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title: "Outline of natural science"
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History of mycology – history of the study of fungi
History of oceanography – history of the study of the ocean, including ocean life, environment, geography, weather, and other aspects influencing the ocean
History of oncology – history of the study of cancer processes, including virus or mutation oncogenesis, angiogenesis and tissues remoldings
History of population biology – history of the study of groups of conspecific organisms, including
History of population ecology – history of the study of how population dynamics and extinction
History of population genetics – history of the study of changes in gene frequencies in populations of organisms
Pathobiology or pathology – history of the study of diseases, and the causes, processes, nature, and development of disease
History of parasitology – history of the study of parasites and parasitism
History of pharmacology – history of the study and practical application of preparation, use, and effects of drugs and synthetic medicines
History of physiology – history of the study of the functioning of living organisms and the organs and parts of living organisms
History of immunology –
History of kinesiology – history of the Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics, is the scientific study of human movement
History of neurobiology – history of the study of the nervous system, including anatomy, physiology and pathology
History of neuroscience – history of the interdisciplinary science that studies the nervous system
History of histology –
History of phytopathology – history of the study of plant diseases (also called Plant Pathology)
History of psychobiology – history of the study of the biological bases of psychology
History of sociobiology – history of the study of the biological bases of sociology
History of systematics – history of the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time
History of cladistics – history of the method of classifying species of organisms into groups called clades, which consist of an ancestor organism and all its descendants (and nothing else)
History of phylogeny – history of the study of evolutionary relation among groups of organisms (e.g. species, populations), which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices
History of taxonomy – history of the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. History of zoology – history of the study of animals, including classification, physiology, development, and behavior
History of arachnology – history of the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids. History of acarology – history of the study of the taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks
History of entomology – history of the study of insects
Timeline of entomology
History of myrmecology – history of the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology
History of coleopterology – history of the study of beetles
History of lepidopterology – history of the study of a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies (called lepidopterans)
History of ethology – history of the study of animal behavior
History of helminthology – history of the study of worms, especially parasitic worms
History of herpetology – history of the study of reptiles and amphibians
History of ichthyology – history of the study of fish
History of malacology – history of the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. History of mammalogy – history of the study of mammals
History of biological anthropology – history of the studies the physical development of the human species. Also called physical anthropology. History of cetology – history of the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea. History of nematology – history of the scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes, or roundworms
History of ornithology – history of the study of birds