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• Taste
  ...a.org/wiki/G_protein-coupled_receptors G protein-coupled receptors] on the cell membranes of taste buds. Saltiness and sourness are [[perceived]] when [htt [[Category: Biology]]
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• Healing
  '''Healing''', assessed physically, is the process by which the [[Cell (biology)|cells]] in the [[body]] regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a dama In order for an injury to be healed by regeneration, the cell type that was destroyed must be able to replicate. Most cells have this abi
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• Animals
  ...are also distinguished from [[plants]], algae, and fungi by lacking rigid cell walls. All animals are motile, if only at certain [[life]] [[stages]]. In m ...cellular organisms, like [[plants]] and fungi, have cells held in place by cell walls, and so develop by [[progressive]] [[growth]]. Also, unique to animal
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• Promiscuity
  .... The [[transfer]] of [[DNA]] segments between genomes within a eukaryotic cell, e.g. between mitochondria and chloroplasts or between an organelle and the ...le pair bonds but still mate with other individuals outside the pair. In [[biology]], incidents of promiscuity in species that form pair bonds are usually cal
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• Sexuality
  ...ng zygote develops into an embryo, while the triploid endosperm (one sperm cell plus two female cells) and female tissues of the ovule give rise to the sur ...al vesicle, a small gland that is located just behind the bladder. A sperm cell is motile and swims via [[chemotaxis]], using its flagellum to propel itsel
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• Neuroscience
  ...angeably with neuroscience, although the former refers specifically to the biology of the nervous system, whereas the latter refers to the entire science of t ...h]] still uses the Brodmann cytoarchitectonic (referring to [[study]] of [[cell]] [[structure]]) anatomical definitions from this era in continuing to show
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• Neural Network
  ..., i.e., [[potentials]] at the post-synaptic membrane will summate in the [[cell]] [[body]]. Later models also provided for excitatory and inhibitory synapt ...forms]], can also yield important [[insights]] in the working of several [[cell]] assemblies. Similarly, simulations of dysfunctional neurotransmitters in
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• Genetic Engineering
  ...re the DNA is coated with molecules such as gold and fired directly into a cell. Other more complex methods, such as bacterial transformation or using viru ...the function of a gene. It is used especially frequently in developmental biology. A knockout experiment involves the creation and manipulation of a DNA cons
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• Matrix
  In [[biology]], '''matrix''' (plural: matrices) is the material (or tissue) in [[animal] ...Also: the ground substance in which structural elements (e.g. of a shell, cell wall, etc.) are embedded.
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• Evolution
  ..., '''evolution''' is the change in the [[heritability|inherited]] [[trait (biology)|traits]] of a [[population]] from generation to generation. These traits a ...|predictive]] theory has become the central organizing principle of modern biology, providing a unifying explanation for the [[biodiversity|diversity of life]
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• Eugenics
  ...is can be the case for genes with a heterozygote advantage, such as sickle cell anemia or Tay-Sachs disease, which in their heterozygote form may offer an *H. L. Kaye, ''The social meaning of modern biology'' 1987, New Haven, CT Yale University Press. (p. 46)
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• Author
  ...e was not intimately involved with. In a prominent case, an American stem cell researcher had his name listed on paper that was later revealed to be fraud ...ned in the author disclosure statement for the [[American Journal of Human Biology]][https://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/37873/ForAuthors.html]
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• Brain
  ...random, fraction of neurons, but stains them in their entirety, including cell body, dendrites, and axon. Without such a stain, brain tissue under a micr ...utte A (2003). "The segmented Urbilateria: A testable scenario.". Int Comp Biology 43: 137–47. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.137. [https://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi
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• Life Extension
  ...ing therapeutic cloning] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell stem cell] [[research]] could one day provide a way to generate [[cells]], [[body]] p ...[[religious]] teachings or [[ethical]] considerations. Proponents of stem cell research point out that cells are routinely formed and destroyed in a varie
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• Stress
  '''Stress''' is a [[Biology|biological]] term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a [[hu The [[locus ceruleus]] and other noradrenergic cell groups of the [[adrenal medulla]] and pons, collectively known as the Norep
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• Nature
  ...n of life is characterized by [[Organism|organization]], [[metabolism]], [[cell growth|growth]], [[adaptation]], response to [[stimulus (physiology)|stimul ...pecies appearing and others ceasing to exist on a continual basis.[https://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap4.html] Website based on the contents of the book: Persp
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• Communication
  ...y]], but we also know about, [[Cell signaling]], [[Cellular communication (biology)]], [[chemical communication]] between primitive organisms like [[bacteria
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• Chapter 10/Amnesia Factor
  science of biology certifies that all cells replicate (mitosis), or divide known that every cell in the human body changes at least once
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• Human Being
  == Biology == ...[[eukaryote|eukaryotic]] species. Each [[ploidy|diploid]] [[cell (biology)|cell]] has two sets of 23 [[chromosome]]s, each set received from one parent. Th
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• Race2
  ...use of the term "race" itself must be analyzed. Moreover, they argue that biology will not explain why or how people use the idea of race: history and social ...(Sider 1996; see also Fields 1990). The differences have little to do with biology and far more to do with the history of [[racism]] and specific forms of [[W
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