Proteins exist in every living cell and serve a huge variety of purposes. They are involved in almost every process in the cell, from forming structural components to catalyzing reactions to cell signalling and interactions. Proteins are made of amino…
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An elephant’s trunk, or it’s proboscis is of vital importance to an elephant. Early biologists referred to the elephant’s trunk as it’s ‘hand’, but it is infact a tool evolved from a merging of the nose and upper lip. The…
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An elephant’s proboscis, more commonly known as its trunk, is incredibly important to an elephant. The trunk is an appendage which infact evolved from the merging of the nose and the superior upper lip; as early biologists noted however, several…
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No. Humans will not acquire the ability to morph into animals or develop animal traits in the future. Sorcery and wizardry are romantic and imaginative concepts but not realistic. Even though there is only a 400 gene difference between humans…
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What is the Polymerase Chain Reaction? The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a molecular biology technique use to amplify a single or a few copies of a piece of DNA. It has many uses in modern sciences, for example protein…
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There are well over 20,000 different species of bees. They can be divided into two groups: Social bees, and Solitary bees. Social bees tend to dwell in colonies, while solitary bees live in solitary thus their names. Most kinds of…
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There are all different breeds of penguins, much different from the usual you would see in many art and culture types of media. The smallest penguin in the world is know as the little penguin, or rather the little blue….
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Living things can be studied and classified based on their genome as well as the protein products derived from those genetic instructions. Here is an explanation of the relationship between genetic instructions and the products of those instructions-clarification of the…
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Communication between animals can be thought about through signals they send to each other. A signal occurs when the action of one animal leads another to change its behaviour voluntarily (because of the action of the first). Untruthful communication usually…
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Comb jellies look superficially like jellyfish and were once lumped with them in the phylum Coelenterata. Closer examination revealed that they are quite different structurally from jellyfish so comb jellies now have their own phylum, the Ctenophores. One important difference…
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