Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia - Biology
Biology is the study, or science, of life. It is concerned with the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - Branches Of Biology
While botany encompasses the study of plants, zoology is the branch of science that is concerned about the study of animals and anthropol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - Scope Of Biology
Main article: List of biology disciplines Biology has become such a vast research enterprise that it is not generally regarded as a singl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cockatiel: Encyclopedia Ii - Cockatiel - Biology
For many years, the relationship between cockatiels and other cockatoos was unclear. While most other cockatoos are 500 mm to 600 mm in l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heredity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heredity - Biology
In biology, heredity refers to the transference of biological characteristics from a parent organism to offspring, and is practically a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Dimer - Biology
In biology, particularly molecular and cellular biology, dimers are most often observed in signaling. They are crucial to understanding c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Dimer - Biology
In biology, particularly molecular and cellular biology, dimers are most often observed in signaling. They are crucial to understanding c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Precursor: Encyclopedia Ii - Precursor - Biology
In biological processes especially metabolism, a precursor is a substance from which another, usually more active or mature substance is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spearow: Encyclopedia Ii - Spearow - Biology
Spearow is a small bird Pokémon. It eats insects in grassy areas, and has short wings, which means Spearow has to fly fast to stay airbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torkoal: Encyclopedia Ii - Torkoal - Biology
Torkoal resembles a red tortoise. It exhales an always present cloud of smoke through its nostrils and through holes in its body and dark...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taillow: Encyclopedia Ii - Taillow - Biology
Taillow looks like a Swallow or a Swift with streamlined shape and light body to aid in ease of flight. The top half of its chest is red ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daphnia: Encyclopedia Ii - Daphnia - Biology
Daphnia are small, mostly planktonic, crustaceans, between 0.2 and 5 mm in length. They live in various aquatic environments ranging from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cockatiel: Encyclopedia Ii - Cockatiel - Biology
For many years, the relationship between cockatiels and other cockatoos was unclear. While most other cockatoos are 500 mm to 600 mm in l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bayleef: Encyclopedia Ii - Bayleef - Biology
Beyleef looks like a cartoony dinosaur. It has a pale yellow body supported by four legs and a rather long neck and tail. On top of its h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - Principles Of Biology
Unlike physics, biology does not usually describe systems in terms of objects which obey immutable physical laws described by mathematics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - Principles Of Biology
Unlike physics, biology does not usually describe systems in terms of objects which obey immutable physical laws described by mathematics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coral Biology: Encyclopedia - Coral Biology
In marine science, coral biology is the study of various aspects of coral biology like cellular biology, molecular biology and ecology of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blowhole Biology: Encyclopedia - Blowhole Biology
In biology, a blowhole is the hole at the top of a Cetacean's head through which the animal breathes air. It is homologous with the nostr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catagenesis Biology: Encyclopedia - Catagenesis Biology
Catagenesis is an archaic term from evolutionary biology referring to evolutionary directions that were considered "retrogressive." It wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vagrancy Biology: Encyclopedia - Vagrancy Biology
Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby individual animals appear well outside their normal range; individual animals which exhibit v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Analogy Biology: Encyclopedia - Analogy Biology
Two structures in biology are said to be analogous if they perform the same or similar function by a similar mechanism. For example, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemical Biology: Encyclopedia - Chemical Biology
Chemical biology is a scientific discipline spanning chemistry and biology that employs synthetic chemistry to study and manipulate biolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alien Biology: Encyclopedia - Alien Biology
Alien biology - Definition. In biology, an alien refers to an organism that is introduced into a foreign locale and subsequently become...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assimilation Biology: Encyclopedia - Assimilation Biology
Assimilation (from similis, lat. = similar), in biology, designates the process of the transformation of external substances and material...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alpha Biology: Encyclopedia - Alpha Biology
An alpha male or alpha female is the individual in the community whom the others follow and defer to. Humans and their nearest species-re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia - Cell Biology
Cell biology (also called cellular biology or cytology, from the Greek kytos, "container") is an academic discipline which studies cells....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcium In Biology: Encyclopedia - Calcium In Biology
Calcium plays a vital role in the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of organisms and of the cell, particularly in signal transduction ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesicle Biology: Encyclopedia - Vesicle Biology
In cell biology, a vesicle is a relatively small and enclosed compartment, separated from the cytosol by at least one lipid bilayer. If t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vector Biology: Encyclopedia - Vector Biology
Traditionally in medicine, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursus Biology: Encyclopedia - Ursus Biology
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears and black bears (including the Polar Bear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unsolved Problems In Biology: Encyclopedia - Unsolved Problems In Biology
Some unsolved problems in biology include: Life. How did it start? Is life a cosmic phenomenon? Are the conditions necessary for the ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology And Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia - Biology And Sexual Orientation
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colony Biology: Encyclopedia - Colony Biology
In biology, a colony (from Latin colonia) refers to several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Dogma Of Molecular Biology: Encyclopedia - Central Dogma Of Molecular Biology
The central dogma of molecular biology was first enunciated by Francis Crick in 1958 and re-stated in a Nature paper published in 1970. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Biology - Modern Biology
