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Scientists brought dead pig brain partly back to life
Death is inevitable to any entity that has life. When there is a beginning there ought to be an end. However, the recent... Read More
Human milk oligosaccharide
Definition noun plural: human milk oligosaccharides An oligosaccharide that occurs in high concentrations and exclusively... Read More
Gastric chief cell
Definition noun, plural: gastric chief cells An epithelial cell that is found mainly in the mucosal layer of the stomach... Read More
Balantidium coli
Definition noun A parasitic ciliate belonging to the family Balantiididae, and the causative agent of the balantidiasis... Read More
Flehmen response
Definition noun A behavior in certain animals wherein the animal curls back the upper lip thereby exposing the front teeth,... Read More
Omnivorous diet
Definition noun A type of diet in which both animal and plant matter are the main food source Supplement An omnivorous diet... Read More
Phenotypic ratio
Phenotypic Ratio Definition How would one define phenotypic ratio? The correlation between the amount of offspring that... Read More
Divergent evolution
Divergent Evolution Definition Divergent evolution refers to the process by which interbreeding species diverged into two... Read More
Trophic level
In ecology, a trophic level pertains to a position in a food chain or ecological pyramid occupied by a group of organisms... Read More
Food chain
Everything is a cycle in life. The way organisms consume their food also follows a cycle. This is usually described as the... Read More
Humans are Omnivores – Evidence
A number of popular myths about vegetarianism sprung with no scientific basis. One example of such a myth is that man is... Read More
Vasopressin
Definition noun, plural: vasopressins An antidiuretic peptide hormone produced by the magnocellular and the parvocellular... Read More
Taenia solium
Definition noun A tapeworm species of class Cestoda, and is commonly known as the pork tapeworm Supplement Taenia solium... Read More
Major histocompatibility complex
Definition noun A cluster of genes on a particular chromosome that specify major histocompatibility... Read More
Nonapeptide
Definition noun, plural: nonapeptides An oligopeptide comprised of nine amino acid residues Supplement Peptides are monomers... Read More
Morphology
Morphology Definition Morphology means the study of the shape and structure of living things from a biological perspective.... Read More
Necatoriasis
Definition noun (parasitology) Infestation with Necator hookworms Supplement Necatoriasis is an infestation (or infection)... Read More
Intermediate host
Intermediate Host Definition When looking at the relationships amongst different biological members of our biosphere, we... Read More