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- 00:25, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Cholesterol (Created page with "a steroid that is an important component of animal cell membranes and that acts as a starter molecule for the synthesis of other steroids such as hormones")
- 00:21, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . N Tunicate (Created page with "one of a group of invertebrate chordates")
- 00:19, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+64) . . Testosterone (current)
- 00:16, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . N Excretion (Created page with "the disposal of nitrogen-containing metabolic wastes") (current)
- 00:15, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+168) . . N Estrogen (Created page with "one of several chemically similar steroid hormones secreted by the gonads; maintains the female reproductive system and promotes the development of female body features")
- 00:13, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Desert (Created page with "a biome characterized by organisms adapted to sparse rainfall and rapid evaporation") (current)
- 00:12, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . N Complementary DNA (Created page with "(cDNA) a DNA molecule made in vitro using mRNA as a template and the enzyme reverse transcriptase") (current)
- 00:10, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . N Collenchyma cell (Created page with "in plants, a cell with a thick primary wall and no secondary wall, functioning mainly in supporting growing parts") (current)
- 00:08, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . N Cilia (Created page with "a short cellular appendage specialized for locomotion formed from a core of nine outer doublet microtubules and two single microtubules covered by the cell's plasma membrane")
- 00:05, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Analogy (Created page with "the similarity between two species that is due to convergent evolution rather than to descent from a common ancestor with the same trait") (current)
- 00:04, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+74) . . N Anchorage dependence (Created page with "the requirement that to divide, a cell must be attached to a solid surface") (current)
- 00:03, 15 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Anterior pituitary (Created page with "an endocrine gland, adjacent to the hypothalamus and the posteriro pituitary, that synthesizes several hormones, including some that control the activity of other endocrine glands")
- 23:59, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . N Inhibitor (Created page with "a molecule than binds to an enzyme and decreases or completely halts its activity") (current)
- 23:28, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Atp synthase (M) (current)
- 23:24, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+87) . . DNA
- 23:23, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N MRNA (Created page with "messenger ribonucleic acid which is responsible for carrying the genetic code into the cytoplasm from the nucleus so that it may be transcribed")
- 23:21, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N TRNA (Created page with "translation ribonucleic acid (RNA) which is involved in translating messenger ribonucleic acid into protein.")
- 22:59, 14 March 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . m Chemiosmosis (current)