Monday, February 6, 2012

What is Biochemistry?

         According to Webster's 2002 dictionary biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of life processes in plants and animals. Biochemistry is a subsection under the wide subject of Science. Biology and chemistry are also subjects of science.  Biology covers a wide spectrum of topics on living things including origin, history, and characteristics.   Chemistry is all about reactions by which substances are produced or converted by.  Biochemistry combines these two subjects and shows how they work hand in hand with one another.  Overall biochemistry is the study of the complexity of life and the reactions that take place to allow organisms to live.
           Biochemistry differs from the other science fields in a variety of ways.  While there is some important biochemical features in Genetics, Genetics focuses on the difference in heredity and variability.  It studies how traits are passed on from generation to generation, and the causes of mutations.  Molecular biology overlaps all of these subjects (Biology,Chemistry, Genetics, and Biochemistry) and focuses on the interactions between various cell systems.  It studies how cell systems complete their own tasks, but also contribute to other cell system's tasks with feedback loops. Therefore all the subjects of Science overlap one another, but each subject focuses on a different aspect of science.

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