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Biology Dictionary: M

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  • Mac
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Mach line
  • Macroevolution
  • Macromolecule
  • Macronucleus
  • Macroorganism
  • Macrophage
  • Macrophallus
  • Macrophyllous
  • Macrophyte
  • Macroscopic
  • Macrospore
  • Macula adherens
  • Macula cerulea
  • Macula lutea
  • Macular erythema
  • Magnetosome
  • Magnetotaxis
  • Magnification
  • Magnitude
  • Magnoliopsida
  • Major groove
  • Major histocompatibility complex
  • Mal
  • Malaria
  • Malate
  • Male
  • Malic acid
  • Malpighian layer
  • Malpighian tubule
  • Maltose
  • Maltotriose
  • Malvaceae
  • Mammal
  • Mammalia
  • Mammalogy
  • Mammary gland
  • Man
  • Mandibular arch
  • Mango
  • Mangrove
  • Manifestation
  • Manifesting heterozygote
  • Manipulation
  • Mannitol
  • Mannose
  • Manometer
  • Mantis
  • Mantle
  • Mantle layer
  • Manual
  • Manubrium
  • Map
  • Map distance
  • Mareys law
  • Margin
  • Marine
  • Marker
  • Marker enzyme
  • Marker gene
  • Marram Grass
  • Marrow
  • Marsupial
  • Masculine uterus
  • Mask
  • Masking
  • Mass
  • Mass extinction
  • Mass-action ratio
  • Masseteric tuberosity
  • Mastich
  • Mastigomycotina
  • Mastigophora
  • Matched-pair analysis
  • Mate
  • Material
  • Maternal gene
  • Maternal inheritance
  • Maternal-effect gene
  • Matrix
  • Matter
  • Maturation
  • Mature
  • Mature mRNA
  • Maturity
  • Maxam-Gilbert sequencing
  • Maxillipeds
  • Maximum temperature
  • Mean
  • Mean vector
  • Meat
  • Meatus
  • Mechanical
  • Mechanical equilibrium
  • Mechanism
  • Mechanoreceptor
  • Medial canthus
  • Medial longitudinal fissure
  • Median
  • Median plane
  • Mediate
  • Mediator
  • Medicinal plant
  • Mediotrusion
  • Medium
  • Medulla oblongata
  • Medullary chemoreceptor trigger zone
  • Medullary cone
  • Medullary Sheath
  • Medusa
  • Megakaryoblast
  • Megakaryocyte
  • Meiosis
  • Meiosis I
  • Meiosis II
  • Meiospore
  • Meiotic spindle
  • Melanin
  • Melanism
  • Melanocyte
  • Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
  • Melanoderma
  • Melanogenesis
  • Melanophore
  • Melanosome
  • Melatonin
  • Melon
  • Melotia
  • Melting temperature of dna
  • Meltzer-lyon test
  • Membrane
  • Membrane protein
  • Membrane Transport Protein
  • Memory
  • Memory B cell
  • Memory cell
  • Memory T cell
  • Mendelian Genetics
  • Mendelian inheritance
  • Menoxenia
  • Menstrual cycle
  • Menstruation
  • Meristem
  • Merkel disk receptor
  • Meroblastic cleavage
  • Merocrine gland
  • Merozoite
  • Mesocarnivore
  • Mesokaryotic
  • Mesophile
  • Mesophyll
  • Mesophyll layer
  • Mesophyte
  • Messenger ribonucleic acid
  • Meta-
  • Metabiosis
  • Metabole
  • Metabolic disorder
  • Metabolic pathway
  • Metabolic rate
  • Metabolic Water
  • Metabolism
  • Metabolite
  • Metacentric chromosome
  • Metachromasia
  • Metachromatic granules
  • Metakinesis
  • Metal
  • Metalloenzyme
  • Metameric
  • Metamerism
  • Metamorphism
  • Metamorphosis
  • Metamyelocyte
  • Metaphase
  • Metaphase I
  • Metaphase II
  • Metaphase plate
  • Metaphloem
  • Metaprotein
  • Metastasis
  • Metatherian mammal
  • Metaxylem
  • Metazoan
  • Methampyrone
  • Methanogen
  • Methanogenesis
  • Methanotroph
  • Methionine
  • Methodology
  • Methyl aldehyde
  • Methyl group
  • Mexican hat cell
  • Michaelis-menten hypothesis
  • Microaerophile
  • Microalgae
  • Microbe
  • Microbiology
  • Micrococcus luteus
  • Microelectrode
  • Microevolution
  • Microfibril
  • Microfilament
  • Microfilaria
  • Microhabitat
  • Microheterogeneity
  • Micrometer
  • Micromolecule
  • Micron
  • Micronucleus
  • Micronutrient
  • Microorganism
  • Microparasites
  • Microphagous
  • Microsatellite
  • Microscope
  • Microscopic
  • Microscopic anatomy
  • Microscopic section
