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Cell biology
The study of cell structure, physiological properties, interactions with the environment and life cycle.
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Vessel elements
Biology; Cell biology
Short, wide cells arranged end to end, forming a system of tubes in the xylem that moves water and solutes from the roots to the rest of the plant. Large diameter cells of the xylem that are ...
Ventral
Biology; Cell biology
Term applied to the lower side of a fish, or to the chest of a land vertebrate.
Zygote
Biology; Cell biology
A fertilised egg. A diploid cell resulting from fertilisation of an egg by a sperm cell.
Zygomycetes
Biology; Cell biology
One of the division of the fungi, characterised by the production of zygospores; includes the bread molds.
Zygospore
Biology; Cell biology
In fungi, a structure that forms from the diploid zygote created by the fusion of haploid hyphae of different mating types. After a period of dormancy, the zygospore forms sporangia, where meiosis ...
Zone of differentiation
Biology; Cell biology
Area in plant roots where recently produced cells develop into different cell types.
Zone of intolerance
Biology; Cell biology
The area outside the geographic range where a population is absent; grades into the zone of physiological stress.
