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Inaugural lecture--Department of Zoology, Rand Afrikaans University, 4 June 1969@@To the man in the street the name Biology generally implies a science of classification and of a study of the anatomy of animals and plants. During the past decade much has happened in the field of biological sciences to dispel this idea. In particular, information on the role of D.N.A. in genetics and of its mechanism of replication in cells, has brought man close to the greatest mystery of nature, namely life itself.