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Unreferenced date December 2009 Membrane biology is the study of the Biology biological and Biochemistry physiochemical characteristics of Biological membrane membranes . DEFAULTSORT Membrane Biology Category Membrane biologyBiology stub ... more details
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Wiktionary biologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms. Biology may also refer to Biology The Unity and Diversity of Life , a college level textbook compiled by Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart Biology , a textbook by Neil Campbell scientist Neil Campbell , first published in 1987 Biology band , an American rock indie band Biology song Biology song , a song by Girls Aloud See also Biosciences disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
Infobox journal title RNA Biology cover Image RNA Biology cover.jpg 200 px discipline RNA abbreviation RNA Biol. editor Renee Schroeder publisher Landes Bioscience country history 2004 present frequency Quarterly impact 5.597 impact year 2010 website http www.landesbioscience.com journals rnabiology link1 http www.landesbioscience.com journals rnabiology archive link1 name Online archive ISSN 1547 6286 eISSN 1555 8584 LCCN 2003215637 OCLC 53480455 RNA Biology is a peer reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid RNA research. It is indexed for MEDLINE . The editor in chief is Renee Schroeder University of Vienna . Wikipedia initiative The journal launched a new section for descriptions of families of RNA molecules in December 2008 and requires contributing authors to also submit a draft article on the RNA family for publication in Wikipedia . The journal submits the draft article to peer review and then publish it in Wikipedia. This initiative is a collaboration between the journal and the consortium that produces the Rfam database of RNA families. ref cite journal doi 10.1038 news.2008.1312 title Publish in Wikipedia or perish year 2008 last1 Butler first1 Declan journal Nature journal Nature ref Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in columns list colwidth 30em MEDLINE PubMed Science Citation Index Expanded Biosis Previews Biological Abstracts According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 5.597. ref name WoS cite book year 2012 chapter RNA Biology title 2010 Journal Citation Reports publisher Thomson Reuters edition Science accessdate 2012 02 2 series Web of Science postscript . ref References Reflist External links Official http www.landesbioscience.com journals rnabiology Category RNA Category Biochemistry journals Category Landes Bioscience academic journals Category Quarterly journals Category Publications established in 2004 Category English language journals ... more details
Biology of Reproduction is a peer reviewed academic journal , and the official journal of the Society for the Study of Reproduction . It is published with the assistance of HighWire Press . External links official http www.biolreprod.org ISSN 0006 3363 eISSN 1529 7268 Category Developmental biology journals biology journal stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 A test is a term used to refer to the shell of sea urchin s, and also the shell of certain microorganisms, such as testate foraminifera and testate amoebae . See also Frustule Lorica biology DEFAULTSORT Test Biology Category Biology biology stub es Testa protista fr Test zoologie ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 Biological classification In biology , a tribe is a taxonomic rank between familybiologyfamily and genus . It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes . Some examples include the tribes Goat antelope Tribe Caprini Caprini , Acalypheae , Hominini , Bombini , and Antidesmeae . See also Biological classification Rank botany Rank zoology International Code of Botanical Nomenclature International Code of Zoological Nomenclature References reflist Taxonomic ranks Category Scientific classification rank16 Category Botanical nomenclature Tribe Category Plant taxonomy 1rank16 Category Zoological nomenclature rank16 Biology stub ar ba bg ca Tribu biologia cs Tribus de Tribus Biologie el es Tribu biolog a eo Tribo biologio eu Leinu biologia fa fr Tribu biologie gl Tribo biolox a ko hr Tribus id Tribus it Trib tassonomia he la Tribus taxinomia lt Triba hu Nemzets gcsoport rendszertan mk mt Trib bijolo ija nl Geslachtengroep ja no Tribus biologi nn Tribus nds Tribus pl Plemi biologia pt Tribo biologia ru scn Tribb biolugg a sk Tribus taxon mia fi Tribus sv Tribus tt tr Oymak taksonomi uk vi T ng sinh h c zh ... more details
Reproductive biology is a study mainly involving the reproductive system and sex organ s. It is closely related to reproductive endocrinology and infertility . biology stub Category Reproduction ... more details
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italictitle Infobox Journal cover discipline Biology abbreviation BMC Biol. website http www.biomedcentral.com bmcbiol publisher BioMed Central country United Kingdom UK ISSN 1471 7007 impact 5.64 BMC Biology is an online Open access publishing open access scientific journal that publishes original, peer review ed research in all fields of biology , together with opinion and comment articles. The journal is part of a series of BMC journals published by the UK based publisher BioMed Central . It is considered the flagship biology journal within the BMC series, and since 2010 has incorporated what was previously the separate Journal of Biology , which had been the premier BioMed Central journal. It published 88 research articles in 2009. BMC Biology is covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Zoological Record, CABI, Thomson Reuters ISI and Google Scholar. commonscat Images from BMC Biology Category BioMed Central academic journals Biologybiology journal stub ... more details
