María José Brüning

ALT A figure showing the hierarchy of biological levels of complexity. On the left is and arrow with the arrowhead point upwards indicating with ‘biological complexity’ written along the left side indicating that the level of complexity increases from the bottom to the top of the figure. At the bottom is a depiction of a molecule with the label ‘Molecules’ which a bracket leading to the label ‘Molecular Biology’. Slightly above the molecule is a depiction of a cell with the label ‘Cells’ with a bracket leading to the label ‘Cellular Biology’. Above the cell depiction is a depiction of a muscle with the label ‘Tissues’ and above the muscle is a depiction of an organ with the label ‘Organs’, both ‘Tissues’ and ‘Organs’ are connected by a bracket that is labelled ‘Systems Biology’. On the top level is a depiction of a shark with the label ‘Organisms’ with a bracket labelled ‘Whole-organism physiology (integrating behaviour, aerobic performance, osmoregulation, etc.)’.