Class: BiologicalEntity

A biological entity is a heterogeneous substance that contains genomic material or is the product of a biological process.

Parents

is_a: HeterogeneousSubstance - A heterogeneous substance is a chemical substance that is composed of more than one different kind of component.

BiologicalFluid - A biological fluid is a fluid of biological origin.
Cell - A cell is a biological entity that is contained by a plasma membrane.
CellLine - A cell line is a collection of genetically identifical cells.
Genome - A genome is a collection of nucleic acids.
Organ - An organ is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function.
Organism - A biological organisn is a biological entity that consists of one or more cells and is capable of genomic replication (independently or not).
SubcellularEntity - None
Tissue - A tissue is a mereologically maximal collection of cells that together perform some function.

hasCreator _0..1
- Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
- Range: Entity
hasAttribute _0..1
- Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.
- Range: Entity
- satisfies _0..1
- Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.
- Range: Description
- isRelatedTo _0..1
- Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
- Range: Entity
- derivesInto _0..1
- Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.
- Range: Object