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25 Cards in this Set
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts surrounds the idea of ______.
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Biological Complexity
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What is systems biology?
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The study of complex biological systems from the perspective of the whole system. Study's the whole as a function of it's parts.
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How has systems biology changed the way scientist study cancer?
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Scientist now study al lthe genes in a tumor cell and their complex interactions simultaneously to understand the effect of the mutation instead of studying just one gene.
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True/False
Complex systems have properties that are not explainable from the properties of their parts. |
True
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True/False
Traditional science was always reductive. |
False
Charles Darwin and many other Naturalist studying things on a macroscoptic level. |
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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts surrounds the idea of ______.
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Biological Complexity
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What is systems biology?
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The study of complex biological systems from the perspective of the whole system. Study's the whole as a function of it's parts.
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How has systems biology changed the way scientist study cancer?
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Scientist now study al lthe genes in a tumor cell and their complex interactions simultaneously to understand the effect of the mutation instead of studying just one gene.
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True/False
Complex systems have properties that are not explainable from the properties of their parts. |
True
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True/False
Traditional science was always reductive. |
False
Charles Darwin and many other Naturalist studying things on a macroscoptic level. |
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What is complexity?
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A property of some systems. It is a special kind of system organization. It is a special kind of function of a system. It is associated with all living systems.
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What are the three ranks of systems?
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-Simple
-Complicated -Complex |
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Simple systems
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-Can understand them by studying the agents
-little or no movement or change. -Describes most inanimate things -The properties are the sum of the agents -little diversity |
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Complicated Systems
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-Can learn something by studying the agents.
-Some functions are not easily related -found amoung most inanimate systems. |
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Complex Systems
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-Cannot understand very much by studying the agents alone.
-Always in motion -All living things -Many different agents -Many different funcions |
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What is complexity?
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A property of some systems. It is a special kind of system organization. It is a special kind of function of a system. It is associated with all living systems.
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What are the three ranks of systems?
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-Simple
-Complicated -Complex |
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Simple systems
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-Can understand them by studying the agents
-little or no movement or change. -Describes most inanimate things -The properties are the sum of the agents -little diversity |
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Complicated Systems
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-Can learn something by studying the agents.
-Some functions are not easily related -found amoung most inanimate systems. |
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Complex Systems
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-Cannot understand very much by studying the agents alone.
-Always in motion -All living things -Many different agents -Agents exist in a hierarchy. -Many different funcions |
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Emergence
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New properties that are not predictablel from the old ones.
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Dissolvence
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-A companion event to emergence.
-A change in the agents as they participate in emergence.(What happens to the agents as they participate in emergence). |
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Anticipation
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Internal models prepare the system for changes.
ex: Adrenalin release to prepare for combat. |
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Who identified that humans have 48 chromosomes. (There are really 46
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Herbert B. Evans
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What is PCR (polyamerase chain reaction?
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A laboratory process that selects a DNA segment from a mixture of DNA chains and rapidly replicates it; used to create a large, readily analyzed sample of a piece of DNA. It is used in DNA fingerprinting and in medical tests to identify diseases from the infectious agent's DNA. See also DNA. ...
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