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Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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solarization

Biology; Ecology

Covering planting beds with plastic sheets during the summer in order to control weeds.

hemoglobin

Biology; Ecology

The iron-bearing protein/pigment in red blood cells that tranports oxygen to the cells.

mutation

Biology; Ecology

Change in the structure of a gene or chromosome due to a biochemical replication error.

atomic weight

Biology; Ecology

The weighted average of the masses of naturally occurring isotopes of a given element.

golgi apparatus

Biology; Ecology

A cell organelle that wraps proteins in vesicle packages for shipment outside the cell.

radicle

Biology; Ecology

The root of a plant embryo; the first part of a seedling to emerge during germination.

rubisco

Biology; Ecology

The protein that fixes carbon during photosynthesis. The most common protein on earth.