Portal:Biology/Major topics

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style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | History

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | History of biology | timeline of biology and organic chemistry | history of ecology | history of evolutionary thought | history of geology | history of model organisms | history of molecular biology | history of paleontology

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Overview

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Biology | science | life | properties (adaptationenergy processinggrowthorderregulationreproduction, and response to environment) | hierarchy of life (atommoleculeorganellecelltissueorganorgan systemorganismpopulationcommunityecosystembiosphere) | reductionistic | emergent property | mechanistic | scientific method | theory | law | peer review | biology journals

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Chemical basis

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Matter | elements | compounds | atoms | molecules | chemical bonds | carbon | organic compounds | macromolecules | carbohydrate | protein | protein structure | protein folding | lipid | DNA | RNA

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Cells

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Prokaryote | eukaryote | cell wall | cell membrane | cytoskeleton | mitochondrion | chloroplast | nucleus | endoplasmic reticulum | Golgi apparatus | cell cycle | mitosis | metabolism | cell signaling | protein targeting | metabolism | enzyme | glycolysis | citric acid cycle | electron transport chain | oxidative phosphorylation |photosynthesis |meiosis  | mitosis

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Genetics (Intro)

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Classical genetics | mendelian inheritance | gene | phenotype | genotype | ploidy | alternation of generations | molecular genetics | gene expression | gene regulation | genome | karyotype | DNA replication | transcription | translation | recombination | chromosome | epigenetics | splicing | mutation | genetic fingerprint | chromatin | ecological genetics | population genetics | quantitative genetics

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Evolution (Intro)

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |  | omne vivum ex ovo | Natural selection | genetic drift | sexual selection | speciation | mutation | gene flow | evolution of sex | biogeography | cladistics | species | extinction | tree of life | phylogenies | three-domain system

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Diversity

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Bacteria | archaea | plants | angiosperms | fungi | protists | Animals | deuterostome | insects | molluscs | nematodes | parasitism | Primate | mammal | vertebrate | craniata | chordate | viruses

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Plant form and function

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Epidermis | flower | ground tissue  | leaf | phloem | plant stem | root | shoot | vascular plant | vascular tissue | xylem

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Animal form and function

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Tissues | fertilization | embryogenesis | gastrulation | neurulation | organogenesis | differentiation | morphogenesis | metamorphosis | ontogeny  | Development | senescence  | reproduction | oogenesis | spermatogenesis

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Ecology

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Ecosystem | biomass | food chain | indicator species | habitat | species distribution | Gaia theory | metapopulation  | life cycle | Life history | altricial - precocial | sex ratio | altruism | cooperation - foraging | learning | parental care | sexual conflict | territoriality | biosphere | climate change | conservation | biodiversity | nature reserve | edge effect | allee effect | corridor | fragmentation | pollution | invasive species | in situ - ex situ | seedbank

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Research methods

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Laboratory techniques | Genetic engineering | transformation | gel electrophoresis | chromatography | centrifugation | cell culture | DNA sequencing | DNA microarray | green fluorescent protein | vector | enzyme assay | protein purification | Western blot | Northern blot | Southern blot | restriction enzyme | polymerase chain reaction | two-hybrid screening | in vivo - in vitro - in silico | Field techniques | Belt transect | mark and recapture | species discovery curve

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Branches

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Anatomy | biotechnology | botany | cell biology | ecology | evolutionary biology | genetics | marine biology | microbiology | molecular biology | mycology | neuroscience | paleontology | phycology | physiology | protistology | virology | zoology

style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Awards

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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