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- 13:03, 5 September 2023 Thanatosis (hist) [221 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A state that in some respects resembles shock, is characterized by cessation of all voluntary activity and usually by assumption of a posture suggestive of death, and occurs i...")
- 13:38, 25 August 2023 Monosodium glutamate (hist) [383 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese in this glu...")
- 13:35, 25 August 2023 Chinese restaurant syndrome (hist) [155 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "An illness marked by short attacks of weakness, numbness, palpitations, and headaches, often attributed to overconsumption of monosodium glutamate.")
- 19:42, 15 August 2023 Vegetable (hist) [766 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In botanical terms, vegetables encompass various edible parts of plants that aren't necessarily fruits. However, in the culinary and cultural context, the term "vegetable" is...")
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 Water mold (hist) [65 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heterotrophic protist that grows as nutrient-absorbing filaments.")
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 Trypanosome (hist) [82 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Parasitic flagellate with a single mitochondrion and a membrane-encased flagellum.")
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 Stramenopiles (hist) [165 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Protist lineage that includes the photosynthetic diatoms and brown algae, as well as the heterotrophic water molds. Some members of the group have a hairy flagellum.")
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 Radiolarians (hist) [96 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heterotrophic single-celled protists with a porous silica shell and long cytoplasmic extensions.")
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 Plasmodial slime mold (hist) [114 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Soil-dwelling protist that feeds as a multinucleated mass. Develops into a fruiting body under adverse conditions.")
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 Pellicle (hist) [76 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Layer of proteins that gives shape to many unwalled, single-celled protists.")
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 Foraminifera (hist) [107 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heterotrophic single-celled protists with a porous calcium carbonate shell and long cytoplasmic extensions.")
- 21:05, 12 July 2023 Flagellated protozoan (hist) [108 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Protist belonging to an entirely or mostly heterotrophic lineage with no cell wall and one or more flagella.")
- 21:05, 12 July 2023 Euglenoid (hist) [113 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Flagellated protozoan with multiple mitochondria; may be heterotrophic or have chloroplasts descended from algae.")
- 21:04, 12 July 2023 Chlorophyte algae (hist) [104 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heterotrophic protists thought to be the sister group of animals; collared cells strain food from water.")
- 21:04, 12 July 2023 Charophyte algae (hist) [80 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Green algal group that includes the lineage most closely related to land plants.")
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 Cellular slime mold (hist) [151 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Soil-dwelling protist that feeds as solitary cells but congregates under adverse conditions to form a cohesive unit that develops into a fruiting body.")
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 Brown alga (hist) [92 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Multicelled marine protist with a brown accessory pigment (fucoxanthin) in its chloroplasts.")
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 Apicomplexan (hist) [114 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Single-celled alveolate protist that lives as a parasite inside animal cells; some cause malaria or toxoplasmosis.")
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 Amoebozoan (hist) [106 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lineage of heterotrophic, unwalled protists that live in soils and water; include amoebas and slime molds.")
- 21:00, 12 July 2023 Alveolate (hist) [116 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Member of a protist lineage having small sacs beneath the plasma membrane; dinoflagellate, ciliate, or apicomplexan.")
- 00:25, 29 June 2023 Parasitoidism (hist) [379 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Parasitoidism is a specific type of symbiotic relationship in which an organism, known as a parasitoid, relies on a host organism during a particular stage of its life cycle....")
- 14:55, 16 May 2023 Self-serving attributions (hist) [368 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Self-serving attributions are when we are more likely to assign an internal attribute to our behavior when it is good and an external attribute to our behavior when it is bad....")
- 14:55, 16 May 2023 Fundamental attribution error (hist) [280 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''fundamental attribution error''' is the tendency to make internal attributions and ignore external, situational factors when explaining the behavior of other people. '...")
- 14:54, 16 May 2023 Impression formation (hist) [179 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Impression formation is creating an overall impression of a person based on many pieces of information. '''Example:''' Asch’s studies on impressions using warm and cold tra...")
- 14:35, 16 May 2023 That’s Not All (hist) [195 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The that’s-not-all tactic involves adding extras or bonuses before asking for a commitment. Example: An infomercial selling a set of knives throws in a cutting board and c...")
- 14:35, 16 May 2023 Low-ball tactic (hist) [211 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The low-ball tactic involves getting someone to commit to a request and then changing the deal. Example: A car salesman who comes back and says that the car is available but...")
- 14:35, 16 May 2023 Door-in-the-face (hist) [257 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The door-in-the-face tactic is when an unreasonable request is followed by a smaller, more reasonable one. Example: A teenager asks for $100 to go out on the weekend. After...")
