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- Apes (collectively Hominoidea /hɒmɪˈnɔɪdi.ə/) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread...52 KB (5,118 words) - 14:55, 5 August 2024
- Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein sequences, defined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of...39 KB (4,179 words) - 23:46, 20 July 2024
- The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes /ˈsɪmi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/) of primates containing all animals traditionally called...21 KB (1,715 words) - 01:19, 8 August 2024
- Fornication is generally consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. When one or more of the partners having consensual...153 KB (17,445 words) - 03:04, 15 August 2024
- The thalamus (pl.: thalami; from Greek θάλαμος, "chamber") is a large mass of gray matter on the lateral walls of the third ventricle forming the dorsal...35 KB (3,788 words) - 09:39, 19 August 2024
- Equisetum (/ˌɛkwɪˈsiːtəm/; horsetail, marestail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce...40 KB (3,513 words) - 05:35, 19 August 2024
- Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family and native to south-central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Iran,...17 KB (1,695 words) - 10:49, 20 August 2024
- The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter...38 KB (4,625 words) - 03:54, 11 August 2024
- Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of...33 KB (3,255 words) - 12:49, 17 August 2024
- The adaptive immune system, also known as the acquired immune system, or specific immune system is a subsystem of the immune system that is composed of...57 KB (7,172 words) - 09:38, 8 August 2024
- Vaccinia virus (VACV or VV) is a large, complex, enveloped virus belonging to the poxvirus family. It has a linear, double-stranded DNA genome approximately...32 KB (3,482 words) - 21:20, 18 August 2024
- KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma virus) is a gene that provides instructions for making a protein called K-Ras, a part of the RAS/MAPK pathway. The protein relays...45 KB (5,079 words) - 06:39, 25 June 2024
- The human microbiome is the aggregate of all microbiota that reside on or within human tissues and biofluids along with the corresponding anatomical sites...105 KB (11,667 words) - 23:41, 1 August 2024
- The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as...15 KB (1,732 words) - 19:52, 3 August 2024
- Archaeidae, also known as assassin spiders and pelican spiders, is a spider family with about ninety described species in five genera. It contains small...8 KB (763 words) - 13:07, 4 July 2024
- The Barbary Coast was a red-light district during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in San Francisco that featured dance halls, concert...34 KB (4,480 words) - 10:00, 20 June 2024
- As of 2022,[update] there are 3,971 known snake species with around 600 venomous species in the world, and about 200 are able to kill a human. This is...145 KB (17,228 words) - 05:16, 20 June 2024
- Current laws passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2014 make it illegal to purchase or advertise sexual services and illegal to live on the material benefits...87 KB (9,448 words) - 16:11, 3 July 2024
- An eggshell is the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg and of some forms of eggs with soft outer coats. Nematode eggs present a two layered structure:...19 KB (2,202 words) - 07:39, 20 April 2024
- The Japanese Chin (Japanese: 狆, chin), also known as the Japanese Spaniel, is a toy dog breed, being both a lap dog and a companion dog, with a distinctive...7 KB (787 words) - 23:32, 25 June 2024