Evolutionary Biology Articles

• Seeds
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Trees
   

  Parthenocarpy

  In botany and horticulture, parthenocarpy (literally meaning virgin fruit) is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilization of ovules. The fruit is therefore seedless. ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Geography
  Soil Types
  Earth Science
  Sustainability
  Endangered Plants
   

  Monoculture

  Monoculture describes systems that have very low diversity. In agriculture, "monoculture" describes the practice of relying on a very small number of genetic variants, or cultivars of a food crop for ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Personalized Medicine
   
  

  Gene therapy

  Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in which a defective mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. ... > more
• Autism
  Neuroscience
  Social Psychology
  Brain Injury
  Monkeys
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Mirror neuron

  A mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another (especially conspecific) animal. Thus, the neuron ... > more
• New Species
  Early Birds
  Nature
  Extinction
  Birds
  Paleontology
   
  

  Raphinae

  The Raphinae are a subfamily of extinct flightless birds colloquially called didines or didine birds. They inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through ... > more
• Mammals
  Dolphins and Whales
  Wild Animals
  Extinction
  Zoology
  Animals
   
  

  Mammal

  The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from mammary glands present on most species and specialized skin ... > more
• Zoology
  Animals
  Wild Animals
  New Species
  Mammals
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Bat

  Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. Their most distingushing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammal capable of flight.There are estimated to be ... > more
• Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Sports Medicine
  Nature
   

  Circadian rhythm

  A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. In a strict sense, circadian rhythms are ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Wild Animals
  Nature
   
  

  Hematophagy

  Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy) is the habit of certain animals of feeding on ... > more
• Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Flower

  A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. The flower structure contains the plant's reproductive organs, and its function is to produce ... > more

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