biological processes
Living system activities
Biological processes are the physical and chemical activities that occur within living organisms to sustain life.
These include metabolism, reproduction, growth, respiration, digestion, and cellular repair.
The term appears frequently in scientific contexts: The drug interferes with biological processes essential to tumor growth.
In broader usage, it can refer to any natural bodily function: Aging is a biological process we all experience.
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- survival of the fittestAdaptive advantage perpetuates species
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
transcription · pollination · apoptosis · genetic drift · circulation · fight or flight · symbiosis · natural world · mutation · cellular respiration · predation · photosynthesis · autophagy · speciation · endocytosis · co-evolution · excretion · convergent evolution
- biologycells, DNA, cell, gene, bacteriology
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Mechanisms altering terrain over time
decay · decomposition · death · necrosis · lifelessness
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