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Biology & Biochemistry Resources

Welcome to the Biology and Biochemistry Research Guide! Within this guide, you will find information and links to Biology and Biochemistry-related resources that you may find useful for your classwork and research.

What is Data?

Data is information that can be analyzed and interpreted in order to develop a new knowledge or understanding of a topic. 

  • Qualitative data describes a perception about the qualities or characteristics of something, and usually takes the format of notes, audio, video, or transcripts. Qualitative data can be collected through observation, surveys, interviews, or focus groups.
  • Quantitative data is numerical information and can be collected through measurement, surveys, or observations.

Biology uses both qualitative and quantitative data. Most of the data sources you will find on this page provide quantitative data about observed and measured phenomena. This data may be useful to you if you are seeking to understand more about a particular ecological interaction, gene, gene sequence, or species. This data may also be useful if you are looking to conduct new analyses using previously collected information.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Data

three treesThis list represents just a few of the databases available for researchers studying topics related to ecology, evolution, and conservation.

NCBI Cell & Molecular Biology Data

a DNA strandThe National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides several databases relevant to gene and sequence information:

Model Organisms Data

a flyModel organisms are species that are commoly used to investigate biological processes because they share similar genetic characteristics to humans and because they are easy to maintain and manipulate in a laboratory setting.

 
 
 
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