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• Botany
  Genetics
  Molecular Biology
  Endangered Plants
  Cell Biology
  Developmental Biology
   
  

  Plant cell

  There are three major classes of plant cells that can then differentiate to form the tissue structures of roots, stems, and leaves. (The three distinct types of plant cells are classified according ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  New Species
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Biology
   
  

  Newt

  Newts are small, usually bright-coloured semiaquatic salamanders of North America, Europe and North Asia, distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
  Obesity
   
  

  Calorie restriction

  Calorie restriction or Caloric restriction (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and retard aging. In human subjects, CR has been shown to ... > more
• Developmental Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Biology
  Biotechnology
  Life Sciences
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Organogenesis

  In animal development, organogenesis is the process by which the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm develop into the internal organs of the organism. The germ layers in organogenesis differ by three ... > more
• Spiders and Ticks
  Molecular Biology
  Human Biology
  Cell Biology
  Genetics
  Skin Care
   
  

  Keratin

  Keratins are a family of fibrous structural proteins; tough and insoluble, they form the hard but nonmineralized structures found in reptiles, birds and ... > more
• Fisheries
  Mating and Breeding
  Fish
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Horseshoe crab

  The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is an arthropod that is more closely related to spiders than crabs. Horseshoe crabs possess the rare ability to regrow limbs lost. Limulus has been extensively ... > more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
   
  

  Genetic code

  The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) by living cells. Specifically, the code ... > more
• Genetics
  Molecular Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biology
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Drosophila melanogaster

  Drosophila melanogaster, a dipteran (two-winged) insect, is the species of fruit fly that is commonly used in genetic experiments; it is among the most important model organisms. In modern biological ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Life Sciences
  Seeds
   
  

  Cotton

  Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium spp.), a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas. The fiber is most often ... > more
• Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Cell Biology
  Genetics
  Molecular Biology
   
  

  RNA

  Ribonucleic acid or RNA is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers that plays several important roles in the processes that translate genetic information from deoxyribonucleic acid ... > more

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