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Sexual selection
What is Sexual Selection? The definition of sexual selection is very interesting in biological terms. The sexual selection... Read More
Inbreeding
Inbreeding is a type of breeding or mating where closely related individuals with a common ancestor produce progenies with... Read More
Non Random Mating
Mating that has not occurred due to chance, and therefore has had human interference. ex. people who look alike mate more... Read More
Allopatric speciation
We can define speciation as a process by which the novel genetically independent group of organisms are formed through the... Read More
Parthenogenesis
To reproduce, by definition, means to produce new offspring. The process is referred to as reproduction, which is one of the... Read More
Hermaphrodite
We all know that typically living organisms are divided into two main categories of sex-based on their biological structure.... Read More
Inbred strain
Definition noun, plural: inbred strains A strain of animal or plant that has undergone an inbreeding strategy (e.g. brother... Read More
Hybridization
Definition noun, plural: hybridizations (reproductive biology) The act or process of mating organisms of different... Read More
Fragmentation
Fragmentation Definition What is fragmentation? In general, fragmentation refers to the state or the process of breaking... Read More
Conjugation
Conjugation generally means the joining or coming together (union), such as in certain unicellular organisms (some bacteria,... Read More
Asexual reproduction
Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Definition noun A principle stating that both allele and genotype frequencies in a randomly-mating population remain... Read More
Reproduction
Reproduction Definition Reproduction is a biological phenomenon of producing offspring/s. i.e. more of its kind. Depending... Read More
The Gene Pool and Population Genetics
Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D. The previous tutorial is about adaptive radiation. Adaptive radiation is... Read More
The Amazing Spider Dads
Humans are not the only fathers capable of giving it all for the sake of their progeny. The animal kingdom is teeming with... Read More
Thanatosis – Faking Death To Escape Doom
Thanatosis -- pretending to be dead -- is one of the best strategies that certain wild animals came up with in order to... Read More
Genetic equilibrium
Definition noun A condition where a gene pool is not changing in frequency because the evolutionary forces acting upon the... Read More
Hardy-Weinberg law
Definition noun A principle stating that both allele and genotype frequencies in a randomly-mating population remain... Read More
Hardy-Weinberg principle
Definition noun A principle stating that both allele and genotype frequencies in a randomly-mating population remain... Read More
What is a species? Definition of species, different approaches
What is the definition of species? What does it take to be considered as a species? Ever since there has been an array of... Read More
Reproductive system
What is the Reproductive System? The reproductive system of an organism is the biological system made up of all the... Read More
Crossbreed
Definition noun, plural: crossbreeds The offspring of two purebred individuals from different varieties or breeds verb (1)... Read More
Crossbreeding
Definition noun The act or process of producing offspring by mating purebred individuals of different breeds or... Read More
SENI Biometric Analysis on the extinct Scincidae species: Macroscincus coctei (underlined)
Brian L. Schnirel Leeway Corucia Research Center (LCRC) Courtesy: Polyphemos (2004) Introduction: It has been... Read More
Natural selection
Natural Selection Definition What is natural selection in biology? Natural selection is defined as a process in nature... Read More
Imprinting
What does imprinting mean? Have you watched the TV cartoon show “Tom and Jerry” with an episode of a duck and its... Read More
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction involving the fusion of haploid female gamete (egg cell) and haploid male... Read More
Equilibrium
Equilibrium Definition In Biology Equilibrium refers to the state of balance and stability. In biology, equilibrium is... Read More
Darwinian fitness
Darwinian Fitness Definition Darwinian fitness refers to the measure of an individual organism's or genotype's reproductive... Read More
Interspecific competition
Interspecific Competition Definition In Biology, competition is defined as the process that occurs among species that have... Read More
Hfr bacterium
Definition noun, plural: Hfr bacteria A bacterium that possesses the F factor integrated into the bacterial genome, hence,... Read More
Hfr strain
Definition noun A strain of bacterial that possesses the F factor integrated into the bacterial genome, hence, when it... Read More