discipline

Zoology

... = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals . Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History of zoology 2 Branches of biology relevant to zoology 3 Systems of classification 4 Notable zoologists 5 See also 6 Sources and ext...

Promoter

...ng molecular origins is partially addressed by the discipline of pharmacogenomics . Asthma population genetics study: Hobbs, K.; Negri, J.; Klinnert, M.; Rosenwasser, L.J.; and Borish, L. (1998). Interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-beta promoter polymorphisms in allergies and asthma . Am...

Population genetics

...er , who also laid the foundations for the related discipline of quantitative genetics . Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Scope and theoretical considerations 2 Population geneticists 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Scope and theoretical considerations Perha...

Parasitology

...nd the relationship between them. As a biological discipline , the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life. This means it forms a synthesis of other disciplines, and draws on techniques from fields such as cell biology , bioinformatics , m...

Neuroscience

...ive science to create cognitive neuroscience , a discipline first populated mostly by cognitive psychologists , currently becoming a dynamic specialty of its own. Some researchers believe that cognitive neuroscience provides a bottom-up approach to understanding the mind and consciousness that is complem...

Limnology

Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of in-land waters (both saline and fresh), specifically lakes , ponds and rivers (both natural and manmade), including their biological , physical , chemical , and hydrological aspects. Franois-Alphonse Forel (184...

Glycomics

Glycomics , or glycobiology is a discipline of biology that deals with the structure and function of oligosaccharides (chains of sugars ). The term glycomics is derived from the chemical prefix for sweetness or a sugar, "glyco-", and was formed to follow the naming convention established ...

Genetics

...he organism on which they focus. The foundational discipline is population genetics which studies the distribution of and change in allele frequencies of genes under the influence of the four evolutionary forces: natural selection , genetic drift , mutation and migration . It is the theory that attempts...

Gene

... biology and population genetics . Because each discipline models the biology of life differently, the usage of the word gene varies between disciplines. It may refer to either material or conceptual entities. Following the discovery that DNA is the genetic material, and with the growth of biotech...

Evolutionary biology

...ry thought Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s . It was not until the 1970s and 1980s , however, that a significant number of universities had departments that specifically included the ter...

Evolution

...n evolution. Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s . It was not until the 1970s and 1980s , however, that a significant number of universities had departments that specifically included the term...

Cryptozoology

...elmans himself traced the scholarly origins of the discipline to Anthonid Cornelis Oudemans and his 1892 study, The Great Sea Serpent . Huevelmans argued that cryptozoology should be undertaken with scientific rigor , but also with an open-minded , interdisciplinary approach. Furthermore, according ...

Cell biology

... cellular biology or cytology ) is an academic discipline which studies the physiological properties of cells , as well as their behaviours , interactions, and environment ; this is done both on a microscopic and molecular level. Cell biology researches both single-celled organisms like bacteria ...

Biology

...s , and evolution of plant life .Zoology is the discipline which involves the study of animals , which includes the physiology of animals is studied under various fields including anatomy and embryology . The common genetic and developmental mechanisms of animals and plants is studied in molecular b...

Artificial life

...ches that would be controversial within their home discipline can be discussed. As a field, it has had a controversial history; John Maynard Smith criticized certain artificial life work in 1995 as "fact-free science", and it has not generally received much attention from biologists. However, the recent pub...