Biology Wise: Examples of Analogous Structures

First year life science or biology pupils will appreciate this all-inclusive reference page. It provides a diagram of both a plant and an animal cell, the metric system prefixes, classification levels, definitions for cell processes, the...

Explains what homologous structures are and how they indicate common ancestry between species. Discusses morphological homology, which refers to anatomical and skeletal similarities, and molecular homology, which refers to common...

Get some competition going in your life science class. Give lab groups a variety of plant parts, all of them fruits, except one. Their mission is to make observations, compare and contrast, in order to be the first to identify the...

An explanation of the importance of fats and proteins in the human diet. Examples of chemical structures of various fats and proteins are used.

Learn about the complex structures inside cells and what their functions are.

Explains what protists are and describes some examples.

Describes the role of mutualism in an ecosystem and the different types, and provides examples.

Discusses how unique species evolve when geographic barriers restrict population interbreeding, such as when organisms are confined to an island. Examples are provided.

Explains what parasitism is and provides a few examples of parasitic relationships.

An explanation of the concept of emergence and what it means in biology. Emergence is a property of a system or structure that is present in the whole but not in its individual components. Presents examples of emergence at different...