Search Results for: character
Characteristic
Characteristics Definition We can define characteristics as qualities or features that describe the distinctive nature or... Read More
Discrete character
Discrete character --> denumerable character classifiable character that is also countable (e.g., number of progeny,... Read More
Dominant character
Definition noun (genetics) An inherited trait that results from the expression of the dominant allele over the recessive... Read More
Law of Unit Characters
Definition noun (genetics) A Mendelian law which states that every genetic character of an organism is controlled by unit... Read More
Heterochrony
Definition noun, plural: heterochronies Refers to the rate of morphological transformations accomplish by the developmental... Read More
Hypomelanism
All the body cells of living organisms bear some color due to one or the other pigment molecule or complex. The pigment can... Read More
Polygenic trait
Polygenic Trait Definition Polygenic trait refers to a trait that is controlled by multiple non-allelic genes. These genes... Read More
Natural selection
Natural Selection Definition What is natural selection in biology? Natural selection is defined as a process in nature... Read More
Mendel’s laws: definitions
Genetics - a branch of biology that deals with the study of heredity and variations Variations - differences amongst the... Read More
Dichotomous
Several English words are widely used across different fields of Science. One such term is dichotomous. We often use this... Read More
Appearance
Appearance 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance... Read More
Genetic Information and Protein Synthesis
Genetic Code Genes are sequences of DNA nucleotides that carry and transmit the information specifying amino acid sequences... Read More
Law of Segregation
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance The father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, reported his findings in 1860 that initially were... Read More
Synapomorphy
Definition noun, plural: synapomorphies An advance character state shared among two or more taxa inherited from the most... Read More
Embryology
Embryology Definition Embryology is a branch of biology that deals with the topics concerning gamete formation... Read More
Spinnbarkeit
spinnbarkeit The stringy, elastic character of cervical mucus during the ovulatory period; in contrast to other times in the... Read More
Lignification
(Science: botany) a change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an... Read More
Anthropography
Anthropography That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different... Read More
Homeoplasia
Homeoplasia The formation of new tissue of the same character as that already existing in the part. Synonym:... Read More
Punnett Square
Punnett Square Definition A tool that helps to show all possible allelic combinations of gametes in a cross of parents with... Read More
Prognathous
prognathous (Science: anatomy) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; opposed to orthognathous. See... Read More
Base-pairing rule
Base-pairing Rules Definition The base-pairing rules are rules that apply during the pairing between one purine and one... Read More
Microscopic section
microscopic section --> section 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies. 2. A part... Read More
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential Definition An inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a type of synaptic potential. It is... Read More
Ionic bond
Definition noun plural: ionic bonds A type of chemical bond in which atoms, ions, or molecules are held together by... Read More
Systema Naturae
Definition noun A book of binomial nomenclature introduced by a Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolous... Read More
Polyphyletic
Definition adjective Taxonomic groups that have similar character states that descends from one or more ancestral... Read More