Replication
• The DNA strand that is copied to form a new strand is called a template
• In the replication of a double-stranded or duplex DNA molecule, both original (parental) DNA strands are copied
• When copying is finished, the two new duplexes, each consisting of one of the original strands plus its copy, separate from each other (semiconservative replication)
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Schematic diagram of DNA replication.
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DNA is unwinding
DNA Synthesis
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(RT)
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Protein Synthesis
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Proteins
• Proteins: macromolecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids
• Amino acids: class of 20 different organic compounds containing a basic amino group (-NH2) and an acidic carboxyl group (-COOH)
• The order of amino acids is determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the gene coding for the protein
• Proteins function as enzymes, antibodies, structures, etc.
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Standard Genetic Code
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Amino acid codesAlaArgAsnAspCysGlnGluGlyHisIleLeuLysMetPheProSerThrTrpTyrVa lAsxGlxSecUnk
ARNDCQEGHILKMFPSTWYVBZUX
AlanineArginineAsparagineAspartic acidCysteineGlutamineGlutamic acidGlycineHistidineIsoleucineLeucineLysineMethioninePhenylalanineProlineSerineThreonineTryptophanTyrosineValineAsn or AspGln or GluSelenocysteineUnknown
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Primary Protein Structure
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Multiple Levels of Protein Strucure
( Protein folding)
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Tertiary Structure ofSperm whale myoglobin (1MBN)
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Sequence to Structure:It’s a matter of dimensions!
• 1D Nucleic acid sequence
AGT-TTC-CCA-GGG…• 1D Protein sequence
Met-Ala-Gly-Lys-His…M – A – G – K – H…
• 3D Spatial arrangement of atoms