- 14:34, 16 May 2023 Foot-in-the-door (hist) [345 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The foot-in-the-door tactic involves getting someone to agree to a small request so that they are more likely to agree when you follow up later with a big request (the goal)....")
- 11:34, 8 May 2023 Wnt protein (hist) [185 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Member of a family of extracellular signal molecules that regulates cell proliferation and migration during embryonic development and that maintains stem cells in a proliferat...")
- 11:34, 8 May 2023 Bcl2 family (hist) [124 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Related group of intracellular proteins that regulates apoptosis; some family members promote cell death, others inhibit it.")
- 11:33, 8 May 2023 Bacteriorhodopsin (hist) [166 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pigmented protein found in abundance in the plasma membrane of the salt-loving archaeon Halobacterium halobium; pumps protons out of the cell, fueled by light energy.")
- 11:33, 8 May 2023 Aster (hist) [98 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Star-shaped array of microtubules emanating from a centrosome or from a pole of a mitotic spindle.")
- 22:11, 8 February 2023 Temporomandibular joint (hist) [116 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The temporomandibular joint is a hinge joint that connects the jawbone (mandible) to the skull at the temporal bone.")
- 21:42, 31 January 2023 Postpartum psychosis (hist) [255 bytes] Bolbol (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Refers to severe symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, manic episode(s), loss of inhibitions, feeling suspicious, restlessness, confusion and behaving in ways which ar...")
- 10:38, 16 December 2022 Cnidaria (hist) [366 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cnidarians, also known as coelenterates, diverse group of aquatic, invertebrate animals armed with microscopic stinging structures. Cnidarians make up the phylum Cnidaria, whi...")
- 14:25, 3 December 2022 Lauric acid (hist) [114 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lauric acid is a fatty acid, esters of which occur in natural substances such as coconut milk and palm kernel oil.")
- 01:06, 5 August 2022 Pyromania (hist) [573 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "This impulse control disorder refers to the compelling and intense desire to prepare, start, or watch fires. It is a relatively rare disorder; even among fire starters, only 2...")
- 10:34, 28 June 2022 Librations (hist) [249 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In lunar astronomy, '''libration''' is the wagging or wavering of the Moon perceived by Earth-bound observers and caused by changes in their perspective. It permits an observe...")
- 12:59, 24 May 2022 Stargardt disease (hist) [317 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Stargardt disease is a rare genetic eye disease that happens when fatty material builds up on the macula — the small part of the retina needed for sharp, central vis...")
- 01:30, 2 March 2022 Equivalence point (hist) [316 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The equivalence point, or stoichiometric point, of a chemical reaction is the point at which chemically equivalent quantities of reactants have been mixed. For an acid-base re...")
- 20:19, 27 February 2022 Great Circle (hist) [97 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A circle drawn on a sphere is a '''great circle''' if it divides the sphere into two equal parts.")
- 21:10, 19 February 2022 Zygomycota (hist) [335 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Terrestrial fungi. Most dwell in soil and decompose dead plants and animals. The group also includes black bread mold and some animal parasites. Reproduce sexually using thick...")
- 21:10, 19 February 2022 Deuteromycota (hist) [389 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Large and diverse fungi in which the sexual stage either does not exist or is not known. One soil-dwelling species is the source of cyclosporine, an immune-suppressant drug th...")
- 21:08, 19 February 2022 Chytridiomycota (hist) [403 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Smallest and simplest fungi. Found in oceans, streams, lakes, and moist soil. They feed on decaying or living organisms and are important decomposers in aquatic ecosystems....")
- 21:08, 19 February 2022 Basidiomycota (hist) [318 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Includes edible and poisonous mushrooms. Many species are plant parasites and cause extensive crop damage. Form sexual spores in club-shaped structures called basidia. '''Com...")
- 21:05, 19 February 2022 Ascomycota (hist) [371 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Largest group of fungi; includes yeasts, lichens, morels, truffles, and cup fungi. Responsible for many plant diseases such as powdery mildew and Dutch elm disease. Reproduce...")
- 12:56, 14 February 2022 Bacteremia (hist) [71 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacteremia is the presence of viable bacteria in the circulating blood.")
- 19:26, 23 January 2022 Hereditarianism (hist) [127 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The mistaken idea that human traits are determined solely by genetic inheritance, ignoring the contribution of the environment.")
- 15:35, 1 January 2022 Water beetle (hist) [2,162 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "<gallery> https://biology-forums.com/gallery/43/6_01_01_22_2_33_12.jpeg|Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=43944 </gallery> '''Water Beetl...")
- 15:18, 1 January 2022 Whirligig Beetle (hist) [1,367 bytes] Bio man (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Whirligig Beetle''', common name for a type of water beetle that swims in irregular but graceful curves on the surface of the water when it is disturbed. Found in tempe...")