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Biology is the study of life. Biologists study all aspects of living things, including all of the many life forms on earth and the processes in them that enable life. These basic processes include the harnessing of energy, the synthesis and duplication of the materials that make up the body, the reproduction of the organism and many other functions. Biology, along with chemistry and physics is one of the major disciplines of natural science.

Related lists: list of biochemistry topics, list of molecular biology topics, list of evolutionary biology topics, list of biologists. (See Wikipedia:Biology basic topics for a pared-down list of the most basic biology topics that should be covered in an encyclopedia, organized by topic).


A

A

Template:CompactTOC2 abiogenesisabsorption spectrumacclimatizationacetyl CoAacrosomeacrosome reactionactinaction potentialactivation energyactive siteactive transportadaptationadaptive radiationAdenosine triphosphate (ATP) – Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) – aerobicaffinity chromatographyalbinismalbumin (disambiguation)alcoholAlexander FlemingAlfred Russel Wallacealgaealleleallele frequencyallosteric siteallosteryalpha helixalternation of generationsalternative splicingAmes testamineamino acidadenosine monophosphate (AMP) – anabolismanaerobic respirationanaphaseanatomyAndrew Huxleyanimaliaanimalsantheridiumantibioticantibiotic resistanceantibodyanticodonantigenantigenic determinantantigenic shiftAntoni van Leeuwenhoekapical meristemapoptosisArabidopsisarbovirusarchaebacteriaarchegoniumarteryartificial lifeaseptic technique in microbiologyasexual reproductionastrobiologyATPaseATP synthaseauditionautecologyautoradiographyautosomeautotrophicavian influenzaaxon

B

B

Template:CompactTOC2 B cellbacteriabacterial conjugationBarr bodybehaviorbeta sheetBiodesign Institutebiodiversitybiological dispersalbiological tissuebiologybiology basic topicsblastomereblastulablunt endbromouracilbacteriabarbituratebiochemical techniquesbiochemistrybioinformaticsmembranesbiological psychologybiological tissuesbiologistbiomebiomechanicsbiophysicsbiopolymerbiotechnologyBLASTblastulabloodblood cellblood countbonebootstrapping (biology)botanybryophyte

C

C

Template:CompactTOC2 C3 carbon fixationC4 photosynthesisCalvin cycleCAM photosynthesisCAM plantscancercapacitationcapillarycarbohydratecarbon cyclecarbon fixationcarnivoreCarolus Linnaeuscarotenecarriercarrying capacitycartilageCasparian stripcatabolismcellcell biologycell divisioncell growthcell nucleuscell wallcellular differentiationcellular respirationcellulosecentriolecentromerecentrosomechaperone proteinCharles Robert Darwinchemiosmosischemautotrophicchiasmachimera (genetics)Chi square testchlorophyllchloroplastchloroplast membranecholesterinechromatidchromatinchromatographychromosomal crossoverchromosomechromosome walkingchronotypeciliumcircadian rhythmcirculatory systemcis facecisternacitric acid cyclecladisticsclassical geneticsclearancecloningcodoncodon usage biascoenzymecolchicinecollagencolonycommensalismcommon descentcommunicable diseasecommunitycommunity ecologycompetitioncompetitive exclusion principlecompetitive inhibitioncomputational biologyconcentration gradientcontinental driftconverganceconvergent evolutioncooperativitycooperativity cellular respirationcork cambiumcotransport metabolismcotyledonCraig VentercristaecryptobiologycryptobiosisCTC-terminusculturecuticulacyclic electron flowcytokinesiscytoplasmcytoskeletoncytosolcytotoxic T cell

D

D

Template:CompactTOC2 decarboxylation reactiondecompositiondefective interfering particledeletiondenaturation (biochemistry)dendritedendritic celldengue feverdepolarizationdevelopmental biologydiabetesdialysisdiffusiondigestiondigestive systemdigital organismdihybrid crossdimerdiploiddisulfide bridgeDNADNA replicationDNA sequenceDNA virusdouble helixDown syndromeDrosophiladrugsdynein

