Wikipedia:Biology basic topics

These should be the most basic topics in the field--topics about which we'd like to have articles soon. Please see the most basic encyclopedia article topics for general instructions on constructing this list, and consult complete list of encyclopedia topics.

Structured list :

• unsorted topics :
• Life
• Ecology: Biodiversity -- habitat -- population
• Evolutionary Biology: evolution -- species -- adaptive radiation -- speciation -- natural selection -- genetic drift --extinction -- fossil --sexual reproduction -- asexual reproduction -- colony -- growth curve[?] -- phylogeny -- evolutionary tree -- selection -- allele frequency -- Neutral theory of molecular evolution
  • Techniques: molecular clock
• Life forms
  • viruses : DNA viruses -- RNA viruses -- Retroviruses
  • Single-cell organisms:
    • prokaryotes : microbe -- bacteria -- archaebacteria -- eubacteria
    • eukaryotes: fungi -- algae -- protozoa -- protista
  • Multicellular Organisms:
    • plantae -- plants
    • animalia -- animals --metazoa
    • fungi
• Animal Physiology:
  • Metabolism -- nutrition -- primary nutritional groups -- respiration
  • organ and systems: skeleton -- eye -- muscle -- joint -- brain -- liver -- kidney -- heart -- lung
    • nervous system: limbic system -- vestibular system[?] -- vision -- audition[?] -- proprioception -- olfaction -- memory]
    • immune system: antibody -- host -- vaccine
  • tissues: blood -- Bone -- cartilage
  • Cells: neuron -- stem cell -- blood cell -- immune cell -- skin cell[?]
  • Techniques: electrophysiology
• Medicine:
  • Diseases: cancer -- diabetes -- obesity
  • Drugs: antibiotic -- barbiturate -- SSRI
  • Techniques: MRI -- CT -- blood count
• Genetics : genotype -- phenotype -- Mendelian inheritance -- gene -- Allele -- chromosome -- haploid -- diploid -- homozygote -- heterozygote -- DNA -- RNA -- DNA replication -- locus -- Trait
  • Techniques: Drosophila -- Arabidopsis -- knock-out mouse -- paternity test -- genetic fingerprint
• Developmental biology : embryo -- gamete -- morphogenesis
• Cell biology:
  • the Biological cell
  • cell components:
    • organelles: endoplasmic reticulum -- Golgi apparatus -- nucleus -- cytoplasm -- vacuole -- vesicle -- mitochondrion -- lysosome -- peroxisome -- chloroplast
    • membranes: plasma membrane -- mitochondrial membrane -- endomembrane system -- chloroplast membrane[?]
    • ribosomes
    • Other subcellular features: synapse -- axon -- dendrite -- pseudopod -- cytoskeleton -- mitotic spindle
  • cell processes: protein biosynthesis -- cellular respiration -- apoptosis -- citric acid cycle -- photosynthesis
    • cell signaling: hormone -- action potential -- synapse
    • signal transduction: second messenger -- receptor
    • cellular reproduction: mitosis -- meiosis -- centromere
  • Techniques: microscope -- culture
• Biochemistry :
  • Biomolecules :
    • Small: amino acids -- lipids -- phospholipid -- prion -- vitamins -- neurotransmitter
    • Biopolymers/macromolecules
      • proteins: enzyme -- receptor --transmembrane receptor-- ion channel -- membrane transporter[?]-- collagen -- silk
      • DNA -- RNA
      • polysaccharide: cellulose -- carbohydrate
  • Biochemical mechanisms: proteolysis -- cooperativity[?]
  • Techniques[?]: electrophoresis[?] -- His tag[?] --affinity chromatography[?] -- x-ray diffraction
• Molecular biology: DNA -- RNA -- plasmid -- virus -- replication -- genetic code -- translation -- transcription--transcription factor -- recombination -- hybridization[?] --nucleosome -- histone -- promoter -- enhancer -- mutation
  • computational biology -- bioinformatics
  • genomics
  • proteomics
  • Techniques: gel electrophoresis -- transformation -- PCR -- PCR mutagenesis[?] -- primer -- chromosome walking -- RFLP -- restriction enzyme -- sequencing -- cloning -- microsatellite -- culture
• Biology Divisions : Anatomy -- Biochemistry -- Biophysics -- Bioinformatics -- Biotechnology -- Biomechanics -- Botany -- Cell biology -- Ecology -- Entomology -- Evolution -- Genetics -- Herpetology -- Ichthyology--Limnology--Immunology -- Marine biology -- Microbiology -- Molecular biology -- Mycology -- Neurobiology[?] -- Paleontology -- Parasitology[?] -- Photobiology[?] -- Phycology -- Physiology -- Plant physiology -- Biological Psychology[?]-- Radiobiology[?] -- Sociobiology -- Structural biology -- Taxonomy -- Virology -- Zoology
• biologists : Charles Robert Darwin -- Alfred Russel Wallace -- Jean Lamarck -- Sir Charles Lyell -- Alexander Fleming -- Andrew Huxley -- Robert Koch -- Konrad Lorenz -- Ernst Haeckel -- Theodor Bilharz[?] -- Marcello Malpighi -- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek -- Thomas Malthus -- Edward Jenner -- Carolus Linnaeus -- Sewall Wright -- Louis Pasteur -- Gregor Mendel -- James Watson -- Francis Crick -- Kary Mullis -- Craig Venter -- Lynn Margulis

As was done with the topic optical phenomenon I suggest the topic biological phenomenon from which numerous topics and links may be developed.