2025 Cell: The Unit of LifeReductionist Biology Easy Question 12 of 137 in Cell: The Unit of Life

Which one of the following statements refers to Reductionist Biology?

A Physico-chemical approach to study and understand living organisms.
B Physiological approach to study and understand, living organisms.
C Chemical approach to study and understand living organisms.
D Behavioural approach to study and understand living organisms.

The answer is A.

Solution

Reductionist biology is the physico-chemical approach to studying living systems.

Reductionist Biology explains living systems and biological processes using basic principles of physics and chemistry at molecular and cellular levels.

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