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<p><strong>Zoology</strong> (Greek <em>zoon</em> = animal and <em>logos</em> = word) is the biological discipline that researches [[animal]]s.</p>
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History of zoology</font></p>
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<li>[[History of zoology]] (before [[Darwin]]) </li> <li>[[History of zoology]] (since Darwin) </li>
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<p>The original branches of zoology established in the late 19th century such as zoo-physics, [[bionomics]], and [[morphography]], have largely been subsumed into more broad areas of biology which include studies of mechanisms common to both plants and animals. The biology of animals is covered in several broad areas:</p>
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<li>The physiology of animals is studied under various fields including anatomy and embryology </li> <li>The common genetic and developmental mechanisms of animals and plants is studied in molecular biology, molecular genetics and developmental biology </li> <li>The ecology of animals is covered under behavioral ecology and other fields </li> <li>Evolutionary biology of both animals and plants is considered in the articles on evolution, population genetics, heredity, variation, Mendelism, reproduction. </li> <li>Systematics, cladistics, phylogenetics, phylogeography, biogeography and taxonomy classify and group species via common descent and regional associations. </li>
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<p>In addition the various taxonomically oriented-disciplines such as mammalogy, herpetology, ornithology study mechanisms that are specific to those groups.</p>
<p><font size="5">Notable zoologists</font></p>
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<li>Louis Agassiz (malacology, ichthyology) </li> <li>Aristotle </li> <li>Bonnaterre, Pierre-Joseph </li> <li>Archie Carr, (June 16, 1909-May 21, 1987) (Herpetology), esp. sea turtles </li> <li>Charles Darwin </li> <li>Richard Dawkins (ethology) </li> <li>Dian Fossey (primatology) </li> <li>Arthur David Hasler, (January 5, 1908-March 23, 2001) (limnology, ichthyology, salmon homing) </li> <li>Victor Hensen, (February 10, 1835-April 5, 1924) (planktology) </li> <li>Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology) </li> <li>William Kirby (father of entomology) </li> <li>Carolus Linnaeus (father of systematics) </li> <li>Konrad Lorenz (ethology) </li> <li>David W. Macdonald (wild mammals) </li> <li>Ernst Mayr (1905-2005), influential evolutionary biologist, one of the founders of the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary theory in the 1940s. </li> <li>Desmond Morris (ethology) </li> <li>Ron Nowak (wild mammals) </li> <li>Roger Tory Peterson (ornithology) </li> <li>Thomas Say (entomology) </li> <li>Ernest P. Walker (wild mammals) </li> <li>E. O Wilson, b. 1929, (entomology, founder of sociobiology) </li> <li>Jakob van Uexküll (animal behavior, invertebrate zoology) </li>
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<p><font size="5">See also</font></p>
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<li>Zoological distribution </li> <li>Zootomy - the study of animal anatomy or animal dissection </li> <li>Cryptozoology - the study of hidden or unknown animals </li> <li>[[Palaeontology]] </li> <li>Oceanography </li> <li>Entomology - the area of biology which studies insects </li> <li>Botany - the area of biology which studies plants </li> <li>Microtomy </li> <li>List of zoologists </li> <li>Important Publications in Zoology </li>
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<p><font size="5">External links<br />
</font>[http://animalpedia.org Animalpedia.org]</p>
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