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- 14:58, 23 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Hand-held shot (current)
- 13:03, 5 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+221) . . N Thanatosis (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...") (current)
- 13:38, 25 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+383) . . N Monosodium glutamate (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...") (current)
- 13:35, 25 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Chinese restaurant syndrome (Created page with "An illness marked by short attacks of weakness, numbness, palpitations, and headaches, often attributed to overconsumption of monosodium glutamate.") (current)
- 19:42, 15 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+766) . . N Vegetable (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...") (current)
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+65) . . N Water mold (Created page with "Heterotrophic protist that grows as nutrient-absorbing filaments.") (current)
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . N Trypanosome (Created page with "Parasitic flagellate with a single mitochondrion and a membrane-encased flagellum.") (current)
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+165) . . N Stramenopiles (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.") (current)
- 21:07, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . N Radiolarians (Created page with "Heterotrophic single-celled protists with a porous silica shell and long cytoplasmic extensions.") (current)
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Plasmodial slime mold (Created page with "Soil-dwelling protist that feeds as a multinucleated mass. Develops into a fruiting body under adverse conditions.") (current)
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . N Pellicle (Created page with "Layer of proteins that gives shape to many unwalled, single-celled protists.") (current)
- 21:06, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Foraminifera (Created page with "Heterotrophic single-celled protists with a porous calcium carbonate shell and long cytoplasmic extensions.") (current)
- 21:05, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Flagellated protozoan (Created page with "Protist belonging to an entirely or mostly heterotrophic lineage with no cell wall and one or more flagella.") (current)
- 21:05, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . N Euglenoid (Created page with "Flagellated protozoan with multiple mitochondria; may be heterotrophic or have chloroplasts descended from algae.") (current)
- 21:05, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-1,753) . . Dinoflagellate (Replaced content with "Single-celled, aquatic protist with cellulose plates and two flagella; may be heterotrophic or photosynthetic.") (current)
- 21:04, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Chlorophyte algae (Created page with "Heterotrophic protists thought to be the sister group of animals; collared cells strain food from water.") (current)
- 21:04, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+80) . . N Charophyte algae (Created page with "Green algal group that includes the lineage most closely related to land plants.") (current)
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . N Cellular slime mold (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.") (current)
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . N Brown alga (Created page with "Multicelled marine protist with a brown accessory pigment (fucoxanthin) in its chloroplasts.") (current)
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Apicomplexan (Created page with "Single-celled alveolate protist that lives as a parasite inside animal cells; some cause malaria or toxoplasmosis.") (current)
- 21:01, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Amoebozoan (Created page with "Lineage of heterotrophic, unwalled protists that live in soils and water; include amoebas and slime molds.") (current)
- 21:00, 12 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Alveolate (Created page with "Member of a protist lineage having small sacs beneath the plasma membrane; dinoflagellate, ciliate, or apicomplexan.") (current)
- 00:25, 29 June 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+379) . . N Parasitoidism (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....") (current)
- 14:55, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+368) . . N Self-serving attributions (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....") (current)
- 14:55, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+280) . . N Fundamental attribution error (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. '...") (current)
- 14:54, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Impression formation (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...") (current)
- 14:52, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Low-ball tactic (current)
- 14:52, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . That’s Not All (current)
- 14:51, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Door-in-the-face (current)
- 14:51, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Foot-in-the-door (current)
- 14:35, 16 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . N That’s Not All (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 (diff | hist) . . (+199) . . N Low-ball tactic (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 (diff | hist) . . (+245) . . N Door-in-the-face (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 (diff | hist) . . (+333) . . N Foot-in-the-door (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 (diff | hist) . . (+185) . . N Wnt protein (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...") (current)
- 11:34, 8 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Bcl2 family (Created page with "Related group of intracellular proteins that regulates apoptosis; some family members promote cell death, others inhibit it.") (current)
- 11:33, 8 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+166) . . N Bacteriorhodopsin (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.") (current)
- 11:33, 8 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . N Aster (Created page with "Star-shaped array of microtubules emanating from a centrosome or from a pole of a mitotic spindle.") (current)
- 13:10, 13 April 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+292) . . Vestibular system (current)
- 22:11, 8 February 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Temporomandibular joint (Created page with "The temporomandibular joint is a hinge joint that connects the jawbone (mandible) to the skull at the temporal bone.") (current)
- 13:11, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Carpet beetle dermatitis (current)
- 13:10, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-7,195) . . Carpet beetle dermatitis (Replaced content with "Beginning in 1948 several groups of dermatologists reported on case histories involving dermatitis caused by contact with carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). These p...")
- 10:38, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Cnidaria (current)
- 10:38, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+362) . . N Cnidaria (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...")
- 10:37, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Cnidarian (Redirected page to Cnidaria) (current)
- 14:25, 3 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Lauric acid (Created page with "Lauric acid is a fatty acid, esters of which occur in natural substances such as coconut milk and palm kernel oil.") (current)
- 18:00, 15 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-7,092) . . Natural selection (current)
- 01:14, 2 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Wobble hypothesis (current)
- 11:13, 8 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-256) . . Tapetum (Redirected page to Tapetum lucidum) (current)
- 11:12, 8 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+285) . . N Tapetum (Created page with "A reflective layer of cells in the wall of the eye of nocturnal and deep-sea animals that reflects light back onto the retina, enhancing visual sensitivity in dim light. Ligh...")
