Journal of Molecular Pathology and Biochemistry
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Relationship of Molecular Biology to Other Biological Sciences

Carter Lincoln^{* *}Correspondence: Carter Lincoln, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA,

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The study of molecular biology, which includes biomolecular synthesis, modification, processes, and interactions, aims to comprehend the molecular underpinnings of biological activity within and between cells. Biology is the scientific study of life. Although it is a natural science with a large reach, it is tied together as a single, cohesive field by a number of commonalities. The word may or may not contain ions that satisfy this condition, depending on the context.

A collection of two or more atoms linked together by the alluring forces known as chemical bonds is referred to as a molecule. In the domains of quantum physics, organic chemistry, and biology, the distinction between polyatomic ions and ions is commonly lost.

The Cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms. Each cell has a cytoplasm that is surrounded by a membrane and is home to a variety of macromolecules, including proteins, DNA, and RNA, as well as numerous tiny molecules that are nutrients and metabolites. The phrase is derived from the Latin word cellular, which means "little apartment." A loose word for molecules found in organisms and necessary for one or more typical biological processes, such as cell division, morphogenesis, or development, is "biomolecule" or "biological molecule." A perspective on the interdisciplinary connections between molecular biology and other related sciences is described in the list that follows.

The study of the molecular basis for biological events, with an emphasis on molecular synthesis, modification, processes, and interactions, is known as molecular biology. The study of chemical components and essential biological processes is known as biochemistry. The role, nature, and composition of biomolecules like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids are of particular interest to biochemists.

The field of genetics focuses on how genetic variations impact living things.

Genetics makes an effort to foresee how mutations, certain genes, and genetic relationships may influence how a phenotype manifests itself. The study of genes, genetic variety, and inheritance in living things are the main topics of genetics, a branch of biology.

Nature vs. nurture is a common term used to describe how genetic processes affect development and behaviour in conjunction with an organism's surroundings and experiences. Gene transcription may be turned on or off by the intracellular or extracellular environment of a living cell or organism. A wellknown illustration is the planting of two genetically identical maize seeds, one in a temperate area and the other in an arid one (lacking sufficient waterfall or rain). Even if the two corn stalks' typical heights can be predicted genetically, the one in the arid climate only reaches half the height of the one in the temperate area because of a lack of water and nutrients in its surroundings.

While using molecular biology-specific techniques, researchers sometimes integrate these with approaches from genetics and biochemistry. Since computational tools like bioinformatics and computational biology have lately been widely used, a lot of work has been done in the quantitative field of molecular biology.

The study of gene structure and function, or molecular genetics, has been one of the most well-known sub-fields of molecular biology since the turn of the millennium. Indirectly, by studying the interactions of molecules in and of themselves, as in cell biology and developmental biology, or directly, when molecular techniques are used to infer historical characteristics of populations or species, as in areas of evolutionary biology like population genetics and phylogenetic.