10. What is life?: Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This life laɪf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [lahyf] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural lives laɪvz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [lahyvz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , adjective – noun 1.the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 2.the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
20. There are two different types of cells on Earth*… *Really three, but we won’t be talking about the Archaea today :) Prokaryote Eukaryote plant animal
21. And they are simultaneously the same but very different in structure, function, composition, behavior, etc...
34. The sequences of these biomolecules are digital in nature… and thus lend themselves to digital analysis with computers… DNA Protein … arrsrarklqrmkql … … tggagatgacgtca … … 0111000101011111 … … 010110101110000 … RNA … uggagaugacguca … … 0111000101011111 …
47. These cellular processes and metabolic pathways are mediated by proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, DNA, RNA and other molecular entities and function in “ real time”—they are only indirectly regulated and controlled by the cellular gene structure…
50. Vast amounts of data at every level, with the blurring barriers between biology and information technology DNA Sequence Data RNA Expression Data Protein Structure Data
