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• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Fertility
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  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Fertilisation

  Fertilisation, also spelt fertilization (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is fusion of gametes to form a new organism of the same species. In animals, the process involves a sperm ... > more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Obesity
  Developmental Biology
  Microbiology
  Stem Cells
  Biology
   

  Biological tissue

  Biological tissue is a collection of interconnected cells that perform a similar function within an organism. The study of tissue is known as histology, or, in connection with disease, ... > more
• Developmental Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Biology
   
  

  Genetic recombination

  Genetic recombination is the transmission-genetic process by which the combinations of alleles observed at different loci in two parental individuals become shuffled in offspring individuals. In ... > more
• Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biotechnology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
   
  

  Somatic cell nuclear transfer

  In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory technique for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus. It can be used in embryonic stem cell research, or in ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Developmental Biology
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disability
   
  

  Umbilical cord

  In placental mammals, the umbilical cord is a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta. It contains one or two major vessels, buried within Wharton's jelly, for the exchange of ... > more
• Cloning
  Healthy Aging
  Human Biology
  Epigenetics Research
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Epigenetics
   

  Human cloning

  Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing, or previously existing, human being or growing cloned tissue from that individual. The term is generally used to refer to ... > more
• Stem Cells
  Biotechnology
  Developmental Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Skin Cancer
  Genetics
   
  

  Adult stem cell

  Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells found throughout the body that divide to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissues. Also known as somatic  stem cells, they can be found in ... > more
• Fungus
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Genetics
  Microbiology
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Biological life cycle

  A life cycle is a period involving one generation of an organism through means of reproduction, whether through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. In regard to its ploidy, there are three ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Hormone Disorders
  Gynecology
  Sports Medicine
  Nervous System
   
  

  Placenta

  The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental vertebrates during gestation (pregnancy). All mammals other than monotremes and (most) marsupials utilise placentas in ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Perception
  Developmental Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Sensory neuron

  Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > more

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