Biology and Its Branches

✸ Agronomy – Management of farms and cultivation of field crops

✸ Agrostology – Study of Grasses

✸ Anthology – Collection of Flowers

✸ Anatomy – Study of internal structures of body

✸ Aquaculture – Study of Fisheries

✸ Bacteriology – Study of Bacteria

✸ Biophysics – Physical aspects of living systems

✸ Biochemistry – Study of chemicals constituting the body and chemical reactions

✸ Biotechnology – Utilization of living organisms or of substances obtained from them in industrial processes

✸ Cell Biology – Structure, Function, Reproduction and life history of cells

✸ Ctetology – Study of acquired characters of organisms

✸ Craniology – Study of Skulls

✸ Cytology – Detailed Structure of Cells

✸ Cytogenetics – Cytological basis of inheritance

✸ Cardiology – Study of heart and its functioning

✸ Dendrology – Study of shrubs and trees

✸ Ecology – Study of reciprocal relationships between organisms and their environment

✸ Endochrinology – Study of duct-less glands and their hormones

✸ Ethology – Study of behaviour of animals

✸ Entomology – Study of life-history of insect pests

✸ Eugenics – Study of science dealing with factors which improve succesive generations of human race

✸ Euthenics – The science that deals with improvement of the future of humanity by changing the environment

✸ Euphenics – Study of production of satisfactory phenotype by means other than Eugenes

✸ Enzymology – Study of enzymes and their activities

✸ Embryology – Study of development of embryo and its growth repair

✸ Floriculture – Cultivation of flower – yielding plants

✸ Genetics – Study of Heredity and Variations

✸ Genetic Engineering – Genetic manipulation to produce an organism with new combination of properties

✸ Haematology – Study of blood and disease caused by it

✸ Helminthology – Study of parasitic worms

✸ Herpatology – Study of reptiles

✸ Immunology – Study of natural or acquired resistance to specific diseases

✸ Ichthyology – Study of fish and its culture

✸ Karyology – Study of Nucleus

✸ Kinesiology – Study of muscle movements

✸ Limnology – Study of Snails

✸ Morphology – Study of form and structure

✸ Myology – Study of muscles

✸ Microbiology  – Study of micro-organisms like bacteria and viruses

✸ Molecular Biology – Study of chemicals of living at molecular level

✸ Mammalogy – Study of mammals

✸ Malacology – Study of molluscs and their shells

✸ Myrmecology – Study of Ants

✸ Neonatalogy – Study of new borns upto the age of two months

✸ Neurology – Study of neurons and nerve things

✸ Nosology – Classification of diseases

✸ Osteology  – Study of skeletal system

✸ Odonotology – Study of teeth

✸ Organology – Study of different organs

✸ Ontogeny – Study of various life-cycles

✸ Ornithology – Study of Birds

✸ Ophiology – Study of Snakes

✸ Olericulture – Study of cultivation of vegetables

✸ Oncology – Study of tumors

✸ Physiology – Study of process and function associated with life

✸ Phylogeny – Evolutionary relationship among different groups of organisms

✸ Palaeontology – Study of Fossils

✸ Parasitology – Study of parasites

✸ Protozeology – Study of protozoa

✸ Pedology – Study of different types of soil

✸ Pomology – Study of Fruits

✸ Psychobiology – Study of behavioural aspects of animals

✸ Phytogeography – Study of plant distribution on earth

✸ Paleobotany – Study of distribution and characteristics of fossils

✸ Radiology – Study of effects of radiation on living beings

✸ Sarcology – Study of muscles

✸ Syndesmology – Study of bone joints and ligaments

✸ Serology – Study of blood serum

✸ Silviculture – Study of Cultivation of timber-yielding plants

✸ Tectology – Study of structural organisation of body

✸ Trophology – Study of nutrition science

✸ Toxicology – Study of poisons, including their nature and detection and method of treatment

✸ Taxonomy – Study of nomenclature and classification of organisms

✸ Urology – Study of Urine and its diseases

✸ Virology – Study of Viruses

✸ Zoophytology – Study of drifting-organisms such as,diatoms