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- Virus (17572 bytes)
1: ...her [[DNA]] or [[RNA]] (depicted as blue), surrounded by a protein coat, or [[capsid]], with or withou...
3: ...age its [[genetic material]], but for proteins needed by the virus during [[lysogenic cycle|lysogenic]...
7: ...]] and other noxious things. Today it is used to describe the biological viruses discussed above and ...
12: ...ites, and have no form which can reproduce independently of their host. Like most parasites, they have...
14: ...ned, it can be strongly argued that viruses are indeed alive. Some small viruses are more efficient t...
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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: '''Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July...
3: ...0040420CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, disp...
7: ...iety]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the vacancy left by [[Winsto... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
17: ...e ''Viola tricolor hortensis''. However, many garden varieties are hybrids and are referred to as ''V...
19: ==Development of the Pansy==
20: ...(''V. altaica''), to produce a host of bigger, bolder pansies. As a result of extensive cross-breedin...
22: ...[[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar to modern gardeners appeared.
24: ==Pansies for Underplanting== - Lymphatic system (6229 bytes)
1: ...nvolved in the removal of foreign matter and cell debris by [[phagocyte]]s and is part of the body's [...
7: ...ian = collar bones i.e. they run along the underside of the collar bones).
14: ...he thymus (hence their name), and B-lymphocytes undergo maturation in the bone marrow. After maturati...
17: ...h nodes. In the lymph nodes, the macrophages and dendritic cells [[phagocytosis|phagocytose]] the ant...
19: ...s importance in fighting infections that have invaded the blood. - Immune system (14564 bytes)
1: ...e narrow sense, many higher organisms have organs dedicated to the maintenance of immunity, such as th...
3: It is often divided into the two sections of innate and adaptive imm...
6: .... While study of the bacterial immune system provides useful insights into immunology, higher organism...
8: ...e immune system is an organ system that acts as a defense against foreign [[pathogen]]s (such as [[vir...
11: ...rders ([[immunodeficiency]] and [[autoimmune disorder|autoimmunity]]) arise from failures of discrimin... - Brain (22060 bytes)
4: ...[Image:Anatomy06-brain.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: The brain is primarily made up of two types of [[cell (biology)|cell]]s: [[gl...
7: ==A smart device==
11: ...the volume of the brain compact enough to fit inside the skull.
14: ...vessel]]s in the brain, is another major cause of death and brain damage. - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
6: ... epithelial layer and extracellular matrix surrounded by capillaries. In some alveolar walls there ar...
10: The alveoli have an innate tendency to collapse because of their spherical shape, ...
12: ===Details===
16: ...e transported by the blood. Although carbon dioxide and oxygen are the most important molecules excha...
18: ...o gas diffusion. Thus, transport of carbon monoxide is 'diffusion limited'. Gases that reach equilib... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ... has a number of functions in the body including detoxification, [[glycogen]] storage and [[plasma pr...
5: ...men. The liver lies [[anterior]] to the [[gallbladder]] and superior to the right [[kidney]].
9: ...of the bile ducts resemble those of a tree, and indeed the term "biliary tree" is commonly used in thi...
14: ...surface landmarks. Traditional gross anatomy divided the liver into four lobes based on surface featu...
16: ... front ([[anterior]] side) of the liver. This divides the liver into a left anatomical lobe, and a rig... - Placenta (1967 bytes)
1: ...th the [[umbilical cord]] top right. The unseen side connects to the [[uterus|uterine]] wall. The whit...
7: ...son is often called the '''afterbirth'''). After delivery of the placenta the umbilical cord is usual... - Pollen (5420 bytes)
3: ...ulose]] cell wall and a thick, tough outer wall made of [[sporopollenin]].
5: ...ta|coniferous]] plant). Pollen grains come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and surface markings ch...
7: ...y few cases has anything representing prothallial development been observed; generally a small cell (t...
9: ... sperm-cells. The male-cells are carried to their destination in the tip of the pollen-tube.
15: ... people began establishing irrigated lawns and gardens, ragweed gained a foothold and Arizona lost its... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
18: ...ent of the continent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
24: ...rom the main mass of the Earth's surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, o...
26: ...6,000 km (16,100 miles) and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Eu...
33: Africa is home to the [[cradle of Humankind|oldest inhabited territory]] on earth, with the [[huma... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...on|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorit...
4: ...rsial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political st...
6: ...d China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Spec...
13: ...[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishin...
15: ...s may also doubt statistics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campa... - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: ...a''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Rep?a de Angola'').<!--
7: native_name = Rep?a de Angola |
11: ... = Virtus Unita Fortior ([[Latin]]: Unity Provides Strength) |
17: government_type = [[Multi-party]] [[democracy]] |
18: leader_titles = [[President of Angola|Head of State]] <br> [[Prime Minister... - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...monly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood as being instances of influenza), see [[gas...
2: ...e the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
4: ...ges in the virus have caused three influenza [[pandemics]] in the [[20th century|20<sup>th</sup> centu...
12: ...sistance to influenza B and C because they only undergo [[antigenic drift]] and have more similarity w...
14: .... Only one H subtype and one N subtype have been identified for influenza B virus. At present, the mos... - Old wives' tale (4347 bytes)
16: ...s not cause [[acne]]; in fact, there is little evidence that one's [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] affects a...
23: ...cus pneumoniae]]''. Variations on this tale include that someone who stays out in the cold will catch...
25: ... response. Still, this old wives' tale, in its modern, pseudoscientific version, is still prevalent.
30: ...n result in an infection protected from oxygen. Under such [[anaerobic]] conditions the tetanus bacter...
36: ...yellow when you hold a [[Ranunculus|buttercup]] underneath it then you do not like butter. - Food (24212 bytes)
7: ==Legal definition==
9: ...ocessed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by ...
14: Links to official legal definitions of food:
15: ...fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food]
16: ...uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900016_en_2.htm#mdiv1 UK definition of food] - Evolution (27661 bytes)
3: ...[[genetics]] in the [[1940s]], evolution has been defined more specifically as a change in the frequen...
6: ...e the [[modern evolutionary synthesis]]. In the modern synthesis, "evolution" means a change in the fr...
8: ...share a common ancestor. It also is often used to describe the mechanisms through which evolution acts...
12: The theory underlying the modern synthesis has three major aspects:
14: # The [[common descent]] of all [[organism]]s from a single ancesto... - DNA (29095 bytes)
1: ...paceFilling.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule]]
3: ...specifying the [[developmental biology|biological development]] of all cellular forms of [[life]] (and...
8: ... may be a precursor to a generation of electronic devices and computers, but what are the electronic p...
10: ...ning that this is not necessarily a very accurate description, and that it's only meant as a generic o...
12: ...m not saying is happening here) is also to be avoided. --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]] - Microbiology (4238 bytes)
1: ...elated to [[pathology]], [[immunology]], and [[epidemiology]] as many microorganisms are [[pathogen|pa...
2: ...x|right|thumb|Illustration of a Virus. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...icrobes have many traits that make them ideal [[model organisms]]:
6: ...ome have very short generation times (the time needed for division of a bacterial cell in two in optim...
8: .... This allows for the propagation of genetically identical ([[clone|clonal]]) populations.
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