CZ:Biology Workgroup

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Biology workgroup tasks

Suggestions for this page as recommended by Larry Sanger Still to do: (i) a welcome message aimed at new editors in your area, and perhaps (ii) a link to a version of Citizendium_Pilot:Recruitment_Letter adapted for your discipline. And whatever else seems helpful! The most up to date version of the recruitment letter can been seen here.

How you can help

Launch workgroup tagging of articles Any article related to the Biology Workgroup should be placed in the category [[Category:Biology Workgroup]]". This means that we think the biology workgroup will be one of the main groups to manage this article. Note, the tag is *not* "[[Category:Biology]]"; that's because we're attaching the article to its *management*. Note: only articles with the biology workgroup category tag will been seen in the recent changes for all biology articles (see header above). Launch area management: deferred We should probably defer selection of discipline workgroup management until after more people in each area have arrived, and we have had a chance to finalize how this management will be selected.

Proposed subgroups

The organisation we inherited from Wikipedia is subdivided into disciplines within biology, however, we do not have to follow such a format. We can move forward with subgroups that seem more natural, and I imagine some subgroups will include several related disciplines. We can discuss this more on the subgroups thread, in the biology forum, as we reach a critical mass of editors and authors. Relevant lists and headers from Wikipedia are shown at the bottom of this section. Also, the list of high priority articles in the next section are currently categorized by discipline. List of biology disciplines Template:Biology-footer

High priority articles

This list of articles is not complete but it can be used as a starting point for writing new articles or focus our efforts towards getting more articles approved. Articles in bold are regarded as a higher priority. Those struck through are considered as low priority.

Biography

1.  Charles Darwin
2. Carolus Linnaeus -
3.  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
4.  Gregor Mendel
5.  Barbara_McClintock - approved

 Anatomy

1.  Circulatory system
   1.  Blood
   2.  Heart
2. Endocrine system
3. Gastrointestinal tract
   1. Large intestine
   2. Small intestine
   3.  Liver
4. Integumentary system
   1. Breast
   2.  Skin
5.  Nervous system
   1.  Brain
   2. Spinal Cord
   3. Peripheral Nervous System
6. Sensory system
   1.  Auditory system
      1.  Ear
   2. Gustatory system
   3. Olfactory system
      1.  Nose
   4. Somatosensory system
   5. Visual system
      1.  Eye
7. Reproductive system
   1.  Penis
   2.  Vagina
8. Respiratory system
   1. Lung
9. Skeleton

 Biochemistry

1. Macromolecules
   1.  Nucleic acid
      1.  DNA
      2.  RNA
   2.  Protein
      1.  Enzyme
      2.  Amino acid
      3.  Peptide
   3. Carbohydrate
   4.  Lipid
2.  Metabolism - approved
   1.  Glycolysis
      1. NAD
   2. Krebs cycle
      1. FAD
   3. Electron transport chain
   4.  Photosynthesis
   5. Intermediary metabolism

 Botany

1.  Fungus
   1. Yeast
2. Plant
   1. Angiosperm
      1. Eudicotyledon
         1. Arabidopsis thaliana
         2.  Tobacco
         3. Oak
      2. Monocotyledon
         1.  Maize
         2. Rice
         3.  Barley
   2. Bryophyte
      1. Liverwort
      2.  Moss
   3.  Fern
   4. Gymnosperm
3. Plant anatomy
   1. Leaf
   2.  Flower
      1. Petal
   3. Root
   4. Stem
   5. Plant tissues
      1. parenchyma
      2. collenchyma
      3. sclerenchyma
      4. epidermis
         1. guard cell
         2. stomate (plural: stomata)
         3. trichome
         4. root hair
      5. xylem article could merge together the subcategories
         1. vessel element
         2. tracheid
      6. phloem article could merge together the subcategories
         1. sieve tube cell
         2. companion cell
4. Plant physiology
   1. Dehiscence
   2. Flower induction
   3. Nitrogen assimilation
   4. Plant senescence
   5. Wilting
      1. Plasmolysis
   6. Plant hormones
      1. Abscisic acid
      2. Auxin
      3. Brassinosteroid
      4. Cytokinin
      5. Ethylene
      6. Gibberellin
5. Plant behavior
   1. Gravitropism
   2. Heliotropism
   3. Phototropism
   4. Thigmotropism

