Biology

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 (/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…

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…

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 is observed in species that exhibit both bilateral and radial symmetry with morphological (internal or external) characteristics. It’s distinct from radial symmetry since…

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 dehydrogenases (ADH) are a group of dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many species and promote the interconversion of alcohols and aldehydes or ketones to…

Marine biodiversity includes coastal and marine plant and animal species, their genetic variety, the habitats and ecosystems they form part of, and the ecological processes…

Biodiversity can refer to descriptions or assessments of the status and condition of all or selected groups of organisms, from the genetic variability to the…

Magnetic immunoassay (MIA) is a novel type of diagnostic immunoassay using magnetic beads as labels in lieu of conventional enzymes (ELISA), radioisotopes (RIA), or fluorescent…

Genetically Modified (GM) foods were first approved for human consumption in the United States in 1994, and by 2014–15 about 90 percent of the corn,…

A wetland is a place where the land is covered by water, either salt, fresh, or somewhere in between. Wetlands are areas of marsh or…