Amyloplast
An amyloplast is an organelle that is present in plant cells involved in different biological pathways. Specifically, amyloplasts are a leucoplast type, a subcategory for…
Biology
Leucoplast
Plastids are storage organelles contained in plant cells, including chromoplasts (they carry colored pigments for organisms such as flowers) and chloroplasts (which carry the green…
Nekton
Nekton or necton, the assemblage of pelagic animals which swim freely, independent of water movement or wind, from the Greek nekton meaning “to swim”. In…
Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab, any crab of the Paguridae and Coenobitidae families (class Crustacea Decapoda order). These crabs are superfamily Paguroidea anomuran decapod crustaceans who adapted to…
Carrying Capacity
Carrying Capacity is the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed by a vehicle or container. The carrying capacity of an…
Sea Anemone
Sea anemone, any member of Actiniaria (class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria) invertebrate order, soft-bodied, mainly flowers-like, sedentary marine animals. The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) takes…
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae (/ˌbræsɪˈkeɪsii/) or Cruciferae (/kruːˈsɪfəri/) the mustard family of flowering plants (order Brassicales), composed of 338 genera and some 3,700 species. This is a genus…
Study of Soil Ecology
Soil is a vast reservoir for a wide diversity of organisms. Soil ecology is the study of how soil organisms interact with other organisms and…
Spherical Symmetry
In biology, symmetry is always approximate; it can be seen as a balanced distribution of duplicate body parts or shapes within an organism’s body. But…
Biradial Symmetry
Biradial symmetry is observed in species that exhibit both bilateral and radial symmetry with morphological (internal or external) characteristics. It’s distinct from radial symmetry since…
Symmetry In Biology
Biological symmetry refers to the symmetry found in organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. Specifically, symmetry refers to correspondence of body parts, in size,…
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are a group of dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many species and promote the interconversion of alcohols and aldehydes or ketones to…
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