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• Evolutionary Biology
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
  Animals
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Hybrid

  In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are ... > 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
• Cats
  Animals
  Nature
  Mammals
  Wild Animals
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Canada Lynx

  The Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx. Some authorities regard both as conspecific. However, in some characteristics the Canada Lynx is more similar to the Bobcat ... > more
• Genetics
  Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Somatic cell

  A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, germline cells are the sperm and ova (also known ... > more
• Insects (and Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Animals
  Mammals
  Zoology
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Louse

  Lice (singular: louse) (order Phthiraptera) are an order of over 3,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Lice attach their eggs to their host's hair with specialized saliva which results in a ... > more
• Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biology
  Stem Cells
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Cell (biology)

  The cell is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, and is sometimes called the "building block of life." Some organisms, such as bacteria, are unicellular, consisting of a single ... > more
• Cloning
  Epigenetics Research
  Epigenetics
  Developmental Biology
  Genetics
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Cloning

  Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original organism or thing. A cloning in the biological sense, therefore, is a molecule, single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or ... > more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Life Sciences
  Microbiology
   
  

  Genetics

  Genetics is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. Humans applied knowledge of genetics in prehistory with the domestication and breeding of plants and animals. In modern ... > more
• Dogs
  Wild Animals
  Nature
  Veterinary Medicine
  New Species
  Animals
   
  

  African Wild Dog

  The African Hunting Dog, also called African Wild Dog, is a mammal of the Canidae family, and thus related to the domestic dog. It is the only species in its genus, Lycaon. They are, as their name ... > more
• Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Genetics
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
   
  

  Biology

  Biology, also referred to as the biological sciences, is the study of living organisms utilizing the scientific method. Biology examines the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and ... > more
• Genetics
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Biotechnology
   

  Protein biosynthesis

  Protein biosynthesis (Synthesis) is the process in which cells build proteins. The term is sometimes used to refer only to protein translation but more often it refers to a multi-step process, ... > more
• Genetics
  Epigenetics
  Down Syndrome
  Molecular Biology
  Epigenetics Research
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Chromosome

  The DNA which carries genetic information in cells is normally packaged in the form of one or more large macromolecules called chromosomes. A chromosome is, minimally, a very long, continuous piece ... > more

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