Portal:Biology

Biology is the science discipline that studies life processes or characteristics of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, distribution and evolution. Creation biology is basically the study of biological systems under the inference that God created life on Earth with a finite number of discrete created kinds or baramin. While these forms of life have the ability to vary, and even undergo speciation, they cannot arise spontaneously from non-life, cannot interbreed outside of their kind, and cannot increase in genetic complexity.

White blood cell

White blood cells are the type of blood cells that fight infection in the body by seeking-out and destroying disease-causing microorganisms. Also known as leukocytes, the white blood cells are responsible for maintaining the immune system’s response to foreign substances and infection. They play a number of roles in immune response, including antibody production, attacking and destroying cancer cells, and producing substances that kill tumors. They are divided into many different categories on the basis of their functions and appearance.

The Rust Mite (Aceria anthocoptes) a potential biological control agent of the weed.

Harold W. Clark

Harold Willard Clark (1891-1986) was a Berkeley-trained biologist and a former student of George McCready Price who later replaced him on the faculty of Pacific Union College in 1922. Clark ultimately taught biology at Seventh-Day Adventist colleges for thirty-five years. Clark was a young earth creationist, who published his first book in 1929 (Back to Creationism) in which he urged readers to quit simply opposing evolution and to adopt the new "science of creationism". The term "creationism" subsequently became popularly used by scientific creationists to describe their distinctive interpretation of earth history.

"The origin of the [genetic] code is perhaps the most perplexing problem in evolutionary biology. The existing translational machinery is at the same time so complex, so universal, and so essential that it is hard to see how it could have come into existences or how life could have existed without it. The discovery of ribozymes has made it easier to imagine an answer to the second of these questions, but the transformation of an 'RNA world' into one in which catalysis is performed by proteins, and nucleic acids specialize in the transmission of information, remains a formidable problem." - Maynard Smith J. & Szathmary E., "The Major Transitions in Evolution," W.H. Freeman: Oxford UK, 1995, p81.[1]

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A Adaptation, Adenosine triphosphate, Agriculture, Algae, Allele, Alligator, Alternative splicing, Amino acid, Amoebidae, Anaconda, Anatomy, Anchisaur, Antibiotic resistance, Annelid, Apoptosis, Archaea, Asexual reproduction, ATP synthase, B Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacteriology, Bacteriophage, Baraminology, Basking Shark, Bat Binary fission, Biological evolution, Biology, Bioluminescence, Biotechnology, Bird, Blood clotting, Botany, Bottlenose Dolphin, Brown recluse spider, C Canine Carnivore, Cell Biology, Cell cycle, Cell division, Cell membrane, Cell nucleus, Cell wall, Cellular organelle, Cellular respiration, Cellulose, Cephalopod, Chimpanzee, Chiton, Chlorophyll, Chloroplast, Chromosomes, Cilia, Ciliate, Cladistics, Clean animal, Cloning, Codon, Coelacanth, Complex specified information, Coral snake, Cotyledon, Created kind, Cryptozoology, Cuttlefish, D Dicotyledon, Dinosaur, Dinosaur classification, DNA, DNA and Babel, DNA polymerase, DNA repair, DNA replication, DNA transcription, Dolphin, Donkey, Dove, Deer, E Eagle, Echidna, Ecosystem, Egg, Electron microscope, Elk, Embryo, Embryology, Embryophyte, Emperor penguin, Endoplasmic reticulum, Entomology, Enzyme, Epiphytes, Eukaryotes, Evolution, Extraterrestrial life, F Fertilization, Fetus, Fire-bellied toad, Flagellum, Flamingo, Flower, Flowering plant, Founder effect, Fungus, G Gamete, Gecko, Gel electrophoresis, Gene, Gene duplication, Gene expression, Genetic dominance, Genetic drift, Genetic engineering, Genetic recombination, Genetics, Genome, Genotoxicity, Giant panda, Glucose, Golgi apparatus, Gopher wood, Gorilla, Green anaconda, H Haldane's Dilemma, Hawk, Hemoglobin, Herbivore, Herpetology, Hippopotamus, Homologous chromosomes, Horse, Human races, Hummingbird, I Iguana, Indava, Infectious disease, Insect, J Jaguar, Jumping spider, Junk DNA, K Kangaroo, King Cobra, Komodo dragon, L Life, Locus, Lysosome, M Macroevolution, Mamba Mammals, Meiosis, Mendelian inheritance, Messenger RNA, Metabolism, Microbiology, Microevolution, Microorganism, Microscopy, Microtubules, Mitochondria, Mitosis, Monosaccharide, Monster, N National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Natural Genetic Engineering, Natural selection, Nitrogen fixation, Not by Chance!, Nucleotide, nucleus, O Ocean, Of Pandas and People, Ornithology, Ovum, P Penicillium, Phenotype, Phenotypic plasticity, Photosynthesis, Plankton, Plant, Pollen, Polyp, Predation Prokaryotes, Protein, Proteobacteria, Protist, R RNA, Red blood cells, Reproduction, Reptile, Ribose, Ribosome, S Seed, Sexual reproduction, Speciation, Sperm, Spirochaete, Stem cell, Symmetry, T Taxonomy, Trait, Transcription, Translation, V Vacuole, Vegetative reproduction, Vertebrates, Virus, W White blood cells, Z Zoology ,

• Write descriptive articles for organisms.
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Fungi
  • Protists
  • Bacteria
• Write article on issues of bioethics, such as stem cell research, genetic engineering, or abortion.
• Categorize our organism photos into taxonomic Family groupings.

• Secret of the intricate pattern of cauliflowers unlocked and described with maths Scientists hope the insight will help them learn about the biological and physical mechanisms involved in the growth of the vegetables. Daily Mail, October 23, 2012.
• Scientists Discover the 'Anternet' Biologists find that an algorithm commonly used to regulate web traffic and other data streams closely matches that which harvester ants use to regulate harvesting traffic. ICR Daily Science Updates, September 14, 2012.
• Bits of Mystery DNA, Far From ‘Junk,’ Play Crucial Role New discovery reveals that the human genome is packed with at least four million gene switches that reside in bits of DNA that once were dismissed as “junk” but that turn out to play critical roles. The New York Times, September 5, 2012.
• Breakthrough study overturns theory of 'junk DNA' in genome The international Encode project has found that about a fifth of the human genome regulates the 2% that makes proteins The Guardian, September 5, 2012.
• More ‘dino’ sightings in Papua New Guinea Expedition reports conversations with eyewitnesses—local people who claimed to have recently seen dinosaur-like creatures. Creation Ministries International, August 23, 2012.
• To Model the Simplest Microbe in the World, You Need 128 Computers Mycoplasma genitalium simulation took a cluster of 128 computers running for 9 to 10 hours to generate the data on the molecules that are involved in the cell's lifecycle processes.The Atlantic, July 23, 2012.
• Winners of the Origin of Life Challenge Announced Competition seeks novel approaches to determining the origin of life on Earth. News Release, June 6, 2012.