As technology moved forward, so did the science. The predecessors of the microscope were constructed in the following time. Antony van Le...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Survey, Biology: Oceanography Dictionary - Survey, Biology
  Definition and meaning of survey, biology:   survey (biology) - the systematic and usually standardized collection or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Overview
Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic including plankton, as small as 0.02 micrometers, and phytoplankton, both hugely...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Overview
Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic, including plankton and phytoplankton, which can be as small as 0.02 micrometers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Biology - Biology In Ancient Time
From the very beginning people must have had knowledge about plants and animals that made them capable in hunting and agriculture. For ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcium In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Calcium In Biology - Cell Biology
In eukaryotes, Ca2+ ions are one of the most widespread second messengers used in signal transduction. They make their entrance into the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Subfields
The marine ecosystem is large, and thus there are many subfields of marine biology. Most involve studying specializations of particular s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Lifeforms
Marine biology - Microscopic life. Microscopic life undersea is incredibly varied and still poorly understood. For example, at one end ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Lifeforms
Marine biology - Microscopic life. Microscopic life undersea is incredibly varied and still poorly understood. For example, the role of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Reefs
Reefs comprise some of the densest habitats in the world by number of species per area. They can be incredibly diverse, even cold water r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molecular Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Molecular Biology - Techniques Of Molecular Biology
Since the late 1950s and early 1960s, molecular biologists have learned to characterise, isolate, and manipulate the molecular components...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolutionary Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolutionary Biology - History
Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolutionary Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolutionary Biology - History
Main article: History of evolutionary thought Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolutionary Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolutionary Biology - Bibliography
Evolutionary biology - Textbooks. Douglas J. Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology (3rd Edition), Sinauer Associates (1998) ISBN 0878931899 Do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marine Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Marine Biology - Reefs
Reefs comprise some of the densest and most diverse habitats in the world. The best-known types of reefs are tropical coral reefs which e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolutionary Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolutionary Biology - Bibliography
Evolutionary biology - Textbooks. Douglas J. Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology (3rd Edition), Sinauer Associates (1998) ISBN 0878931899 Do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Systems Biology
List of publications in biology - The Future and Limits of Systems Biology. Werner, E. Science STKE, 2005, pe16. Online version. Desc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitness Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitness Biology - Discussion
An individual's fitness is manifested through its phenotype. As phenotype is affected by both genes and environment, the fitnesses of dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Evolutionary Developmental Biology
List of publications in biology - The Evolution of Individuality. Leo W. Buss 1987, The Evolution of Individuality, Princeton Universi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Cell Biology
List of publications in biology - Molecular Biology of the Cell. Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Robe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Biology - An Autonomous Philosophy Of Biology
All processes in organisms obey physical laws, the difference from inanimate processes lying in their organisation and their being subjec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Developmental Biology
List of publications in biology - Genomic Regulatory Systems: Development and Evolution. E. H. Davidson Genomic Regulatory Systems: De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Biology - Overview
Philosophy of biology today has become a very visible, well-organized discipline -- with its own journals, conferences, and professional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Molecular Biology
List of publications in biology - DNA Sequencing with Chain-Terminating Inhibitors. Frederick Sanger, S. Nicklen, and A. R. Coulson P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Evolutionary Biology
List of publications in biology - Histoire Naturelle. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon 1749-1788 Description: Until the publica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Processes In Cell Biology
Cell biology - Movement of proteins. Proteins are synthesized by ribosomes in the cytoplasm. This process is also known as protein bios...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mathematical Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematical Biology - Research
Below is a list of some areas of research in mathematical biology and links to related projects in various universities: Mathematical bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Overview
Cell biology - Properties of cells. Each cell is at least somewhat self-contained and self-maintaining: it can take in nutrients, conve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Overview
Cell biology - Properties of cells. Each cell is at least somewhat self-contained and self-maintaining: it can take in nutrients, conve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Techniques
Cell biology - Purification of cells and their parts. Purification of cells and their parts is achieved in the following ways: Cell fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Techniques
Cell biology - Purification of cells and their parts. Purification of cells and their parts is achieved in the following ways: Cell fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperpolarization Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperpolarization Biology - Examples
1. During the undershoot period after an action potential, the membrane potential is more negative than when the cell is in the "resting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polymorphism Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Polymorphism Biology - Examples
In some cases of polymorphism, the different morphs are distinct. An example from botany is heterostyly, in which flowers occur in differ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Psychophysics
List of publications in biology - Tracking an object through feature space. Blaser E, Pylyshyn ZW, Holcombe AO. Tracking an object thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egg Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egg Biology - Fish Eggs