Cell biology

1. Cell
2.  Cell division
3.  Cell nucleus
4. Cell wall
5.  Cell membrane
6. Cytoplasm
7.  Cytoskeleton
8. Flagellum
9. Organelles
   1.  Chloroplast
   2.  Mitochondrion
   3. Endoplasmic reticulum
   4.  Golgi apparatus
   5. Vacuole
   6. Ribosome

Developmental biology

1. Cellular differentiation
2. Stem Cells
3.  Cancer
4. Descriptive embryology

 Ecology

1. Endangered species
2.  Biodiversity
3. Species
4.  Coral reef (please consider this - also in Earth Science list --Nereo Preto 07:54, 28 September 2007 (CDT))
   1. Bleaching

 Evolutionary biology

1. Evidence of evolution
2. Processes of evolution:
   1.  adaptation
   2.  macroevolution
   3. microevolution
   4.  natural selection
   5. speciation

 Genetics

1. Classical genetics
   1. Mendelian inheritance
   2.  mutation
2. Clinical genetics
   1.  Genetic counseling
3. Ecological genetics
4. Molecular genetics
5.  Population genetics
   1. selection
   2. genetic drift
   3.  gene flow
6. Quantitative genetics

 Microbiology

1.  Archaea
2.  Bacteria

Molecular biology

1.  Polymerase chain reaction
2. Gel electrophoresis
3.  Southern blot
4. Northern blot
5.  Restriction enzyme
6.  Western blot

Neuroscience

1.  Brain
2. Intelligence
3.  Neuron

 Physiology

1. Digestion
2. Excretion
3. Biological reproduction
4.  Hormone
   1.  Pregnancy
   2.  Asexual reproduction
   3. Sexual reproduction
5. Respiration (physiology)

 Taxonomy

1. Cladistics
2.  Systematics
3. Tree of life

 Virology

1.  Bacteriophage
2. DNA virus
3. RNA virus
4. Viral diseases
   1.  AIDS
   2.  SARS
   3. Chicken Pox & Shingles (Varicella)

 Zoology

1.  Protist
2.  Animal
   1. Arthropod
      1.  Insect
         1.  Ant
         2.  Bee
         3.  Beetle
         4. Butterfly
      2. Arachnid
   2. Chordate
      1. Amphibian
         1. Frog
      2.  Fish
         1. Shark
      3.  Mammal
         1.  Ape
            1.  Human
         2. Bat
         3. Bear
         4. Camel
         5.  Cat
         6.  Cattle
         7. The Dog Family
            1. Wolves
            2. Grey Wolf
         8. Dolphin
         9. Elephant
            1. Mammoth
         10.  Horse
         11. Sheep
         12. Lion
         13. Pig
         14. Whale
      4.  Reptile
         1.  Dinosaur
            1.  Bird
               1. Eagle
               2. Duck
               3. Chicken
               4.  Owl
               5. Dove
               6.  Turkey
               7. Ostrich
               8.  Penguin
         2. Snake

Core article

The list below is adapted from the high priority articles above and the small list that has already started at CZ:Core_Articles#Biology. These are articles that we deem vital to get the biology section going. Please add and delete from this list. We are rstricted to 198 articles that we think are needed now.

For a more comprehensive list search for the red links in the CZ:Biology_Workgroup/list or CZ:Biology_Workgroup/concepts.

