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• dominance go
  the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
  
• abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation go
  a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
  
• alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis go
  the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
  
• annual ring, growth ring go
  an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
  
• bioelectricity go
  electric phenomena in animals or plants
  
• circulation go
  movement through a circuit
  
• cyclosis, streaming go
  the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
  
• death go
  the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
  
• decomposition, decay go
  the organic phenomenon of rotting
  
• dehiscence go
  (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue
  
• desquamation, peeling, shedding go
  loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
  
• exfoliation go
  the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin
  
• diapedesis go
  passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
  
• facilitation go
  (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
  
• food chain go
  (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
  
• food pyramid go
  (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top
  
• food web, food cycle go
  (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
  
• gene expression go
  conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
  
• histocompatibility go
  condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue
  
• life go
  the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
  
• life cycle go
  a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
  
• pleomorphism go
  (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
  
• polymorphism go
  (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
  
• polymorphism go
  (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on
  
• recognition go
  (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
  
• rejection go
  (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
  
• rejuvenation, greening go
  the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored
  
• sex linkage go
  an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other