Egg biology - Yolk in fish. ... See also:Egg biology, Egg biology - Bird eggs, Egg biology - Colors, Egg biology - Shell structure,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Xenobiology
List of publications in biology - Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life. Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart Description: I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Anatomy
List of publications in biology - Gray's Anatomy. Henry Gray Henry Gray, Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 1858. Online version ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Molecular Biology: Oceanography Dictionary - Molecular Biology
  Definition and meaning of molecular biology:   molecular biology - a branch of biology that studies the biology of a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Paleontology
List of publications in biology - Tempo and Mode in Evolution. George Gaylord Simpson Columbia University Press, 1944 Importance: ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Taxonomy
List of publications in biology - Systema Naturae. Carolus Linnaeus First published 1735 Description: With this publication Linneaus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Phylogenetics
List of publications in biology - Phylogenetic Systematics. Willi Hennig University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1966. Description: Thi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Conservation Biology: Oceanography Dictionary - Conservation Biology
  Definition and meaning of conservation biology:   conservation biology - a multidisciplinary science that deals with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Psychobiology
List of publications in biology - Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Wilson, E. O Sociobiology: The new synthesis. Cambridge, MA: Belkna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Zoology
List of publications in biology - History of Animals. Aristotle 350 BC The history of animals Description: A work in which Aristotle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Psychiatry
List of publications in biology - The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct. Dr. Thomas Szasz 1960 Text ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Genetics
List of publications in biology - Experiments on Plant Hybridization. Gregor Mendel Proceedings of the Natural History Society, 1866. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Biology - Botany
Species Plantarum, 1753 Carolus Linnaeus online at gallica Description : a two-volume work, going through many editions (ever expa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Staining Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Staining Biology - Electron Microscopy
Similar to light microscopy, stains can be used to selectively highlight cellular structures in transmission electron microscopy. Electro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Staining Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Staining Biology - Electron Microscopy
Similar to light microscopy, stains can be used to selectively highlight cellular structures in transmission electron microscopy. Electro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitness Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitness Biology - Measures Of Fitness
There are two commonly used measures of fitness; absolute fitness and relative fitness. Absolute fitness (wabs) is defined for a given ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Anatomy Of Cells
Cell biology - Prokaryotic cells. Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes on the basis of nuclear organization, specifically thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemical Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemical Biology - Systems Of Interest
Chemical biology - The Proteome. After the completion of the human genome project, many scientists realized the next big target would b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservation Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservation Biology - Importance Of Conservation
Extinction of a species is a irreversible act. Once gone, an exterminated species represents a lost resource of unknown value. While the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcium In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Calcium In Biology - Organs And Tissues
Different tissues contain Ca in different concentrations. In vertebrates Ca (mostly calcium phosphate and some calcium sulfate) is the mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Cell Functions
Cell biology - Cell growth and metabolism. Main articles: Cell growth, Cell metabolism Between successive cell divisions cells grow thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symmetry Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Symmetry Biology - Bilateral Symmetry
In bilateral symmetry (also called plane symmetry), only one plane, called the sagittal plane, will divide an organism into roughly mirro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Origins Of Cells
Main article: Origin of life The origin of cells has to do with the origin of life, and was one of the most important steps in evolution ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egg Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egg Biology - Bird Eggs
After fertilization, the bird egg is laid by the female and is incubated for a time that varies according to the species; then a single y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Biology - Subcellular Components
All cells whether prokaryotic or eukaryotic have a membrane, which envelopes the cell, separates its interior from its environment, contr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symmetry Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Symmetry Biology - Radial Symmetry
Organisms with radial symmetry (sometimes called line symmetry) have body parts arranged in a regular, repeating pattern around a central...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology And Sexual Orientation: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology And Sexual Orientation - Politics
The issue of genetic or other physiological determinants as the basis of homosexuality is a highly politicised issue. Recent studies have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calcium In Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Calcium In Biology - Food Sources
The USDA web site has a very complete table of calcium content (in mg) of common foods per common measures (link below). Calcium amount i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Staining Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Staining Biology - Basic Biological Stains
Different stains react or concentrate in different parts of a cell or tissue, and these properties are used to advantage to reveal specif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - Scope Of Biology
Main article: List of biology disciplines Biology has become such a vast research enterprise that it is not generally regarded as a singl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - History
Main articles: History of biology, History of medicine, History of genetics Major discoveries in biology include: Cell theory Germ theor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biology - History
Main articles: History of biology, History of medicine, History of genetics Major discoveries in biology include: Cell theory Germ theor...   » Read the article