Just to clarify, i combined the list the concepts and the core article we already had. I then edited for duplicates and removed items that did not seem to fit the core concept. We now have 300 articles. Feel free to add topics that are missing. Also feel free to group articles into topic related concepts, although this alphabetical list is probably OK for those wanting to see what is missing from CZ. Chris Day (talk) 16:33, 27 September 2007 (CDT)

Biology related Anatomy  Eye Anatomy  liver Anatomy Skeleton Biochemistry active site Anatomy  Adenosine triphosphate Biochemistry anaerobic respiration Biochemistry  antibody Biochemistry ATP synthase Biochemistry Carbohydrate Biochemistry chemiosmosis Biochemistry Electron transport chain Biochemistry enzyme kinetics Biochemistry fat Biochemistry glycoprotein Biochemistry  ion channel Biochemistry Michaelis-Menten kinetics Biochemistry  monoclonal antibody Biochemistry myosin Biochemistry oxidative phosphorylation Biochemistry  Peptide Biochemistry phosphorylation Biochemistry  polypeptide Biochemistry polysaccharide Biochemistry  protein folding Biochemistry  protein structure Biochemistry protein synthesis Biochemistry proteolysis Biochemistry receptor (biochemistry) Biochemistry Redox Biochemistry substrate (biology) Biochemistry  vitamin Botany  action spectrum Botany Calvin cycle Botany cellulose Botany chlorophyll Botany gravitropism Botany leaf Botany phloem Botany  Photosynthesis Botany plasmolysis Botany root Botany seed Botany starch Botany stoma Botany  thylakoid Botany xylem Cell Biology  actin stub Cell Biology  apoptosis Cell Biology biological membrane Cell Biology  cell division Cell Biology  Cell nucleus Cell Biology Cell wall Cell Biology  Chloroplast Cell Biology Cytoplasm Cell Biology cytosol Cell Biology Endoplasmic reticulum Cell Biology Flagellum Cell Biology fluid mosaic model Cell Biology  Golgi apparatus Cell Biology microtubules Cell Biology  Mitochondrion Cell Biology phospholipid bilayer Cell Biology  phagocytosis Cell Biology pseudopod Cell Biology Ribosome Cell Biology  signal transduction Cell Biology Vacuole Cell Biology vesicle (biology) Developmental Biology Calcium wave Developmental Biology  embryo Developmental Biology zygote Ecology carbon cycle Ecology  carnivore Ecology chemoautotrophic Ecology ecological niche Ecology fundamental niche Ecology growth curve Ecology habitat (ecology) Ecology herbivore Ecology hibernation Ecology insectivores Ecology invasive species Ecology  nitrogen cycle Ecology parasitism Ecology  population Ecology predation Ecology  symbiosis Ecology  thermocline Evolution  adaptation Evolution convergent evolution Evolution endosymbiosis Evolution evolutionary tree Evolution genetic drift Evolution Homology (biology) Evolution  Macroevolution Evolution Microevolution Evolution molecular clock Evolution monophyletic Evolution Muller's ratchet Evolution phylogeny Evolution speciation Genetics acquired characteristics Genetics adaptive radiation Genetics  allele Genetics  Asexual reproduction Genetics autosome Genetics centromere Genetics chiasma Genetics chromatid Genetics chromatin Genetics chromosome Genetics codon Genetics diploid Genetics double helix Genetics exon Genetics gamete Genetics  gene duplication Genetics  gene Genetics genetic code Genetics genetic recombination Genetics  genome Genetics haploid Genetics heredity Genetics hermaphrodite Genetics heterochromatin Genetics heterozygote Genetics homozygote Genetics  intron Genetics locus (genetics) Genetics Lyon hypothesis Genetics meiosis Genetics Mendelian inheritance Genetics metaphase Genetics  mitosis Genetics mutagen Genetics oncogene Genetics  phenotype Genetics Punnett square Genetics Quantitative trait loci Genetics recombination Genetics Sexual reproduction Genetics sister chromatid Genetics Splicing (genetics) Genetics telomere Genetics Trait (biology) Genetics Wobble base pair Genetics X chromosome Genetics Y chromosome Molecular Biology  antibiotic resistance Molecular Biology DNA replication Molecular Biology  electrophoresis Molecular Biology enhancer Molecular Biology homeobox Molecular Biology  Human Genome Project Molecular Biology Lac repressor Molecular Biology Microarray Molecular Biology  microsatellite Molecular Biology Non-coding RNA Molecular Biology  Nucleic acid Molecular Biology  nucleotide Molecular Biology Okazaki fragment Molecular Biology operon Molecular Biology plasmid Molecular Biology  Polymerase chain reaction Molecular Biology promoter Molecular Biology  Restriction enzyme Molecular Biology transcription factor Molecular Biology transcription (genetics) Molecular Biology Transformation (genetics) Physiology  action potential stub Physiology active transport Physiology circadian rhythm Physiology facilitated diffusion Physiology feedback inhibition Physiology homeostasis Physiology  neuron Physiology osmosis Physiology  Pregnancy Physiology Reproduction Physiology senescence Physiology thermoregulation Physiology tropism Physiology Visual perception

