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Biology basics

Abiogenesis
Life arising from non-living matter
Artificial life
A field of study wherein researchers examine systems related to natural life, its processes, and its evolution, through the use of simulations, wet-lab experimentation, and robotics
Bacteriophage
Virus that infects and replicates within bacteria
Binomial nomenclature
System of identifying species of organisms using a two-part name
Bioinformatics
Computational analysis of large, complex sets of biological data
Biology
Science that studies life
Biomechanics
Study of the structure and function of the mechanical aspects of biological systems
Carbon-based life
Life whose primary component is carbon
Class (biology)
Taxonomic rank
Computational biology
Branch of biology
Death
Permanent end of an organism's life
Domain (biology)
Taxonomic rank
Earliest known life forms
Putative fossilized microorganisms found near hydrothermal vents
EVolution
Research project
Family (biology)
Taxonomic rank between genus and order
FOSSIL
Standard protocol for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system
Genus
Taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, and viruses
History of life
The processes by which organisms evolved on Earth
Human biology
Interdisciplinary area of study
Introduction to evolution
Non-technical overview of the subject of biological evolution
Kingdom (biology)
Taxonomic rank
Lithium iron phosphate battery
Type of Li-ion cell using LiFePO₄
Living fossil
Organism resembling a form long shown in the fossil records
Microbiology
The study of microscopic organisms
Microorganism
Microscopic living organism
Micropaleontology
The branch of paleontology that studies microfossils
Model organism
Organisms used to study biology across species
Mycology
Branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi
Neuroscience
Scientific study of the nervous system
Non-cellular life
Life that has no cellular structure
Order (biology)
Taxonomic rank
Organism
Individual living life form
Paleobotany
Branch of botany and paleontology
Paleoecology
The study of interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales
Paleontology
The scientific study of life prior to roughly 11,700 years ago
Petrified wood
Fossilized remains of plants
Phylogenetics
Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
Phylum
A high level taxonomic rank for organisms sharing a similar body plan
Proteomics
Large-scale study of proteins
Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment
Species
Basic unit of taxonomic classification, below genus
Subspecies
Taxonomic rank subordinate to species
Suicide
Intentional act of causing one's own death
Suicide crisis
Situation in which a person is attempting to kill themselves or is seriously contemplating or planning to do so
Suicide methods
Means by which a person dies by suicide
Synthetic biology
Interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering
Systems biology
Computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems
Taxonomy (biology)
Science of naming, defining and classifying organisms
Trace fossil
Geological record of biological activity
Transitional fossil
Fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group