Infobox journal title Biology Letters cover Image Biology Letters cover.gif editor Brian Charlesworth discipline Biology abbreviation Biol. Lett. publisher Royal Society Publishing country United Kingdom frequency Bimonthly history 2005 present license impact 3.651 impact year 2010 website http rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org link1 link1 name link2 link2 name JSTOR OCLC LCCN CODEN ISSN 1744 9561 eISSN 1744 957X Biology Letters is a Peer review peer reviewed scientific journal . It was split off as a separate journal from the Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences in 2005 after having been published as a supplement. Originally it was published quarterly, but from 2007 it has been published bimonthly. The journal publishes short articles from across biology . The editor in chief is Brian Charlesworth . As of 2010, Biology Letters has an impact factor of 3.651 and is ranked 14th in Biology. Contents and themes All content is assigned to one of the following categories Animal behaviour , Biomechanics , Community ecology , Conservation, Evolutionary biology , Evolutionary developmental biology , Genomics Genome biology , Global Change Biology, Marine biology , Molecular evolution , Neurobiology , Palaeontology , Pathogen Biology, Physiology , Phylogeny , Population ecology , or Population genetics . The journal publishes research articles, opinion pieces, scientific meeting reports, comments, and invited reply articles. External links Official http rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org Category Biology journals Category Publications established in 2005 Category Bimonthly journals Category English language journals Category Royal Society biology journal stub ru Biology Letters sl Biology Letters ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A sequence in biology is the one dimensional ordering of monomer s, covalent bond covalently linked within a biopolymer it is also referred to as the primary structure of the biological macromolecule . See also Protein sequence DNA sequence Self incompatibility in plants List of geneticists Human Genome Project Dot plot bioinformatics Multiplex Ligation dependent Probe Amplification Sequence analysis DEFAULTSORT Sequence Biology Category Molecular biologyBiology stub fa fr S quence biologique ... more details
Biology of gender can have different meanings, depending on the meaning of gender. In medicine and biology it usually refers to the biology of sexual dimorphism sex differences in humans . sex determination and differentiation human . Biological causes of psychological differences. See Sex and psychology . Gender is sometimes understood as the social construct gender role and types of behavior associated with that, rather than sex which refers to biology. Disambiguation ... more details
A Civic Biology Presented in Problems usually referred to as just Civic Biology was a biology textbook written by George William Hunter , published in 1914. It is the book which the U.S. state state of Tennessee required high school teachers to use in 1925 and is best known for its section about evolution that was ruled by a local court to be in violation of the state Butler Act . It was for teaching from this textbook that John T. Scopes was brought to trial in Dayton, Tennessee in the Scopes Trial Scopes Monkey Trial . The views espoused in the book about evolution, race, and eugenics are common to American Progressives especially in the work of Charles Benedict Davenport , one of the most prominent American biologists of the early 20th century, whom Hunter cites in the book . Excerpts from the book give its general tone and approach to controversial topics regarding mankind blockquote Evolution of Man. Undoubtedly there once lived upon the earth races of men who were much lower in their mental organization than the present inhabitants. If we follow the early history of man upon the earth ... and are now meeting with some success in this country. blockquote New Civic Biology A revised edition ref George William Hunter, New Civic Biology Presented In Problems , New York American Book ... did mention natural selection page 383 , homology biology homology page 237 , Scientific classification ... Names in Biology pages 411 412 . This new edition contained an extended discussion of eugenics ... family and The Kallikak Family was advanced pages 398 399 . The section Parasitism and its ... page 251 . References references George William Hunter, A Civic Biology presented in problems ... books?id ylCAAAAIAAJ&printsec frontcover&dq intitle civic intitle biology inauthor hunter&lr &num ... ftrials scopes hunt192.htm Excerpts from Civic Biology includes two pages on evolution of man and races ... frontcover&dq civic biology Complete text presented by Google Books Category 1914 books Category ... more details
