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
abyssal zone
acid
acid-base reaction
acoelomate
additive genetic variance
algae
alveoli
anabolic
antagonistic muscles
apoplast
Archaea
area postrema
artificial selection
astrocytosis
axon
balanced polymorphism
bidirectional promoters
bilaterally symmetrical
biotic
blastocyst
body axis
boom and bust cycle
Branched DNA (bDNA) Assay
breakage-fusion-bridge cycle
breeding value
Brij-35
Bulked segregant analysis
bundle-sheath cell
C4 photosynthesis
Calcium
calcium ions
cAMP
carbohydrase
carbohydrate
cardiac muscle cell
Casparian strip
catabolic
cDNA library
cell culture
cell line
Cellular oncogene
cellular respiration
centrosome
cerebral lupus
chemiosmosis
chemoautotroph
chi-square test
chlorophyll A
chordata
chromoplast
chromosomal mutation
chromosome jumping
chromosome theory of inheritance
chromosome walking
cis-trans complementation test
Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence
clonal deletion
codominant allele
coefficient of coincidence
col plasmid
coligative properties
combined gas law
combustion
common ancestry
condensation
conditional-lethal mutation
continuous variation
convergent evolution
cotransduction
cpDNA
cytoplasm
cytoplasmic inheritance
cytosol
daltons law of partial pressures
Darwinian fitness
daughter cells
Deionized Water
Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC)
Denhardt's solution
density
deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate
desert
detritivore
detrivore
deuterostomes
development
Diabetes Insipidous
diffraction
discontinuous variation
dissolve
diurnal rhythm
dominant phenotype
electron carrier
ELISA
Endocrinology
endothermic reaction
energy
equilibrium
equilibrium constant (Keq)
Ethanol
exergonic reaction
exon shuffling
experimental design
Extinction
feasibility study
Fenton reaction
fitness (W)
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
force
founder effect
frequency histogram
gene activation
gene expression
Gene linkage
gene mutation
gene pool
gene variant
genetic polymorphism
Genetically engineered organism
genomic DNA
genomic library
germination
germplasm
gliosis
glycoprotein
Harada-Mori culture
heart rate
heterogeneous nuclear RNA
heterozygote advantage
histogram
homeologous chromosomes
homogeneous
Hybridization Protection Assay (HPA)
hydration shell
hydronium ion
ideal gas law
illegitimate recombination
independent assortment
inducer
industrial melanism
inflammatory mediators
inhibitor constant
innate behavior
integral proteins
interkinesis
invertebrate
isoenzymes
isokinetic dynamometer
joule
K antigen
karyokinesis
krebs cycle
lacZ
Lag phase
lateral inhibition
law
law of definite proportions
level of significance
Ligase chain reaction (LCR)
Limit of detection
linked gene
lymphocyte
lymphocyte proliferation
lymphopenia
Lysosome
Lytic
mass-action ratio
mean fitness of the population W(bar)
membrane
meroblastic cleavage
metabolic
metafemale
metaloid
Microbe
microorganism
migration
mode
mole ratio
monoprotic acid
MTHFR
Mullerian mimicry
mutation
N-end rule
NADPH
negative control
Nick translation
nucleoplasm
Occipital Lobe
Oncogenesis
one gene one protein
oogenesis
Opiates
order of operation
orthologous genes
osmolarity
outbreeding
oxidation
oxidative stress
parasexual cycle
parasite
pBR 322
percent concentration
percent yield
peripheral membrane protein
phagocytosis
phenotypic variance
Phosphate group
photoheterotroph
plant
plasmid suicide vector
plastid
Pleiotrophy
polar
polarity
polycistronic
polygenic inheritance
Polylinker
population density
positive control
post-transcriptional modification
potential energy
precipitate
Pribnow box
protostomes
pseudoallele
pull down assays
pulse-chase experiment
Qualitative
quantitative
R group
range
recombinant DNA technology
regression coefficient
replication
resolution
RFLP mapping
Rhizoids
scale
segregating population
selection differential
selective mutation
serotype
sex
sexual selection
signal hypothesis
solute
solvent
Somatic cell gene therapy
somatic-cell genetics
spermatogenesis
stabilizing selection
standard error of the mean
stem cell
Stokes' radius
strain
substance
Supernatant
surface tension
symplast
synapse
synthetic lethal screening
synthetic medium
t-DNA
tandem duplication
Taq polymerase
Tay-Sach's disease
temperature-sensitive mutant
Transcription Mediated Amplification (TMA)
transfection
transgenic organism
transmission genetics
Trihybrid cross
turgor pressure
two-point cross
Van der Waals dispersion force
vitelline membrane
Wahlund effect
WD40 repeat
weak electrolyte

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