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Zoology
Zoology is the branch of biology that deals with the animal kingdom
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The zoologist is delighted by the differences between animals, whereas the physiologist would like all animals to work in fundamentally the same way.
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If these d'Herelle bodies were really genes, fundamentally like our chromosome genes, they would give us an utterly new angle from which to attack the gene problem. They are filterable, to some extent isolable, can be handled in test-tubes, and their properties, as shown by their effects on the bacteria, can then be studied after treatment. It would be very rash to call these bodies genes, and yet at present we must confess that there is no distinction known between the genes and them. Hence we
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If you are most often found holed up in your Atlanta home reading the latest on anything from qu…more
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Books by animals, about animals, for animals
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The goal of this reading group is to be curious and to explore an array of biological topics by …more
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This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world.
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