unreferenced stub date February 2011 Infobox journal title Current Biology cover Image CurrentBiologyCoverVol17Iss24.jpg editor Geoffrey North discipline Biology peer reviewed abbreviation Curr. Biol. publisher Cell Press country United States frequency 26 year history 1991 present openaccess After 12 months license impact 10.777 impact year 2008 website http www.current biology.com link1 http www.cell.com current biology archive link1 name Online access link2 link2 name RSS http www.cell.com rssFeed current biology rss.NewArticles.xml atom JSTOR OCLC 45113007 LCCN CODEN ISSN 0960 9822 eISSN boxwidth Current Biology is a scientific journal that covers all areas of biology , especially molecular biology , cell biology , genetics , neurobiology , ecology and evolutionary biology . The journal is published twice a month and includes peer review peer reviewed research articles, various types of review articles, as well as an editorial magazine section. Current Biology was founded in 1991 by the Current Science group, acquired by Elsevier in 1998 and has since 2001 been part of Cell Press , a subdivision of Elsevier. See also List of entomology journals Reed Elsevier Category Biology journals Category English language journals Category Cell Press academic journals Category Publications established in 1991 biology journal stub de Current Biology fr Current Biology ru Current Biology ja ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Algebraic biology applies the algebraic methods of symbolic computation to the study of biological problems, especially in genomics , proteomics , analysis of molecular structure s and study of gene s. References Michael P Barnett , Symbolic calculation in the life sciences trends and prospects, Algebraic Biology 2005 &ndash Computer Algebra in Biology , edited by H. Anai, K. Horimoto, Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, 2006. on line http www.princeton.edu allengrp ms annobib mb.pdf .pdf format University of Oxford Research interests Centre of mathematical biology. Oxford. updated 12 01 10 cited 15 12 11 available from http www.maths.ox.ac.uk groups mathematical biology research Further reading cite journal date 2005 11 10 title Symbolic Calculation in the Life Sciences &mdash Some Trends and Prospects author Michael P. Barnett journal Algebraic Biology format PDF url http www.princeton.edu allengrp ms annobib mb.pdf publisher Universal Academy Press, Inc. External links http www.risc.uni linz.ac.at about conferences ab2007 Algebraic Biology 2007 Conference on algebraic biology Category Mathematical and theoretical biology Category Algebra Biology stub ar ... more details
Infobox journal title PLoS Biology cover File PLoS Biology cover April 2009.svg 200px editor Jonathan Eisen discipline Biology abbreviation PLoS Biol. website http www.plosbiology.org publisher Public Library of Science country impact 12.916 impact year 2009 ISSN 1544 9173 eISSN 1545 7885 history 2003 present openaccess Yes license Creative Commons licenses Creative Commons Attribution License PLoS Biology is a Peer review peer reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology . Publication began on October 13, 2003. It was the first journal of the Public Library of Science . All content in PLoS Biology is published under the Creative Commons by attribution license. To fund the journal, the publication s business model requires that, in most cases, authors will pay publication costs. In addition to research articles, PLoS Biology publishes online e letters in which readers provide comments on articles. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 12.916, ranking it first in the category Biology . ref name WoS cite web url http isiwebofknowledge.com title Web of Science year 2010 accessdate 2011 03 24 ref Mike Taylor of Discover Magazine said in 2012 that while PLoS Biology has a high impact factor, PLoS has de emphasized this traditional, problematic measure, so you won t find this fact blazoned across their website. ref name Taylorsquelching ... Due to their free licensing, files from PLoS Biology can be reused in places other than the original ... a moa . gallery References Reflist External links Portal Biology Official website http www.plosbiology.org Commons category Images from PLoS Biology PLoS Biology PLoS DEFAULTSORT Plos Biology Category Biology journals Category Creative Commons licensed journals Category Publications established in 2003 Biology journal stub es PLoS Biology fr PLoS Biology pl PLoS Biology pt PLoS Biology ru PLoS Biology sl PLoS Biology ... more details
for the journal Matrix Biology journal Merge to Matrix biology date May 2010 Matrix biology is the study of the structure and function of the extracellular matrix ECM and its interactions with proximal Cell biology cells . Matrix biologists usually do both basic research into structure and cellular interactions of the ECM and applied research into how these parameters are altered in disease or other pathological states. Matrix biologists can thus specialise in a particular class of molecule collagen proteoglycans elastin integrins fibrillins matrix metalloproteinases Specialities can also be by the particular ECM under study cartilage skin bone tumours Many matrix biologists also work closely with medical specialists and specialise in a particular disease or pathology rheumatology studying the change in ECM in cartilage and synovium in joints from rheumatoid or osteoarthritis patients orthopedics studying pathological and traumatically injured cartilage and tendon oncology studying how tumours and other cancers grow new ECM, metastasise and invade ECM of other tissues orthodontics studying how bone remodels around teeth dermatology studying ECM involved in wound healing and disease states such as scleroderma There are many matrix biology societies who hold meetings regularly all over the world. These meetings generate a forum for matrix biologists to discuss common interests and form collaborations ISMB International Society for Matrix Biology ref http www.ismb.org ref ASMB American Society for Matrix Biology ref http www.asmb.net ASMB American Society for Matrix Biology Home Page Bot generated title ref MBSANZ Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand ref http www.matrix.org.au Matrix Biology Bot generated title ref BSMB British Society for Matrix Biology ref http www.bsmb.ac.uk Home Bot generated title ref External links references DEFAULTSORT Matrix Biology Category Cell biologybiology stub ja ... more details
