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Gordon and Betty Moore Gallery 4: Living Systems
Explore life from DNA and cells to organisms and ecosystems.
Sometimes life is hard to observe, because it’s too tiny or fast or is hidden underground or in the ocean. Discover what you’ve been missing: use scientific tools to investigate living things of different sizes, the ecosystems they inhabit, and the processes they share.
Gallery Highlights
Plankton Populations
Different types of phytoplankton multiply or die off in response to changing ocean conditions.
Microscope Imaging Station
What do stem cells, fruit flies, and zebrafish look like under a microscope?
