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Zoology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zoology | Branch of biology devoted to the study of animals and its relationship to its surroundings |
| Aristotle | Father of Zoology, he consider animals if it can locomate (fly,walk,swim) |
| William Harvey | He focus on promoting biological research among other. He published the Anatomical Studies on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. |
| Theodore Schwann | He is known for his contribution in cell theory and studies concerning animal tissues. |
| Theodore Schwann | He discovered pepsin, an enzyme that aids in digestion. Peripheral axon known as _______ cells. |
| Carl Vonn Linne | He focus in classifying and grouping organism and devised the two-part naming method. |
| Carl Vonn Linne | Father of Taxonomy |
| Charles Darwin | He is known for his contribution to the study of evolution by natural selection |
| Marine Iguana, Blue, Finches | Darwin voyage to Galapagos Island and discover a new species of animals such as _________, and _______-footed boobies and a bird named after him, the Darwin _______. |
| Genetics | Area of biology concerned with the study of, genetic variation, genes, and heredity. |
| Ethology | It is study of animal behaviour under normal condition. |
| Embryology | Branch of biology concerned mainly with gamete formation, development of embryo and the process of fertilization |
| Histology | Study of tissues and their structure. |
| Comparative Anatomy | It is the study of the body structure of different species of animals in order to understand the adaptive changes they have undergone in the course of evolution. |
| Animal Physiology | The study of how animals work and investigates the biological process that occur for animal life. |
| Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz | They are the pioneer in the development of ethology. |
| Fauna | Term used to represent animal life present in a particular community/region. |
| Genus | It should be written first and capitalized |
| Species | Written in italics and lower case form |