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Oscar Holderer, the US moon rocket expert, passes away
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member of the German engineering team that came to the US, as part of Operation Paperclip,
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General Knowledge
Fathers of Biology
Subject
Father of Botany
Father of Zoology
Father of Biology
Father of Modern Botany
Father of Endochrinology
Father of Immunology
Father of Agronomy
Father of Genetics
Father of Modern Genetics
Father of Biodiversity
Father of Cytology
Father of Palynology
Father of Mycology
Father of Indian Forestry
Father of Plant Physiology
Father of Gene Therapy
Father of Indian Paleobotany
Father of Polygenic Inheritance
Father of Surgery and Plastic Surgery
Father of Anatomy
Father of Ethology
Father of Cloning
Father of Chemotherapy
Father of Eugenics
Father of Bryology
Father of Indian Ecology
Father of Mutation
Father of Indian Phycology
Father of Genetic Engineering
Father of Ayurveda
Father of Polio Vaccine
Father of Taxonomy
Father of Embryology
Father of Microscopy
Father of Blood Circulation
Father of Medicine
Father of Blood Groups
Father of Radiation Genetics
Father of Palaentology
Father of Flistology
Father of DNA Finger Printing
Father of ATP Cycle
Father of Stress Physiology

Scientist
Theophrastus
Aristotle
Aristotle
Linnaeus
Thomas Addison
Edward Jenner
Peter De-cresenji
GJ Mendel
TH Morgan
EO Wilson
Robert Hooke
Erdtman
Micheli
Sir Dietrich Brandis
Stephan Hales
Anderson
Birbal Sahani
Kolreuter
Susruta
Herophilus
Konard Lorentz
Ian Willmut
Paul Ehrlich
Francis Galton
Johann Hedwig
R Mishra
Hugo De Vries
OP Iyengar
Paul Berg
Charka
Jonas Salk
Carolus Linnaeus
Aristotle
Marcello Malpighi
William Harvey
Hippocrates
Karl Landsteiner
HJ Muller
Leonardo da Vinci
Francis Bichet
Garrod
Lipmann
Hans Selye

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Father of Gerontology
Father of Bacteriology
Father of Antibiotics
Father of Pathology
Father of Virology
Father of Epidemiology
Father of Endocrinology
Father of Homeopathy
Father of Green Revolution

Korenchevsk
Robert Koch
Alexander Fleming
Rudolph Virchow
WM Stanley
John Snow
Thomas Addison
Hahnemann
Norman Borlaug

IMPORTANT BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY

Name of the Branch
Agrostology
Allometry
Anthology
Anatomy
Archaeobiology
Biocybernetics
Bacteriology
Biophysics
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Biogeography
Cell Biology
Chronobiology
Ctetology
Craniology
Cryobiology
Cytology
Cardiology
Dendrology
Ecology
Eidonomy
Endocrinology
Ethology
Ethnobiology

Description
Study of grasses
Study of relationship of body size to shape,
anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour
Study of Flowers
Study of internal structures
Study of the biology of ancient times through
archaeological materials
Application of Cybernetics to Biological sciences
Study of bacteria
Study of Physical aspects of living systems
Study of chemicals constituting the body and
chemical reactions
Utilization of living organisms in Industrial
Processes
Study of the geographic distributions of living
organisms.
Study of structure, functions, reproduction, and
life cycle of cells
Study of time-dependent phenomena in living
organisms.
Study of acquired characters of organisms
Study of Skulls
Study of the effects of low temperatures on
living organisms.
Study of detailed structure of cells
Study of hears and its functioning
Study of shrubs and trees
Study of relationships between organism and
environment
Study of external appearance of an organism
Study of ductless glands and their hormones
Study of behaviour of animals
Study of the way plants and animals are treated
or used by different human cultures

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Entomology
Eugenics
Euthenics
Enzymology
Embryology
Esthesiology
Floriculture
Forensic biology
Genetics
Gerontology
Glycobiology
Haematology
Helminthology
Herpatology
Hydrobiology
Immunology
Ichthyology
Karyology
Kinesiology
Koniology
Limnology
Lipidology
Mastology
Morphology
Myology
Mycology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Mammalogy
Malacology
Mechanobiology
Neonatalogy
Neurology
Nosology
Osteology
Odontology
Organology
Ontogeny
Ornithology
Ophiology
Olericulture

Study of life history of insects

Study of science dealing with factors which
improve successive generations of human race
Science deals with improvement of future of
humanity by changing environment
Study of enzymes
Study of development of embryo and its growth
and repair
Scientific study of sensation
Cultivation of flower yielding plants
Application of Biology to law enforcement
Study of heredity and variations
Study of the social, psychological, cognitive and
biological aspects of aging.
Study of the structure, biosynthesis, and biology
of saccharides (sugar chains or glycans)
Study of blood and disease caused by it
Study of parasitic worms
Study of reptiles
Science of life and life processes in water
Study of natural or acquired resistance to
specific diseases
Study of fish and its culture
Study of nucleus
Study of muscle movements
Study of dust in relation to its effects on health.
Study of snails
Study of lipids
Study of breasts
Study of form and structure
Study of muscles
Study of Fungi
Study of microorganisms like bacteria and
viruses
Study of chemicals living at molecular level
Study of mammals
Study of molluscs and their shells
Study of interface of Biology and Engineering
Study of new born up to the age of 2 months
Study of neurons and nerve rings
Classification of diseases
Study of Skeletal system
Study of teeth
Study of different organs
Study of various life-cycles
Study of Birds
Study of Snakes
Study of cultivation of vegetables

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Oncology
Physiology
Phylogeny
Palaeontology
Parasitology
Primatology
Protozeology
Pedology
Phenomics
Phenology
Pomology
Psychobiology
Phytogeography
Pharmocology
Photobiology
Protistology
Paleobotany
Radiology
Sarcology
Scotobiology
Sociobiology
Syndesmology
Serology
Silviculture
Splanchnology
Tectology
Trophology
Toxicology
Taxonomy
Urology
Virology
Veterinary Science
Zoology

Study of tumors
Study of process and function associated with
life
Study of Evolutionary relationship among
different groups of organisms
Study of fossils
Study of parasites
Study of Primates
Study of Protozoa
Study of different types of Soils
Study of the physical and biochemical traits of
organisms
Study of periodic plant and animal life cycle
events
Study of Fruits
Study of behavioural aspects of animals
Study of plant distribution on the earth
Scientific study of drugs
Study of interaction of light and living organisms
Study of Protists (Eukaryotic Microorganisms)
Study of distribution and characteristics of fossils
Study of effects of radiation on living being
Study of muscles
Study of Biological effects of darkness
Study of the biological bases of sociology
Study of bone joints and ligaments
Study of blood serum
Study of cultivation of timber yielding plants
Study of internal organs
Study of structural organization of body
Study of Nutrition Science
Study of poisons and method of treatment
Study of nomenclature and classification of
organisms
Study of urine and its diseases
Study of viruses
Study of Animal Medicine
Study of Animals

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