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Biology is the study of life and living organisms (C. Zins, 2011).
Biology
2. Basic Sciences. Fields: Biology. Image: The Trochilidae; The 99th plate illustration from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904), showing a variety of hummingbirds.©
Biology
[1] Theory (metaknowledge)
      Philosophy of Biology
      History of biology
[2] Biological Fields (temporary name)            
       Botany
      Zoology
      Cell biolgy
      Molecular biology
      Biochemistry*
      Microbilogy
     
Anatomy
      Physiology
      Genetics
      Developmental biology
      Evolutionary biology
      Taxonomy
      Ecology*...
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Biology’s main branches are philosophy of biology, botany (study of plants) and zoology (study of animals), cell biology (study of cells), molecular biology  (study of biological molecules, such as proteins and DNA) and the closely related field, biochemistry (study of form and function at the chemical level), microbiology (study of microorganisms), anatomy (study of the structure of living organisms), physiology (study of function), genetics (study of genes; heredity and variations in living organisms), developmental biology (study of the process by which organisms grow and develop), evolutionary biology (study of the origin of the species and their development over time), taxonomy (naming, identifying, and classifying organisms), and ecology (study of biodiversity and the relations of organisms with their environments; seealso agriculture and environmental sciences in sub-cat. 4.3.2). 
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