Health Sciences related: Move article red links to this column from first column if they are more appropriate for health sciences. Or, move back to the first column if these article names are not suitable for health sciences. Acid-base physiology Adrenocorticotropic Hormone albinism Arterial system  Auditory system  Blood Bone capillary collagen diabetes Digestion Down syndrome egg (biology) Endocrine system  gene therapy genetic fingerprint  Heart immune system intestine karyotype Klinefelter syndrome lung  malaria muscle non disjunction organ (anatomy) Reproductive system Respiration (physiology)  Skin sperm testes tumor Turner syndrome  vaccine Viral diseases Lower priority abiogenesis acetyl CoA  acid activation energy aerobic  Biochemistry biological emergence blastula  Botany  carotenoid Cell biology Cellular differentiation Chi square test chitin Cladistics Classical genetics conformation Developmental biology diffusion dimer  DNA sequencing Excretion FADH2 gene pool Genomics  glucose Hershey-Chase experiment housekeeping gene hybrid knock-out mouse  mass extinction mass spectrometry Molecular biology Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide non-competitive inhibition nucleosome peroxisome phospholipid pigment Plant physiology Plant tissues plastid primary structure proteomics punctuated equilibrium purine pyrimidine quaternary structure secondary structure  Southern blot  Systematics taxis  Taxonomy tertiary structure twin xanthophyll  Zoology Biographies We may already have some of these under different spellings or without the middle name.  Alfred Russel Wallace Carolus Linnaeus Ernst Haeckel  Francis Crick  Gregor Mendel James Watson Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Konrad Lorenz  Louis Pasteur Lynn Margulis Max Delbrück  Thomas Hunt Morgan Organisms  algae  Ant Arabidopsis thaliana archaebacteria Bryophyte DNA virus Drosophila melanogaster eubacteria fungi  human neurospora crassa plant retrovirus RNA virus

Already have these: Move these to the first column if they need a lot of work.  acetylcholine  Alexander Fleming  amino acid  anabolism  Anatomy  animal  Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek  bacteria  Bioinformatics  biotechnology  cancer  catabolism  cell (biology)  Cellular respiration  Charles Darwin  circulatory system  citric acid cycle  cloning  cytoskeleton  dihybrid cross  DNA  Escherichia coli  Ecology  endosymbiotic theory  enzyme  epigenetics  eukaryote  Evolution  fermentation (biochemistry)  flower  Genetics  genotype  glycogen  histone  hormone  insect  insulin  kidney  life  Lipid macromolecule  marine biology  microbiology  microfilament  mutation  natural selection  nervous system  neurotransmitter  organelle  organism  Physiology plasma membrane  pollination  prion  prokaryote  Protein  protist  RNA species  stem cell  synapse  systems biology  transposon  Vasopressin virus  wood x-ray diffraction

Bear in mind the Health Sciences Workgroup has 198, too, and there must not be overlap. --Larry Sanger 12:02, 27 September 2007 (CDT)

Also note that the red links on the "already have" list are articles that are marked as externally sourced. These may be included at CZ:Core Articles to be rewritten.--Joe Quick (Talk) 18:53, 27 September 2007 (CDT)

Tree-of-life subgroup

A major part of the articles in the biology workgroup can be categorized under the concept of Tree of Life. All article about a species, genus or any other taxonomic level are part of this subgroup.

Naming convention

To be determined

Taxoboxes

Taxoboxes facilitate the navigation through the Tree-of-Life and each taxon is required to have one using the Template:Taxobox.