biology
scientific study of living things, especially their structure, function, growth, evolution, and distribution
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biology is a branch of science[1]. biology ranks in the top 1% of branch of science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,801 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic discipline[3], academic major[4]
- Subclass of: natural science[5], life sciences[6]
- Commons category: Biology[7]
- Said to be the same as: life sciences[8]
- Has part(s): morphology[9], ecology[10], botany[11], zoology[12], archaeobiology[13], anatomy[14], mycology[15], genetics[16], biology of colour[17], cell biology[18], evolutionary biology[19], computational biology[20], neurobiology[21], microbiology[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Biology[23]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Biology[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopedic Lexicon[30], Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[33], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], The Encyclopedia Americana[36], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[37], The New Student's Reference Work[38]
- Partially coincident with: paleontology[39]
- Topic has template: Template:Branches of biology[40], Template:Biology[41], Template:TopicTOC-Biology[42]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://esperanto.stackexchange.com/tags/biology[43]
- Has characteristic: evolution[44], biological nomenclature[45]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C16345[46]
- History of topic: history of biology[47]
Why It Matters
biology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] biology is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]