E

E

Template:CompactTOC2 E. coliebolaEcdysoneecologyecological geneticsecosystemectothermedge effectEdward JennerEdward’s Syndromeegg (biology)elaterelectromagnetic energyelectron transport chainelectrophoresiselectrophysiologyembryoembryonal developmentEmerson effectEmmer groupendemismendergonic reactionendodermisendomembrane systemendoplasmic reticulumendosymbiontendosymbiosisendosymbiotic theoryendothermenergy trapEngelmann effectenhancerentomologyenvironmental heterogeneity environmental scienceenzymeepidermisepidermis (botany)epigeneticsErnst Haeckelethanoleubacteriaeugenicseukaryoteevolutionevolutionary biologyevolutionary developmental biologyevolutionary treeEwens’s sampling formulaexcretionexergonic reactionexonexperimental evolutionexpressed sequence tag (EST) – extinctioneye

F

F

Template:CompactTOC2 facilitated diffusionFADFADHFADH2fatfeedback inhibitionFehling solutionfemalefermentation (biochemistry)fetusFick’s law of diffusionfitnessfitness landscapeflagellumflavineflaviviridaeflowerfluid mosaic modelfood webfoot and mouth diseasefossilFrancis CrickFrancis Galtonfree energyfundamental nichefungi

G

G

Template:CompactTOC2 G3Pgametegametophytegastrulagel electrophoresisgenegenetic driftgene duplicationgene poolgenetic codegenetic equilibriumgenetic fingerprintgenetic recombinationgeneticsgene regulatory networkgenetic carriergene therapygenomegenome projectgenomicsgenotypegeologic timeGeorge W. BeadleglucoseglycolipidglycolysisglycomeglycomicsglycoproteinglycoproteinGobind KhoranaGolgi apparatusGondwanagradientgranagravitational biologygravitropismGregor Mendelground tissuegrowth curveGuthrie test

H

H

Template:CompactTOC2 habitatHACEK organismhalobacteriahaploidHardy-Weinberg principleheartHela cellhelper T cellHepadnaviridaehepatitis Bherbivoreheredityhereditary diseasehermaphroditeherpetologyHershey-Chase experimentheterochromatinheterotrophheterozygoteHfr cellhibernationHill reactionHis taghistonehomeoboxhomeostasishomologyhomoplasyhomozygotehomunculushormonehormonehosthousehold genehumanHuman Genome Projecthumoral immunityhybrid (biology)hybridizationhydrolysishydrolytic enzymehyperpolarization

I

I

Template:CompactTOC2 ichthyologyimmune cellimmune systemimmunologyinbreedinginducibilityinfectious disease carrierinfertilityinner matrixinsectinsectivoresinsulinintermediate filamentintermembrane spaceinterphaseintestineintroninvasive speciesion channelisoenzymeisotonic

J

J

Template:CompactTOC2 James WatsonJean-Baptiste Lamarckjoint

K

K

Template:CompactTOC2 K-selectionKary Mulliskaryoplasmkaryotypekeratinkeystone specieskidneykinesiologykinetic energyKlinefelter syndromeknock-out mouseKonrad LorenzKrebs cycle (or citric acid cycle) – kwashiorkor

L

L

Template:CompactTOC2 Lac repressorlactic acid autotrophlagging strandlambda phagelarvaleading strandleafleucocytelichenlife formlifelight reactionslimbic systemlimnologyLineweaver-Burke-diagramlipaselipidList of biochemistry topicslist of biological topicslist of biologistslist of biology topicslist of gene familiesliverlocuslong-term potentiationLouis PasteurlungLynn MargulisLyon hypothesislysislysozymelytic cycle

M

M

Template:CompactTOC2 macroecologymacroevolutionmacromoleculesmajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) – malariamaleMalpighi bodyMalpighi layermonophyleticmarburg virusMarcello MalpighiMarfan syndromemarine biologymass extinctionmathematical biologymatingMax Delbrückmeiosismembrane transportermemorymemory cellMendelian inheritancemeristemmetabolismmetaphasemetapopulationmetazoaMichaelis-Menten kineticsmicrobemicrobiologymicroevolutionmicrofilamentmicrosatellitemicroscopemicrotubulesMiller-Urey experimentmimicryMitchell hypothesismitochondrial membranemitochondrionmitosismitotic spindlemodern evolutionary synthesismolecular biologymolecular clockmolecular evolutionmolecular geneticsmolecular phylogenymolluscmonoclonal antibodymorphogenesismorphometricsmorulaMRIMuller’s ratchetmultiresistancemusclemutagenmutationmutational meltdownmutualismmycologymyosin

