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Newly Discovered Exploding Ants – Colobopsis explodens
A new ant species, Colobopsis explodens, was recently identified. Similar to other exploding ant species, Colobopsis... Read More
Harvesting
Harvesting 1. (Science: cell culture) The collecting of cells, organisms, or the growth medium upon which an experimental... Read More
Obligate parasite
Parasitism is a form of symbiosis that occurs between a parasite and its host. The parasite is the organism that generally... Read More
Parasitism
Organisms depend on different sources of food to survive. Larger organisms like plants make their own food (autotrophs) and... Read More
Arrhenotoky
Definition noun A form of parthenogenesis wherein male offspring develops from an unfertilized... Read More
Haplodiploidy
Definition noun A biological system of sex determination as observed in the Hymenopteran species (e.g. ants and bees) where... Read More
Monoploidy
Definition noun (genetics) The state of being monoploid, that is having one set of the chromosomes Supplement Ploidy refers... Read More
Synergistic effect
Synergistic Effects Definition In biology, synergistic effects are the effects when chemical substances or biological... Read More
Entomology
Definition noun The scientific study of insects Supplement Entomology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of... Read More
Cis trans test
Cis trans test (Science: molecular biology) The complementation test with two or more interacting genes placed in cis and... Read More
Colony-forming unit
Colony Forming Unit Definition A Colony Forming Unit (CFU) in microbiology and cellular biology refers to a measure of... Read More