Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Biology and health sciences/Biology
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Quota 1,200 articles.
Total 1,063 articles.
Class | #Articles |
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FA | 13 |
GA | 100 |
FFA | 11 |
DGA | 16 |
FFLC | 1 |
Biology basics
[edit]This section contains 74 articles.
Anatomy and morphology
[edit]This section contains 335 articles. For anatomy and physiology articles specific to or mostly about human anatomy, see Medical basics -- Human anatomy.
Basic anatomy
[edit]This section contains 17 articles.
Animal anatomy and morphology
[edit]This section contains 263 articles.
Circulatory system
[edit]This section contains 29 articles.
- Circulatory system
- Blood
- Blood vessel
- Endothelium
- Heart (Level 3)
- Lymphatic system
- Spleen
- Blood–brain barrier
Endocrine system
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Gastrointestinal tract
[edit]This section contains 26 articles.
- Anus
- Appendix (anatomy)
- Esophagus (Level 4)
- Feces
- Gallbladder
- Large intestine
- Liver
- Mouth
- Pancreas (Level 4)
- Pharynx
- Small intestine
- Stomach
- Throat
Immune system
[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
- Immune system (Level 3)
- Antibody (Level 4)
- Antigen
- B cell
- Dendritic cell
- Macrophage
- Natural killer cell
- T cell
- Thymus
Integumentary system
[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
Muscular system
[edit]This section contains 6 articles.
Nervous system
[edit]This section contains 77 articles.
- Nervous system
- Antenna (biology)
- Brain (Level 3)
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Glia
- Nerve
- Neuron
- Spinal cord
- Autonomic nervous system
- Sensory nervous system
- Auditory system
- Taste
- Olfactory system
- Somatosensory system
- Visual system
Reproductive system
[edit]This section contains 18 articles.
Respiratory system
[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
Skeletal system
[edit]This section contains 36 articles.
- Skeleton
- Bone
- Antler
- Carpal bones
- Clavicle
- Femur
- Fibula
- Horn (anatomy)
- Humerus
- Hyoid bone
- Jaw
- Joint
- Maxilla
- Metacarpal bones
- Metatarsal bones
- Patella
- Pelvis
- Phalanx bone
- Radius (bone)
- Rib cage
- Sacrum
- Scapula
- Skull
- Tarsus (skeleton)
- Tibia
- Ulna
- Vertebral column
- Exoskeleton
- Mollusc shell
Tissues
[edit]This section contains 11 articles.
Urinary system
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Plant anatomy and morphology
[edit]This section contains 48 articles.
Plant anatomy and morphology: General
[edit]This section contains 32 articles.
- Plant anatomy
- Plant morphology
- Plant nutrition
- Bulb
- Flower
- Fruit
- Herbaceous plant
- Leaf
- Rhizome
- Root
- Seed
- Seedling
- Shrub
- Stolon
- Stoma
- Strobilus
- Tree (Level 3)
- Tuber
- Vine
Plant stem
[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
Plant tissues
[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
Fungal morphology and anatomy
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Biological processes and physiology
[edit]This section contains 130 articles.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 53 articles.
- Physiology
- Blinking
- Breathing
- Cardiac cycle
- Chemosynthesis
- Circadian rhythm
- Digestion
- Excretion
- Healing
- Homeostasis
- Metabolism (Level 3)
- Muscle contraction
- Photosynthesis
- Respiration (physiology)
- Thermoregulation
- Transpiration
Development
[edit]This section contains 2 articles.
Animal ontogeny
[edit]This section contains 15 articles.
- Cuticle
- Embryo
- Embryology
- Fetus
- Imago
- Larva
- Longevity
- Metamorphosis
- Moulting
- Nymph (biology)
- Ontogeny
- Puberty
- The Pupa
- Tadpole
- Umbilical cord
Biological reproduction
[edit]This section contains 11 articles.
Animal reproduction
[edit]This section contains 19 articles.
Human reproduction
[edit]This section contains 17 articles.
Plant reproduction
[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
Biochemistry and molecular biology
[edit]This section contains 170 articles.
Biochemistry
[edit]This section contains 134 articles.
Alkaloids
[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
Biological pigments
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Carbohydrates
[edit]This section contains 19 articles.
Hormones
[edit]This section contains 30 articles.
- Hormone
- Adrenaline
- Androgen
- Aldosterone
- Cortisol
- Dopamine (Level 4)
- Endorphins
- Estrogen
- Glucocorticoid
- Growth hormone
- Insulin (Level 4)
- Leptin
- Melatonin
- Oxytocin
- Progestogen
- Secretin
- Thyroid hormones
- Vasopressin
- Plant hormone
Lipids
[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
Nucleic acids
[edit]This section contains 15 articles.
