zoology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

cytology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

genetics
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

neuroscience
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

ethology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

biotechnology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

biological sciences
narrower: physiology
narrower: biomedicine
narrower: ethology
narrower: cytology
narrower: zoology
narrower: biophysics
narrower: embryology
narrower: neuroscience
narrower: ecology
narrower: agricultural sciences
narrower: chronobiology discipline
narrower: genetics
narrower: pharmacology
narrower: biotechnology
narrower: biology
narrower: botany
definition: Also known as life sciences, the biological sciences investigate all aspects of life, from the chemicals required for life (biochemistry), biological molecules (molecular biology), cells and their organelles (cell biology) and the functioning of whole organisms and particular organs (physiology) to the relationships of organisms to each other and the abiotic environment (ecology). If there is a single unifying theme within the biological sciences, it is the concept of evolution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; biological sciences]
type: Concept
broader: life sciences

chronobiology discipline
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

life sciences
type: Concept
narrower: biological sciences

botany
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

embryology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

agricultural sciences
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

physiology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

biology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

biomedicine
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

pharmacology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

ecology
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

biophysics
type: Concept
broader: biological sciences

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: biological sciences