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Quota 1,200 articles.
Total 1,045 articles.
Class | #Articles |
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FA | 13 |
GA | 98 |
B | 255 |
C | 474 |
FFA | 9 |
DGA | 14 |
FFAC | 1 |
FGAN | 17 |
Start | 199 |
Stub | 6 |
PR | 57 |
ITN | 11 |
Biology basics
This section contains 70 articles.
Anatomy and morphology
This section contains 332 articles. For anatomy and physiology articles specific to or mostly about human anatomy, see Medical basics -- Human anatomy.
Basic anatomy
This section contains 16 articles.
Animal anatomy and morphology
This section contains 261 articles.
- Head (Level 4)
- Neck
- Thorax (Level 4)
- Digit (anatomy)
- Abdomen (Level 4)
- Buttocks
- Body fluid
- Beak
- Claw
- Fin
- Gland
- Tail
Circulatory system
This section contains 29 articles.
- Circulatory system (Level 3)
- Blood (Level 3)
- Blood vessel
- Endothelium
- Heart (Level 3)
- Lymphatic system (Level 4)
- Spleen (Level 4)
- Blood–brain barrier
Endocrine system
This section contains 7 articles.
Gastrointestinal tract
This section contains 25 articles.
- Mouth (Level 4)
- Esophagus (Level 4)
- Throat
- Pharynx
- Feces
- Liver (Level 3)
- Gallbladder
- Appendix (anatomy)
- Large intestine (Level 4)
- Small intestine (Level 4)
- Pancreas (Level 4)
- Stomach (Level 4)
Immune system
This section contains 9 articles.
- Immune system (Level 3)
- Antibody (Level 4)
- Antigen
- B cell
- Dendritic cell
- Macrophage
- Natural killer cell
- T cell
- Thymus
Integumentary system
This section contains 13 articles.
- Integumentary system (Level 4)
- Breast (Level 4)
- Feather (Level 4)
- Fingerprint (Level 4)
- Fur (Level 4)
- Hair (Level 4)
- Nail (anatomy) (Level 4)
- Scale (zoology) (Level 4)
- Skin (Level 3)
Muscular system
This section contains 6 articles.
- Muscular system (Level 4)
- Cardiac muscle
- Muscle cell (Level 4)
- Sarcomere (Level 4)
- Skeletal muscle (Level 3)
- Smooth muscle
Nervous system
This section contains 77 articles.
- Nervous system (Level 3)
- Antenna (biology)
- Brain (Level 3)
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Glia
- Nerve
- Neuron (Level 4)
- Spinal cord (Level 4)
- Autonomic nervous system
- Sensory nervous system (Level 4)
- Auditory system (Level 4)
- Taste (Level 4)
- Olfactory system (Level 4)
- Somatosensory system (Level 4)
- Visual system (Level 4)
Reproductive system
This section contains 18 articles.
Respiratory system
This section contains 8 articles.
Skeletal system
This section contains 35 articles.
- Skeleton (Level 3)
- Bone (Level 3)
- Antler
- Carpal bones
- Clavicle
- Femur
- Fibula
- Horn (anatomy)
- Humerus
- Hyoid bone
- Jaw (Level 4)
- Joint (Level 4)
- Maxilla
- Metacarpal bones
- Metatarsal bones
- Patella
- Pelvis (Level 4)
- Phalanx bone
- Radius (bone)
- Rib
- Sacrum
- Scapula
- Skull (Level 4)
- Sternum
- Tarsus (skeleton)
- Tibia
- Ulna
- Vertebral column (Level 4)
- Exoskeleton
- Mollusc shell
Tissues
This section contains 11 articles.
Urinary system
This section contains 7 articles.
Plant anatomy and morphology
This section contains 48 articles.
Plant anatomy and morphology: General
This section contains 32 articles.
- Plant anatomy (Level 4)
- Plant morphology (Level 4)
- Plant nutrition
- Bulb
- Flower (Level 3)
- Fruit (Level 3)
- Herbaceous plant
- Leaf (Level 4)
- Rhizome
- Root (Level 4)
- Seed (Level 3)
- Seedling
- Shrub (Level 4)
- Stolon
- Stoma (Level 4)
- Strobilus
- Tree (Level 3)
- Tuber
- Vine
Plant stem
This section contains 8 articles.
