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Natural selection
Natural Selection Definition What is natural selection in biology? Natural selection is defined as a process in nature... Read More
Plant Tissues
Plants are composed of three major organ groups: roots, stems, and leaves. As we know from other areas of biology, these... Read More
Cork cambium
Cork Cambium Definition Cork cambium is a secondary meristematic tissue that has a pivotal role in secondary growth in... Read More
New Zealand’s Unique Flora
By: Maria Victoria GonzagaIn the previous lesson, we've come to know some of the most fascinating endemic... Read More
Secondary succession
We all have come across news where forest lands got destroyed by wildfires. Or sometimes we have read about an entire... Read More
Phelloderm
Definition noun, plural: phelloderms (botany) A part of the periderm made up of cells produced inwardly by the cork... Read More
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus (Science: botany) a myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or... Read More
Null hypothesis
Null Hypothesis Definition Null hypothesis is defined as “the commonly accepted fact (such as the sky is blue) and... Read More
Decomposer
Decomposer Definition The organisms that carry out the process of decay or breakdown of the dead organism are known as... Read More
Vascular tissue
Definition noun, plural: vascular tissues (botany) A complex permanent tissue involved in the conduction of materials (e.g.... 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
Trophic level
In ecology, a trophic level pertains to a position in a food chain or ecological pyramid occupied by a group of organisms... Read More
Secondary phloem
Definition noun The type of phloem derived from the secondary meristems of a vascular plant Supplement The phloem is a... Read More
Adaptive radiation
Definition noun The diversification of several new species from a recent ancestral source, each adapted to utilize or... Read More
Medicinal plant
Definition noun Any plant whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or plant part is used for therapeutic, tonic, purgative, or... Read More
Arrhenotoky
Definition noun A form of parthenogenesis wherein male offspring develops from an unfertilized... Read More
New Zealand’s Biodiversity
Written by: Maria Victoria GonzagaPeer-reviewed by: Cathy Buntting, Ph.D. and Andrea SoanesWhy is New... Read More
Dermal tissues
Dermal tissue (Science: botany) Outer covering of plants, that includes the epidermis and periderm nonliving bark). See:... Read More
Chlorophyll
Why are most plants green? Have you ever had the same question? Perhaps, you’ve been told that the plants are green... Read More