Biological process

See process (anatomy) for the alternate meaning, "an outgrowth of tissue".

For other uses, see Process (disambiguation).

A biological process is a process of a living organism. Biological processes are made up of any number of chemical reactions or other events that results in a transformation.

Regulation of biological processes occurs where any process is modulated in its frequency, rate or extent. Biological processes are regulated by many means; examples include the control of gene expression, protein modification or interaction with a protein or substrate molecule.

• Physiological process, those processes specifically pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units: cells, tissues, organs, and organisms.
• Reproduction
• Digestion
• Response to stimulus, a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a stimulus.
• Interaction between organisms. the processes by which an organism has an observable effect on another organism of the same or different species.
• Also: fermentation, fertilisation, germination, tropism, hybridisation, metamorphosis, photosynthesis, transpiration.

See also

• Chemical process
• Organic reaction
• Chemical transformation

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