Neurotransmitters
[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
Proteins
[edit]This section contains 38 articles.
- Protein (Level 3)
- Amino acid (Level 4)
- Collagen
- Enzyme (Level 4)
- Gelatin
- Glycoprotein
- Hemoglobin
- Histone
- Keratin
- Peptide
- Peptidoglycan
- Protein (nutrient)
- Protein biosynthesis
- Protein structure
- Proteome
- Gluten
Steroids
[edit]This section contains 3 articles.
Molecular biology
[edit]This section contains 36 articles.
- Molecular biology
- Gene expression
- Central dogma of molecular biology
- Genetic code (Level 4)
- DNA replication
- DNA repair
- Transposable element
- Non-coding DNA
- Transcription (biology)
- Post-transcriptional modification
- Translation (biology)
- Post-translational modification
- Regulation of gene expression
- Non-coding RNA
- Reverse transcriptase
- Restriction enzyme
- Cloning vector
- Expression vector
Zoology
[edit]This section contains 57 articles.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
Ethology
[edit]This section contains 45 articles.
Botany
[edit]This section contains 10 articles.
Cell biology
[edit]This section contains 85 articles.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 6 articles.
Cell processes
[edit]This section contains 33 articles.
- Cell death
- Cell signaling
- Cellular differentiation
- Cellular respiration
- Fermentation
- Membrane transport
- Protein targeting
Cellular division
[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
Cell parts
[edit]This section contains 16 articles.
- Cell (biology) (Level 2)
- Cell junction
- Cell membrane
- Cilium
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton
- Flagellum
- Symbiogenesis (Level 4)
Organelles
[edit]This section contains 18 articles.
- Organelle
- Endomembrane system
- Cell nucleus (Level 4)
- Centriole
- Endoplasmic reticulum
- Golgi apparatus
- Lysosome
- Mitochondrion (Level 4)
- Peroxisome
- Proteasome
- Ribosome (Level 4)
- Vacuole
- Vesicle (biology and chemistry)
Plant cells
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Ecology
[edit]This section contains 62 articles.
- Ecology (Level 2)
- Autotroph
- Biome
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Biogeographic realm
- Bioindicator
- Biological dispersal
- Biological interaction
- Biological life cycle
- Biomagnification
- Biosphere
- Carrying capacity
- Community (ecology)
- Conservation biology
- Detritivore
- Decomposer
- Disturbance (ecology)
- Ecological niche
- Ecological resilience
- Ecological succession
- Ecosystem
- Ecosystem collapse
- Ecosystem model
- Ecosystem service
- Endangered species
- Endemism
- Energy flow (ecology)
- Extinction
- Extremophile
- Food chain
- Food web
- Habitat (Level 4)
- Habitat destruction
- Habitat fragmentation
- Heterotroph
- Insular biogeography
- Invasive species (Level 4)
- Keystone species
- Landscape ecology
- Land change science
- Lotka–Volterra equations
- Microbial ecology
- Microbiome
- Population
- Primary production
- r/K selection theory
- Ecological restoration
- Sustainability (Level 4)
- Trophic cascade
- Urban ecology
- Wildlife conservation
Genetics
[edit]This section contains 43 articles.
- Genetics (Level 3)
- Gene (Level 3)
- Heredity
- Mendelian inheritance
- Ploidy
- Sex-determination system
- Sex linkage
- Genetic linkage
- Extranuclear inheritance
- Mutation
- Genetic recombination
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Quantitative genetics
- Reverse genetics
- Molecular genetics
- Genome
- Molecular evolution
- Epigenetics
- Hybrid (biology) (Level 4)
- Eugenics
- Dysgenics
Evolutionary biology
[edit]This section contains 97 articles.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 40 articles.
- Evolutionary biology
- Evolutionary developmental biology
- Divergent evolution
- Convergent evolution
- Parallel evolution
- Phylogenetic tree
- Population genetics
- Sociobiology
- Systematics
- Adaptation (Level 4)
- Coevolution
- Fitness (biology)
- Homology (biology)
- Last universal common ancestor
- Macroevolution
- Microevolution
- Reproductive isolation
- Speciation
- Evolution of bacteria
- Evolution of birds
- Evolution of brachiopods
- Evolution of fish
- Evolution of fungi
- Evolution of insects
- Evolution of mammals
- Evolution of molluscs
- Evolution of reptiles
- Evolution of spiders
- Evolution of tetrapods
- Evolutionary history of plants
- Viral evolution
Human evolution
[edit]This section contains 57 articles.
Human evolution: General[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Australopithecines[edit]This section contains 23 articles. |
Homo[edit]This section contains 31 articles.
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