Life Science Glossary

Welcome to BioGlossary a life science glossary of over 3,700 definitions, and growing! Extensive collection in the following fields:

Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biophysics
Cell biology
Developmental biology
Ecology
Evolutionary biology
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular biology
Molecular genetics

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β galactosidase
anabolic
artificial selection
autozygosity
bias
boom and bust cycle
breakage-fusion-bridge cycle
carbohydrase
cardiac muscle cell
cerebral lupus
clonal deletion
coefficient of coincidence
combined gas law
combustion
Deionized Water
Denhardt's solution
density
deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate
discontinuous variation
exconjugant
gene activation
gene mutation
gliosis
Growth factor
heteroduplex DNA
ideal gas law
Identical twin
immune system
inhibitor constant
Ion-channel-linked receptors
isoenzymes
isokinetic dynamometer
law of definite proportions
Lysosome
Lytic
monoprotic acid
negative control
oxidation
percent concentration
percent yield
peripheral membrane protein
Phosphate group
Pleiotrophy
polygenic inheritance
positive control
potential energy
precipitate
pulse-chase experiment
Qualitative
Reverse Transcription
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Roundup-Ready
Sanger sequencing
Stokes' radius
strain
tandem duplication
Taq polymerase
Tay-Sach's disease
transgenic organism
Trihybrid cross
yolk sac

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