Fission, in biology, is the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts to separate entities resembling the...
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Look up fission in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fission, a splitting of something into two or more parts, may refer to: Fission (biology), the division...
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Cell division (redirect from Asynthetic fission)
and archaea) usually undergo a vegetative cell division known as binary fission, where their genetic material is segregated equally into two daughter cells...
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe (redirect from Fission yeast)
also called "fission yeast", is a species of yeast used in traditional brewing and as a model organism in molecular and cell biology. It is a unicellular...
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to generate ATP (aerobic respiration). Mitochondria multiply by binary fission, like prokaryotes. Chloroplasts can only be found in plants and algae,...
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Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single,...
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Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons...
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bud of one plant onto another. Fragmentation (reproduction) Paratomy Fission (biology) Strobilation James Desmond Smyth, Derek Wakelin (1994). Introduction...
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In ethology, fission–fusion society is one in which the size and composition of the social group change as time passes and animals move throughout the...
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Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms...
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more vulnerable to changing environments, parasites, and diseases. Fission (biology) Budding Micropropagation Rood, S.B., Kalischuk, M.L., and Braatne...
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Mitochondrial fission is the process by which mitochondria divide or segregate into two separate mitochondrial organelles. Mitochondrial fission is counteracted...
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the fission products from the nuclear fission of uranium. The longest half-lives of the radioisotopes of these elements generated by nuclear fission are...
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Regeneration in biology is the process of renewal, restoration, and tissue growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural...
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Life (redirect from Biota (biology))
daughter cells. For prokaryotes, cell division occurs through a process of fission in which the DNA is replicated, then the two copies are attached to parts...
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Phenotype (redirect from Phenotype (biology))
but also in several eukaryotic model organisms such as baker's yeast and fission yeast. Among other discoveries, such studies have revealed lists of essential...
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Coral (redirect from Coral biology)
with the same genotype. The possible mechanisms include fission, bailout and fragmentation. Fission occurs in some corals, especially among the family Fungiidae...
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Nuclear power (redirect from Fission power)
nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of...
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Mitochondrial fission factor (Mff) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFF gene. Its primary role is in controlling the division of mitochondria...
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Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
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Neutron source (section Spontaneous fission)
source. Some isotopes undergo spontaneous fission (SF) with emission of neutrons. The most common spontaneous fission source is the isotope californium-252...
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FtsZ can also be used in nanotechnology to fabricate metal nanowires. Fission (biology) – Biological process Divisome – A protein complex in bacteria responsible...
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This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms. It...
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Asexual reproduction in starfish (category Echinoderm biology)
Asexual reproduction in starfish takes place by fission or through autotomy of arms. In fission, the central disc breaks into two pieces and each portion...
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Protozoa (redirect from Pellicle (biology))
and Ebriida). Protozoa mostly reproduce asexually by binary fission or multiple fission. Many protozoa also exchange genetic material by sexual means...
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Jellyfish (redirect from Medusa (biology))
field without a hand lens or microscope. They can reproduce asexually by fission (splitting in half). Other very small jellyfish, which have bells about...
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cellular and molecular biology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in the study of cell biology, molecular biology, and related disciplines...
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Otto Robert Frisch (section Nuclear fission)
estimated the energy released, and Frisch coined the term fission, adopted from a process in biology, to describe it. Political restraints of the Nazi era...
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Alpha particle (section Ternary fission)
the skin). However, so-called long-range alpha particles from ternary fission are three times as energetic and penetrate three times as far. The helium...
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Primate (redirect from Primate (biology))
ISBN 0-9648825-0-7. Couzin, Iain D.; Laidre, Mark E. (August 2009). "Fission–fusion populations". Current Biology. 19 (15): R633 – R635. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R633C. doi:10...
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