- Plant stem (Level 4)
- Bark (botany) (Level 4)
- Branch
- Cortex (botany)
- Pith
- Stele (biology)
- Trunk (botany) (Level 4)
- Twig
Plant tissues
This section contains 8 articles.
Fungal morphology and anatomy
This section contains 7 articles.
Biological processes and physiology
This section contains 127 articles.
Basics
This section contains 50 articles.
- Physiology (Level 3)
- Chemosynthesis
- Circadian rhythm (Level 4)
- Digestion (Level 3)
- Excretion (Level 4)
- Healing
- Homeostasis
- Metabolism (Level 3)
- Muscle contraction (Level 4)
- Photosynthesis (Level 3)
- Respiration (physiology) (Level 4)
- Thermoregulation (Level 4)
- Transpiration (Level 4)
Development
This section contains 2 articles.
Animal ontogeny
This section contains 15 articles.
- Cuticle (Level 4)
- Embryo (Level 4)
- Embryology
- Fetus (Level 4)
- Imago (Level 4)
- Larva (Level 4)
- Longevity (Level 4)
- Metamorphosis (Level 4)
- Moulting (Level 4)
- Nymph (biology) (Level 4)
- Ontogeny (Level 4)
- Puberty (Level 4)
- Pupa (Level 4)
- Tadpole (Level 4)
- Umbilical cord
Biological reproduction
This section contains 11 articles.
- Reproduction (Level 3)
- Asexual reproduction (Level 4)
- Sex (Level 3)
- Gamete
- Germline
- Microbial cyst (Level 4)
- Spore (Level 4)
Animal reproduction
This section contains 19 articles.
- Egg (Level 4)
- Birth (Level 4)
- Lactation
- Pregnancy (mammals)
- Pregnancy in fish
- Semen (Level 4)
- Sperm (Level 4)
- Animal embryonic development
Human reproduction
This section contains 17 articles.
Plant reproduction
This section contains 13 articles.
Biochemistry and molecular biology
This section contains 169 articles.
Biochemistry
This section contains 133 articles.
Alkaloids
This section contains 5 articles.
Biological pigments
This section contains 7 articles.
Carbohydrates
This section contains 19 articles.
Hormones
This section contains 30 articles.
- Hormone (Level 3)
- Adrenaline (Level 4)
- Androgen
- Aldosterone
- Cortisol
- Dopamine (Level 4)
- Endorphins
- Estrogen (Level 4)
- Glucocorticoid
- Growth hormone
- Insulin (Level 4)
- Leptin
- Melatonin
- Oxytocin (Level 4)
- Progestogen
- Secretin
- Thyroid hormones
- Vasopressin
- Plant hormone (Level 4)
Lipids
This section contains 8 articles.
Nucleic acids
This section contains 15 articles.
Neurotransmitters
This section contains 5 articles.
Proteins
This section contains 37 articles.
- Protein (Level 3)
- Amino acid (Level 4)
- Collagen
- Enzyme (Level 4)
- Glycoprotein
- Hemoglobin (Level 4)
- Histone
- Keratin
- Peptide
- Peptidoglycan
- Protein (nutrient) (Level 4)
- Protein biosynthesis
- Protein structure
- Proteome
- Gluten
Steroids
This section contains 3 articles.
Molecular biology
This section contains 36 articles.
- Molecular biology (Level 3)
- Gene expression (Level 4)
- Central dogma of molecular biology
- Genetic code (Level 4)
- DNA replication (Level 4)
- DNA repair
- Transposable element
- Non-coding DNA
- Transcription (biology) (Level 4)
- Post-transcriptional modification
- Translation (biology) (Level 4)
- Post-translational modification
- Regulation of gene expression
- Non-coding RNA
- Reverse transcriptase
- Restriction enzyme
- Cloning vector
- Expression vector
Zoology
This section contains 56 articles.
Basics
This section contains 12 articles.
Ethology
This section contains 44 articles.
Botany
This section contains 10 articles.
Cell biology
This section contains 80 articles.
