Biology

Articles about living organisms, life processes and biological research.

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Plant cell

Plant cell: structure, functions, and distinguishing features

Plaque

Plaque: flat objects, biological films, and arterial deposits

Plasmid

Plasmid — extrachromosomal DNA elements, biology and applications

Plasmodesma

Plasmodesma: plant cell intercellular channels

Plasmodiidae

Plasmodiidae: family of blood parasites including Plasmodium

Plasmodium

Plasmodium: genus of malaria-causing parasitic protozoa

Platelet

Platyzoa

Pleiotropism

Pleiotropism (pleiotropy): when one gene affects many traits

Ploidy

Ploidy: chromosome set number and its biological significance

Pneumoconiosis

Pneumoconiosis: chronic lung disease from inhaled mineral and dust particles

Point mutation

Pollen

Polydnavirus

Polydnaviruses

Polymerase chain reaction

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR): principles, history, and applications

Polymorphism

Polymorphism (biology): distinct forms within a population

Polypeptide

Polypeptide: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Biological Roles

Polyphyly

Polyphyly: definition, examples, and significance in biological classification

Pons

Pons: structure, function, development and clinical significance

Population genetics

Population genetics: principles, history, and applications

Pore

Pore (opening in biology, materials, and geology)

Pore (skin)

Pore (skin): structure, function, and clinical significance

Positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus

Poxviridae

Poxviridae: family of large double-stranded DNA viruses infecting humans and animals

Precocial

Predation

Predation in ecology: interactions, adaptations, and ecological role

Pregnancy

Premolar

Premolar (tooth): form, function, and variation

Prion

Prion: proteinaceous infectious agents that cause neurodegenerative disease

Proboscis

Proboscis: elongated snouts and tubular feeding organs

Progesterone

Prokaryote

Prokaryote: overview, structure, classification and ecological importance

Promoter (genetics)

Propofol

Propolis

Prosencephalon

Prosencephalon (Forebrain): Structure, Development, and Clinical Significance

Prosimian

Prosimian — informal grouping of early primates

Protacanthopterygii

Protease

Protease — enzymes that cleave proteins and their biological roles

Protein

Protein: structure, synthesis, functions, and significance

Protein biosynthesis

Protein biosynthesis

Protein biosynthesis: how cells make proteins

Overview of protein biosynthesis: stages from genetic information to folded protein, core machinery (ribosomes, tRNA, amino acids), differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes,

Protein Data Bank

Protein Data Bank (PDB): archive of macromolecular structures

Protein filament

Protein filament: structure, types, and biological roles

Protein folding

Protein folding: how polypeptides acquire their functional three‑dimensional form

Protein structure

Protein structure and folding: architecture, dynamics, and methods of study

Proteobacteria

Proteome

Proteome: the complete set of proteins expressed by an organism

Protist