Scientifically, the term buffalo is incorrect for the North American species; its proper Latin name is Bison bison. However, common usage has made the term buffalo an acceptable synonym for the American bison. (from The American Buffalo in Transition, by J. Albert Rorabacher.).
Life cycle. Life cycle, in biology, the series of changes that the members of a species undergo as they pass from the beginning of a given developmental stage to the inception of that same developmental stage in a subsequent generation.
The Cell Cycle. The cell cycle is the life cycle of a cell (Figure 5.3). At the end of the cell cycle, after mitosis has taken place, the parent cell no longer exists; it has given rise to two daughter cells. There are two phases in the cell cycle, interphase and mitosis.