  • Microsphere
  • Microspore
  • Microtome
  • Microtubule
  • Microtubule nucleation
  • Microtubule organizing center
  • Microtubule-associated protein
  • Microvillus
  • Microwave
  • Micturition reflex
  • Middle lamella
  • Midgut
  • Midrib
  • Midsagittal section
  • Midsternum
  • Migration
  • Milieu
  • Milieu interieur
  • Milk
  • Mill wheel murmur
  • Millepora alcicornis
  • Millons reagent
  • Millons test
  • Mim number
  • Mimicry
  • Mineral
  • Mineral soil
  • Mineralization
  • Mineralocorticoid
  • Miniature end plate potential
  • Minimum temperature
  • Minisatellite
  • Mint
  • Missense mutation
  • Mite
  • Mitigation
  • Mitochondrial DNA
  • Mitochondrial inheritance
  • Mitochondrion
  • Mitogen
  • Mitoplast
  • Mitosis
  • Mitospore
  • Mitotic phase
  • Mitotic spindle
  • Mitral valve
  • Mixotroph
  • Mobile
  • Mobilization
  • Moderator variable
  • Modern genetics
  • Modification
  • Modification enzyme
  • Modulation
  • Moiety
  • Moisture
  • Moisture content
  • Molar behaviour
  • Molar extinction coefficient
  • Molarity
  • Mole
  • Molecular behaviour
  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular chaperones
  • Molecular distillation
  • Molecular formula
  • Molecular genetics
  • Molecular mass
  • Molecular neuroscience
  • Molecular structure
  • Molecular weight ratio
  • Molecule
  • Monad
  • Monandrous
  • Mongolian fold
  • Monkey
  • Monoblast
  • Monoblastic
  • Monoclonal
  • Monoclonal antibody
  • Monocondylic skull
  • Monocot
  • Monocotyledon
  • Monocular vision
  • Monoculture
  • Monocyte
  • Monocytopenia
  • Monocytopoiesis
  • Monod-Wyman-Changeux model
  • Monogene
  • Monogenea
  • Monogenic disease
  • Monogenic inheritance
  • Monogenic trait
  • Monogenism
  • Monoglyceride
  • Monohybrid
  • Monohybrid cross
  • Monomorphic
  • Mononuclear leukocyte
  • Mononuclear phagocyte system
  • Mononucleate
  • Mononucleotide
  • Monophyletic
  • Monoploid
  • Monoploidy
  • Monosaccharide
  • Monosomy
  • Monospermy
  • Monotremata
  • Monotreme
  • Monotropa
  • Monounsaturated fat
  • Monounsaturated fatty acid
  • Monovalent
  • Monozygotic twins
  • Moon face
  • Moores lightning streaks
  • Moraxella bovis
  • Morners test
  • Morphological features
  • Morphology
  • Mortality
  • Mosaic
  • Mosaic disease
  • Mosaic egg
  • Mosaicism
  • Moss
  • Moss capsule
  • Moth
  • Mother
  • Mother cell
  • Motility
  • Motogen
  • Motor
  • Motor neuron
  • Motor point
  • Mount
  • Mounting
  • Mouth
  • Movable joint
  • Movement
  • Mri
  • MRNA
  • Mucilage
  • Mucin
  • Mucoid
  • Mucolipidosis
  • Mucopeptide
  • Mucor
  • Mucosa
  • Mucus
  • Mud
  • Mudfish
  • Mulch
  • Mule
  • Multicellularity
  • Multiparous
  • Multipennate muscle
  • Multiple alleles
  • Multiple fruit
  • Multiplication
  • Multiplicative growth
  • Multiply
  • Multipolar
  • Multipolar mitosis
  • Multipotent
  • Mung
  • Murein
  • Musci
  • Muscle
  • Muscle bundle
  • Muscle cell
  • Muscle contraction
  • Muscle fascicle
  • Muscle fatigue
  • Muscle plasma
  • Muscle plate
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Muscle spindle
  • Muscle tissue
  • Muscle tone
  • Muscle tonus
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Muscular system
  • Musculus biventer mandibulae
  • Mushroom
  • Mutagen
  • Mutagenesis
  • Mutant
  • Mutation
  • Muted tidal regime
  • Mutualism
  • Mutualistic symbiosis
  • Mycelium
  • Mycetes
  • Mycoplankton
  • Myelin
  • Myelinated nerve
  • Myelinated neuron
  • Myeloblast
  • Mylohyoid groove
  • Mylohyoid ridge
  • Myoblast
  • Myocardium
  • Myoepithelial cell
  • Myofilament
  • Myogenesis
  • Myoglobin
  • Myology
  • Myometrium
  • Myopia
  • Myosalpingitis
  • Myosin
  • Myosin atpase
  • Myosin filament
  • Myotenositis
  • Myriapoda
  • Mytilus edulis
  • Myxine
  • Myxoid degeneration
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