Division 06 Biological Sciences
This division covers biological sciences. This division has nine groups:
GROUP 0601 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
This group covers biochemistry or the chemistry of living organisms. It includes bioinformatics, cell biology and membrane biology. This group has fifteen fields:
- 060101 Analytical Biochemistry
- 060102 Bioinformatics
- 060103 Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
- 060104 Cell Metabolism
- 060105 Cell Neurochemistry
- 060106 Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall)
- 060107 Enzymes
- 060108 Protein Trafficking
- 060109 Proteomics and Intermolecular Interactions (excl. Medical Proteomics)
- 060110 Receptors and Membrane Biology
- 060111 Signal Transduction
- 060112 Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)
- 060113 Synthetic Biology
- 060114 Systems Biology
- 060199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0602 ECOLOGY
This group covers ecology other than its environmental applications. It includes:
- plant or animal ecology;
- limnology and ecological studies of freshwater bodies such as lakes or ponds; and
- palaeoecology (including palynology associated with palaeoecological studies).
This group has nine fields:
- 060201 Behavioural Ecology
- 060202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)
- 060203 Ecological Physiology
- 060204 Freshwater Ecology
- 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- 060206 Palaeoecology
- 060207 Population Ecology
- 060208 Terrestrial Ecology
- 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0603 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
This group covers evolutionary biology, including biogeography and adaptation. This group has twelve fields:
- 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy
- 060302 Biogeography and Phylogeography
- 060303 Biological Adaptation
- 060304 Ethology and Sociobiology
- 060305 Evolution of Developmental Systems
- 060306 Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change
- 060307 Host-Parasite Interactions
- 060308 Life Histories
- 060309 Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis
- 060310 Plant Systematics and Taxonomy
- 060311 Speciation and Extinction
- 060399 Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0604 GENETICS
This group covers genetics and heredity. This group has thirteen fields:
- 060401 Anthropological Genetics
- 060402 Cell and Nuclear Division
- 060403 Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination)
- 060404 Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics)
- 060405 Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
- 060406 Genetic Immunology
- 060407 Genome Structure and Regulation
- 060408 Genomics
- 060409 Molecular Evolution
- 060410 Neurogenetics
- 060411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
- 060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
- 060499 Genetics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0605 MICROBIOLOGY
This group covers microbiology, including bacteriology, parasitology and virology. This group has seven fields:
- 060501 Bacteriology
- 060502 Infectious Agents
- 060503 Microbial Genetics
- 060504 Microbial Ecology
- 060505 Mycology
- 060506 Virology
- 060599 Microbiology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0606 PHYSIOLOGY
This group covers physiology other than medical or plant. This group has five fields:
- 060601 Animal Physiology - Biophysics
- 060602 Animal Physiology - Cell
- 060603 Animal Physiology â€â€Å" Systems
- 060604 Comparative Physiology
- 060699 Physiology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0607 PLANT BIOLOGY
This group covers plant biology. It includes:
- mycology, which for the purpose of this classification includes the study of lichen;
- plant pathology other than that associated with plant protection procedures used in agriculture and horticulture; and
- phycology (including algae and marine grasses).
This group has six fields:
- 060701 Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses)
- 060702 Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
- 060703 Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biology
- 060704 Plant Pathology
- 060705 Plant Physiology
- 060799 Plant Biology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0608 ZOOLOGY
This group covers zoology. It includes:
- the study of terrestrial vertebrates (other than humans);
- non-insect terrestrial invertebrates;
- ornithology;
- herpetology;
- freshwater ichthyology; and
- entomology
This group has ten fields:
- 060801 Animal Behaviour
- 060802 Animal Cell and Molecular Biology
- 060803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology
- 060804 Animal Immunology
- 060805 Animal Neurobiology
- 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology
- 060807 Animal Structure and Function
- 060808 Invertebrate Biology
- 060809 Vertebrate Biology
- 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 0699 OTHER BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
This group covers biological sciences not elsewhere classified. It includes forensic biology and global change biology. This group has three fields:
- 069901 Forensic Biology
- 069902 Global Change Biology
- 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