N

N

Template:CompactTOC2 NADNADHNADPHnatural environmentnatural selectionnephronnervous systemneural plateneural tubeneuronneuroscienceneurospora crassaneurotransmitterneurulaneutral theory of molecular evolutionnichenitrogen cyclenon-competitive inhibitionnon cyclic electron flownondisjunctionN-terminusnuclear laminanucleolusnucleonnucleosidenucleosomenucleotidenutrition

O

O

Template:CompactTOC2 Okazaki fragmentolfactiononcogeneoperatoroperonorganorganelleorganismorigin of lifeOscar HertwigosmosisosmoregulationOswald Averyoutbreakovalbumineovaryovumoxidationoxidative decarboxylationoxidative phosphorylation

P

P

Template:CompactTOC2 Pangaeapaleontologyparallel evolutionparaphyleticparasitismparasitologyparthenogenesispassive transportPatau syndromepaternity testPCRPCR mutagenesispentose phosphate pathwaypeptidepeptide bondperipheral proteinperoxisomePfeffer cellphagephagocytosisphenotypephloemphospholipidphospholipid bilayerphosphorylationphotobiologyphotolysisphotonphotophosphorylationphotorespirationphotosynthesisphotosynthesisphotosystem Iphotosystem IIphycobilinphycobiliproteinphycocyaninphycologyphylogeneticsphylogenyphylogenetic treephysiologypigmentplacentaplanktonplantplantaeplant physiologyplant sexualityplasma membraneplasmidplasmolysisplastidplate tectonicspoint mutationpollenizerpollinationpollinatorpolymerase chain reactionpolypeptidepolyploidypolysaccharidepopulationpopulation dynamicspopulation ecologypopulation geneticspotential energypredationpregnancyprimary nutritional groupsprimary structureprimerprionprokaryoteprometaphasepromoterprophageprophaseproprioceptionproteasomeprotein biosynthesisproteinprotein translocationproteolysisproteomeproteomicsprotistprotistaproton pumpprotozoapseudopodpteridophytePunnett squarepurinepunctuated equilibriumpyrimidinepyruvate oxidation

Q

Q

Template:CompactTOC2 quaternary structure

R

R

Template:CompactTOC2 r-selectionradiobiologyreceptor (biochemistry)receptor (immunology)recombinationRed Queenredox reactionredox systemreductionreflexrepeatsreplicationreplication bubblerepressorreproductionreproductive systemrespiration (physiology)restriction enzymeretrovirusreverse geneticsRFLPrhesus factorribosomeRNARNA virusRobert Kochrootrough ERRuBPRudolf Steiner

S

S

Template:CompactTOC2 saprobesarcoplasmic reticulumscientific classificationsecondary metabolitesecondary structuresecond messengerseedseed plantselectionsequencingserumsemenSewall Wrightsexual reproductionsexual selectionshigellashootsignal transductionsilkSir Charles Lyellsister chromatidskeletonskin cellsleepsmooth ERsociobiologyspeciationspeciesHans SpemannspermspermatidspermatogenesisspermiogenesisspliceosomesplicingsporesporophyteSSRIstarchstemstem cellsticky endstomastomach – streptomycine – stromastructural biologystructural genesubstratesubstrate-level phosphorylationsurface area-to-volume ratiosymbiosissymbiogenesissynapomorphysynapsesyngamysystematicssystems biology

T

T

Template:CompactTOC2 T celltaphonomytaxistaxontaxonomytelomeretelophasetertiary structuretestesTheodor BilharzTheodor BoverithermoclinethermoregulationThomas Hunt MorganThomas MalthusthylakoidTMVtobacco mosaic virustorporTrait (biological)transcriptiontranscription factortranscriptional regulationtrans facetransformationtransport vesicletransposonTraube celltrophic leveltropismtubulintumorturgorTurner syndrometwin

U

U

Template:CompactTOC2 urea cycle

V

V

Template:CompactTOC2 vaccinevacuolevaricella-zoster virusvascular cambiumvascular tissueveinvertebratevesiclevesicular stomatitis virusvestibular systemvicariancevirologyviral classificationvirusviral evolutionvisible lightvisionvitamin

W

W

Template:CompactTOC2 water cyclewavelengthWobble base pairwood

X

X

Template:CompactTOC2 xanthophyllX chromosomexenobiologyX-ray diffractionxylem

Y

Y

Template:CompactTOC2 Y chromosomeyellow fever

Z

Z

Template:CompactTOC2 zona pellucidazoologyzygote sl:Seznam bioloških vsebin

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