Biology Resources (page 11)

Caenorhabditis elegans as an animal model for behavioural neuroscienceCaenorhabditis elegans is a nematode found in nature in soil and rotten fruit, approximately 1mm in length. Altho...

Analysis of cells for biologically important macromolecules Abstract Biologically important macromolecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates are vital to the function of a multicel...

Hemoglobins are a group of chemically similar molecules found in a wide variety of organisms. They are protein molecules with a quaternary structure that has evolved to make it effici...

Protein SynthesisThe DNA code for the protein remains in the nucleus, but a copy, called mRNA, moves from the nucleus to the ribosomes where proteins are synthesised in the cytoplasm....

Biological MoleculesCarbohydratesThese are molecules made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only. It s in the name carbo(carbon)hydr(hydrogen)ate(a suffix which means containi...

Receptor I Quiz A chemical is nothing without it s ____receptors_______? 4 different types of receptors? Ligand gates ion channels, G protein coupled receptors, tyrosine kinase link...

Why is the Malaria problem so hard to solve? Malarial infection of human hosts is only likely to be solved by genetic engineering of the human genome or immune system. As such the ...

The rate of photosynthesis is affected by 4 main factors light intensity, water availability, temperature and CO2 concentration. Any of these factors can limit the rate of photosynthe...

Succession is the change of one community of organisms into the other. Primary succession occurs when area previously devoid of life is colonised by communities of organisms for ins...

Cells are the basic building blocks of life and each living organism is made up of millions of these cells.There are two kinds of cells: eukaryotic and prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell...