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(Encyclopedia) behavior, in biology: see ethology.Yerkes, Robert Mearns
(Encyclopedia) Yerkes, Robert MearnsYerkes, Robert Mearnsyûrˈkēz [key], 1876–1956, American psychologist, b. Bucks co., Pa., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1898; Ph.D.1902). He taught (1902–17) at Harvard,…nucleus, in biology
(Encyclopedia) nucleus: see cell, in biology.botany
(Encyclopedia) botany, science devoted to the study of plants. Botany, microbiology, and zoology together compose the science of biology. Humanity's earliest concern with plants was with their…taxon
(Encyclopedia) taxon (pl. taxa), in biology, a term used to denote any group or rank in the classification of organisms, e.g., class, order, family.Beadle, George Wells
(Encyclopedia) Beadle, George Wells, 1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biology at the…Köhler, Georges Jean Franz
(Encyclopedia) Köhler, Georges Jean FranzKöhler, Georges Jean Franzkōˈlər, Ger. köˈlər [key], 1946–95, German immunologist, Ph.D. Univ. of Freiburg, 1974. He worked (1974–76) with César Milstein at…Clemson University
(Encyclopedia) Clemson University, at Clemson, S.C.; coeducational; land-grant; state supported; opened in 1893 as a college, gained university status in 1964. The university includes programs in…Klug, Sir Aaron
(Encyclopedia) Klug, Sir AaronKlug, Sir Aaronkl&oomacr;g [key], 1926–2018, British biochemist, b. Lithuania. Raised and educated in South Africa, he moved to England and completed his doctorate…Hell, Stefan Walter
(Encyclopedia) Hell, Stefan Walter, 1962–, German physicist, Ph.D. Heidelberg Univ., 1990. Hell worked at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg (1991–93) and at the Univ. of Turku…Trending
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