Biology basic topics

These should be the most basic topics in the field--topics about which we'd like to have articles soon. Please see the most basic encyclopedia article topics for general instructions on constructing this list, and consult complete list of encyclopedia topics.

Structured list :

• unsorted topics : Adaptive radiation -- Allele -- Antibiotic -- Apoptosis -- Asexual reproduction -- Biodiversity -- Colony -- Culture -- Ecology -- Genotype -- Genus? -- [Growth curve]? -- Hybridization? -- Life -- Metabolism -- Microbe -- Population -- Sexual reproduction -- Species -- Trait
• organisms
  • viruses : DNA viruses -- RNA viruses -- Retroviruses
  • prokaryotes : bacteria
  • eukaryotes : fungi -- plants -- animals
  • archaebacteria? -- eubacteria -- protista (protozoa) -- fungi -- plantae -- animalia (metazoa?)
• the cell (cell biology)
  • components : proteins -- enzymes -- amino acids -- lipids
• organelles etc.
  • membranes : plasma membrane -- [mitochondrial membrane]? -- receptors?
  • ribosomes -- endoplasmic reticulum -- Golgi apparatus -- nucleus -- cytoplasm -- vacuole -- vesicle -- mitochondrion -- endomembrane system -- lysosome -- peroxisome -- chloroplast
• genetics : haploid -- diploid -- homozygote -- heterozygote -- DNA -- RNA -- transcription -- translation -- [transcriptional regulation]? -- plasmid -- chromosome -- [DNA replication]? -- [genetic regulation]? -- promoter -- enhancer? -- mutation -- allele -- locus -- genotype -- phenotype -- Mendelian inheritance -- genetic code -- gene -- nucleosome -- histone
• cellular reproduction : mitosis -- meiosis -- centromer
• developmental biology : embryo? -- gamete -- morphogenesis -- Drosophila?
• Immunology : Cancer -- Antibody -- Host -- Vaccine
• Biochemistry : protein biosynthesis -- [cellular respiration]? -- Citric acid cycle -- photosynthesis -- Phospholipid -- Polysaccharide -- Prion -- signal transduction -- Proteolysis
• lab techniques : PCR -- [PCR mutagenesis]? -- Primer -- chromosome walking -- RFLP -- restriction enzyme -- sequencing -- cloning
• biologists : Charles Robert Darwin -- Alfred Russel Wallace -- Jean Lamarck -- Sir Charles Lyell -- Alexander Fleming -- Robert Koch -- Konrad Lorenz -- Ernst Haeckel -- [Theodor Bilharz]? -- Marcello Malpighi -- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek -- [Thomas Malthus]? -- Jenner? -- Carolus Linnaeus -- [Sewall Wright]? -- Louis Pasteur -- Gregor Mendel -- James Watson -- Francis Crick -- Kary Mullis -- [Craig Venter]?
• organs / tissues and cell types : neuron -- eye -- [blood cell]? -- [skin cell]? -- [muscle cell]? -- [immune cell]? -- Joint? -- stem cell -- brain -- liver -- kidney -- heart? -- Bone -- lung?
• Biology Divisions : Anatomy -- Biochemistry -- Biophysics? -- Bioinformatics -- Biotechnology -- Botany -- [Cell Biology]? -- Ecology -- Evolution -- Genetics -- Immunology -- [Marine Biology]? -- Microbiology -- Molecular Biology -- Mycology? -- Neuroscience -- Palaeontology? -- Parasitology? -- Photobiology? -- Phycology? -- Physiology -- [Plant physiology]? -- Radiobiology? -- [Structural biology]? -- Taxonomy -- [Theoretical biology]? -- Virology? -- Zoology

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