Search Results for: perfect
Perfect flower
Definition noun, plural: perfect flowers A flower with male and female reproductive parts Supplement Flowers may be... Read More
Imperfect flower
Definition noun, plural: imperfect flowers A flower with only one set of sexual reproductive structures Supplement Flowers... Read More
Perfect fungi
Definition noun A group of fungi that reproduce through asexual spores and sexually-produced spores Supplement Fungi are... Read More
Overview of Chirology
Psychodiagnostic Chirology (PDC) is a comprehensive diagnostic discipline applied by professional behavioral specialists in... Read More
Physiological adaptation
If we look over evolutionary history, we find that it’s neither the most genius and intelligent nor the strongest and the... Read More
Environmental resistance
Environmental Resistance Definition Environmental resistance is such a process in which certain different elements or... Read More
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo sapiens What are homo sapiens? Homo sapiens is the species of all the highly developed primates on earth, a category... Read More
Interspecific competition
Interspecific Competition Definition In Biology, competition is defined as the process that occurs among species that have... Read More
Phosphorylation
Phosphorylation Definition We can define phosphorylation as a biochemical process in which a phosphate molecule is added to... Read More
Tight junction
What are tight junctions? Tight junctions are the intercellular barrier between two neighboring endothelial and epithelial... Read More
Chemical reaction
Definition noun, plural: chemical reactions A process in which one or more substances (reactants) are chemically... Read More
Metabolism
Metabolism Definition What is metabolism in the body? Metabolism encompasses the various biochemical processes, reactions,... Read More
The biology of how the brain forgets
Our brain tends to forget things that we wish we would always remember. And yet, it cannot forget certain things we wish... Read More
Stringency
stringency (Science: molecular biology) reaction conditions, notably temperature, salt, and pH that dictate the annealing... Read More
Commensalism
Commensalism Definition What is commensalism? Literally, commensalism is a Latin word that means ‘to eat at the same... Read More
Digastric muscle
Digastric Definition The digastric muscle is a paired muscle located under the jaw, consisting of the anterior and... Read More
Reliability coefficient
Definition noun (statistics) A quantitative expression of the reliability or consistency in the measurement of test scores,... Read More
Types of Transplants
Submitted to biologyonline.com on March 7, 2009 Published by biologyonline.com on March 29, 2009 Transplants are... 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
Hermaphrodite
We all know that typically living organisms are divided into two main categories of sex-based on their biological structure.... Read More
New Zealand’s Unique Fauna
By: Maria Victoria Gonzaga In the previous lesson, we learned about the high biodiversity of New Zealand and how... Read More