- 11:11, 8 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Cones (current)
- 01:06, 5 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+573) . . N Pyromania (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...") (current)
- 01:05, 5 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+15) . . Pyromaniac (current)
- 10:34, 28 June 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+249) . . N Librations (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...") (current)
- 12:59, 24 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+317) . . N Stargardt disease (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...") (current)
- 01:30, 2 March 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+316) . . N Equivalence point (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...") (current)
- 20:19, 27 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . N Great Circle (Created page with "A circle drawn on a sphere is a '''great circle''' if it divides the sphere into two equal parts.") (current)
- 23:27, 24 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Thrombocytopenia (current)
- 23:26, 24 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-14) . . Thrombopenia (Redirected page to Thrombocytopenia) (current)
- 23:26, 24 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+10) . . Thrombocytopenia
- 21:21, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . MediaWiki:Sidebar (current)
- 21:20, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+190) . . N MediaWiki:Sidebar (Created page with " * navigation ** mainpage|mainpage-description ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** randompage-url|randompage **Special:Categories|Categories ** helppage|help * SEARCH * TOOL...")
- 21:10, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+335) . . N Zygomycota (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...") (current)
- 21:10, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+389) . . N Deuteromycota (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...") (current)
- 21:08, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+403) . . N Chytridiomycota (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....") (current)
- 21:08, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+318) . . N Basidiomycota (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...") (current)
- 21:07, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . Ascomycota (current)
- 21:06, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+35) . . Ascomycota
- 21:05, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+306) . . N Ascomycota (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 (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . N Bacteremia (Created page with "Bacteremia is the presence of viable bacteria in the circulating blood.") (current)
- 19:26, 23 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Hereditarianism (Created page with "The mistaken idea that human traits are determined solely by genetic inheritance, ignoring the contribution of the environment.") (current)
- 10:58, 22 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Mitochondria (current)
- 10:48, 3 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+213) . . MicroRNAs (miRNAs) (current)
- 16:34, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Water beetle (current)
- 16:33, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Water beetle
- 15:47, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Water beetle
- 15:45, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . Water beetle
- 15:43, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+33) . . Water beetle
- 15:39, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-98) . . Water beetle
- 15:35, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+2,214) . . N Water beetle (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...")
- 15:29, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . Whirligig Beetle (current)
- 15:25, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Whirligig Beetle
- 15:23, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Whirligig Beetle (→Scientific classification)
- 15:18, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1,369) . . N Whirligig Beetle (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...")
- 15:15, 1 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-9) . . Biology Dictionary (current)
- 14:48, 27 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Kinetoplast (Created page with "The kinetoplast is a specialized region of the mitochondria of trypanosomatids that harbors the most complex and unusual mitochondrial DNA found in nature.") (current)
- 14:35, 27 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+268) . . N Myopathy (Created page with "Myopathy is a general term referring to any disease that affects the muscles that control voluntary movement in the body. Patients experience muscle weakness due to a dysfunct...") (current)
- 13:42, 29 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . Transitivity of Divisibility (current)
- 13:41, 29 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N Transitivity of Divisibility (Created page with "If one number divides a second and the second number divides a third, then the first number divides the third. This is one of the most useful properties of divisibility is th...")
- 18:58, 17 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Goldbach's conjecture (current)
- 18:57, 17 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Goldbach's conjecture (Created page with "One of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in mathematics. It states that "Every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes."")
- 10:23, 16 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+199) . . N Fallacy (Created page with "A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning, or "wrong moves" in the construction of an argument. A fallacious argument may be deceptive by appearing to be b...") (current)
- 10:23, 16 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . N Fallacious proof (Redirected page to Fallacy) (current)
- 00:51, 16 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . Biology Dictionary
- 16:26, 3 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Adsorptivity (Created page with "Adsorptivity is the ability to adsorb. The greater the adsorptivity of a substrate, the more readily and strongly a substance will bind to it.") (current)
- 20:11, 26 August 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Right triangular prism (Created page with "A right triangular prism is a prism with two parallel and congruent triangular faces and three rectangular faces perpendicular to the triangular ones.") (current)
- 20:03, 26 August 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . N Lateral surface (Created page with "The '''lateral surface''' of an object is all of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top (when they exist).") (current)
- 21:28, 30 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Carboxyhemoglobin (Created page with "Carboxyhemoglobin is a stable complex of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin that forms in red blood cells upon contact with carbon monoxide.") (current)
- 21:28, 30 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+266) . . N Carboxyhemoglobinemia (Created page with "The presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. '''Carboxyhemoglobin''', hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide bound to it, is formed in carbon monoxide poisoning, as from e...") (current)
- 21:15, 29 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+55) . . N Quantitative trait loci (Created page with "Two or more genes that act on a single polygenic trait.") (current)
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