italictitle Infobox Journal title Integrative Biology abbreviation Integr. Biol. discipline Biology editor Mina Bissell website http www.rsc.org Publishing Journals ib Index.asp publisher Royal Society of Chemistry country United Kingdom history 2008 present ISSN 1757 9694 eISSN 1757 9708 Integrative Biology is a peer review peer reviewed scientific journal , publishing original research original primary research and literature review review articles . Papers focus on the interface between biology and the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, imaging and informatics. Integrative Biology is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry RSC , a non profit organization not for profit publisher. Article types Integrative Biology publishes Research Papers original scientific work , Communications original scientific work of an urgent nature , and Review Articles, including Perspectives and Mini reviews feature review type articles of interest to a broad readership External links http www.rsc.org Publishing RSC Publishing homepage Category Biochemistry journals Category Publications established in 2008 Category Royal Society of Chemistry academic journals fr Integrative Biology ... more details
from space Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other Marine ocean marine or brackish water brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many scientific classification ... on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment biophysical environment rather than on taxonomy . Marine biology differs from ecology marine ecology as marine ecology is focused on how organisms interact with each other and the environment, and biology is the study of the organisms ... dynamics shoreline year 1986 ref Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic, including ... 98 foot length feet in length. The habitats studied by marine biology include everything from the tiny ... there are many sub fields of marine biology. Most involve studying specializations of particular ... biology studies the relationships between oceans and ocean life, and global warming and environmental ... material s. Related fields Marine biology is a branch of oceanography and is closely linked to biology ... partial offshoots of marine biology as well as environmental studies . Animals Birds Main ... , scale zoology scales , fin s, lip s, eye s and secretory cell biology cells that produce mucus ... phylum Ctenophora sea worm s including the phylum biology phyla Platyhelminthes , Nemertea , Annelida ... Steller s Sea Cow . Pinniped Seal s Family Phocidae , sea lion s Family Otariidae which also include the fur seals , and the Walrus Family Odobenidae are all considered pinniped s. The Sea Otter is a member of the Family Mustelidae , which includes weasel s and badger s. The Polar Bear Family ... attention in marine biology is focused on coral reefs and the El Ni o weather phenomenon. In 1998 ... An active research topic in marine biology is to discover and map the biological life cycle life ... life Water Div col cols 2 Acoustic ecology Bathymetry Oceanic climate Aquaculture Freshwater biology ... Glossary of ecology Index of biology articles Large marine ecosystem List of ecologists List of marine ... more details
Catagenesis is an archaic term from evolutionary biology referring to evolutionary directions that were considered wiktionary retrogressive retrogressive . It was a term used in contrast to anagenesis , which in present usage denotes the evolution of a single population into a new form without branching lines of descent. Cladogenesis is the term used for branching lines of descent i.e., when the evolutionary origin of a new form is not accompanied by the disappearance of the ancestral form. See also Portal Evolutionary biology Evolutionary biology References Reflist evolution DEFAULTSORT Catagenesis Biology Category Evolutionary biology evolution stub es Catag nesis kk ru tr Katagenez biyoloji uk ... more details
about Wetware relating to biological tools and parts Wetware disambiguation Orphan date April 2012 The term wetware is used to describe the protocols and molecular devices used in molecular biology and synthetic biology . Examples The National Science Foundation NSF funded Wiki project Open Wetware OWW provides and resource for reagent, project and laboratory notebook sharing. ref cite web url http openwetware.org wiki Main Page title Open Wetware OWW ref A somewhat related NSF consortium Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center SynBERC constructs and distributes wetware. ref cite web url http synberc.org title NSF SynBERC ref References references Category Molecular biology Category Synthetic biology ... more details
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