Basics
This section contains 1 article.
Cell processes
This section contains 33 articles.
- Cell death
- Cell signaling (Level 4)
- Cellular differentiation
- Cellular respiration (Level 4)
- Fermentation (Level 4)
- Membrane transport
- Protein targeting
Cellular division
This section contains 5 articles.
- Cell cycle (Level 4)
- Fission (biology) (Level 4)
- Meiosis (Level 4)
- Mitosis (Level 4)
- Plasmid (Level 4)
Cell parts
This section contains 16 articles.
- Cell (biology) (Level 2)
- Cell junction
- Cell membrane (Level 4)
- Cilium
- Cytoplasm (Level 4)
- Cytoskeleton (Level 4)
- Flagellum (Level 4)
- Symbiogenesis (Level 4)
Organelles
This section contains 18 articles.
- Organelle (Level 4)
- Endomembrane system
- Cell nucleus (Level 4)
- Centriole (Level 4)
- Endoplasmic reticulum (Level 4)
- Golgi apparatus (Level 4)
- Lysosome (Level 4)
- Mitochondrion (Level 4)
- Peroxisome
- Proteasome
- Ribosome (Level 4)
- Vacuole (Level 4)
- Vesicle (biology and chemistry)
Plant cells
This section contains 7 articles.
Ecology
This section contains 62 articles.
- Ecology (Level 2)
- Autotroph
- Biome (Level 4)
- Biodiversity (Level 3)
- Biogeography
- Biogeographic realm
- Bioindicator
- Biological dispersal
- Biological interaction
- Biological life cycle
- Biomagnification
- Biosphere (Level 4)
- Carrying capacity
- Community (ecology)
- Conservation biology
- Detritivore
- Decomposer
- Disturbance (ecology)
- Ecological niche (Level 4)
- Ecological resilience
- Ecological succession
- Ecosystem (Level 3)
- Ecosystem collapse
- Ecosystem model
- Ecosystem service
- Endangered species (Level 4)
- Endemism
- Energy flow (ecology)
- Extinction (Level 3)
- Extremophile (Level 4)
- Food chain
- Food web
- Habitat (Level 4)
- Habitat destruction
- Habitat fragmentation
- Heterotroph
- Insular biogeography
- Invasive species (Level 4)
- Keystone species
- Landscape ecology
- Land change science
- Lotka–Volterra equations
- Microbial ecology
- Microbiome
- Population (Level 4)
- Primary production
- r/K selection theory
- Restoration ecology
- Sustainability (Level 4)
- Trophic cascade
- Urban ecology
- Wildlife conservation (Level 4)
Genetics
This section contains 43 articles.
- Genetics (Level 3)
- Gene (Level 3)
- Heredity (Level 3)
- Mendelian inheritance (Level 4)
- Ploidy
- Sex-determination system
- Sex linkage
- Genetic linkage
- Extranuclear inheritance
- Mutation (Level 4)
- Genetic recombination
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Quantitative genetics
- Reverse genetics
- Molecular genetics
- Genome
- Molecular evolution
- Epigenetics (Level 4)
- Hybrid (biology) (Level 4)
- Eugenics
- Dysgenics
Evolutionary biology
This section contains 96 articles.
Basics
This section contains 39 articles.
- Evolutionary biology
- Evolutionary developmental biology
- Divergent evolution
- Convergent evolution
- Parallel evolution
- Phylogenetic tree
- Population genetics
- Sociobiology
- Systematics
- Adaptation (Level 4)
- Coevolution
- Fitness (biology)
- Homology (biology)
- Macroevolution
- Microevolution
- Reproductive isolation
- Speciation
- Evolution of bacteria
- Evolution of birds
- Evolution of brachiopods
- Evolution of fish
- Evolution of fungi
- Evolution of insects
- Evolution of mammals
- Evolution of molluscs
- Evolution of reptiles
- Evolution of spiders
- Evolution of tetrapods
- Evolutionary history of plants
- Viral evolution
Human evolution
This section contains 57 articles.
Human evolution: GeneralThis section contains 3 articles. AustralopithecinesThis section contains 23 articles. |
HomoThis section contains 31 articles.
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