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Zoology increasingly intertwined with other branches of biology
Original: Why has zoology become more closely connected with other branches of biology?
Zoology, the study of animals, is no longer treated as a separate discipline. Modern research increasingly links it with fields such as genetics, molecular biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, as animal studies now rely on shared tools like DNA analysis and data modelling. This convergence reflects a broader shift in the life sciences toward interdisciplinary approaches that treat animal biology as part of a single, integrated scientific picture.
Why now: There is current interest in how zoology has shifted from a standalone field to one integrated with genetics, ecology and molecular biology.
Evidence
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