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Name and explain 5 branches of biology

      

Name and explain 5 branches of biology

  

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Botany: study of plants.
Zoology: study of animals
Genetics: study of inheritance and variation
Biochemistry: study of the chemical make-up of living organisms.
Faimus answered the question on December 3, 2017 at 19:07


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