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Nucleic Acids Essays and Term Papers
Nucleic AcidsDNA is the single most important molecule found within cells. It is a stable polynucleotide, which contains coded information for inherited characteristics. It is contained in chromosomes in the nucleus of an eukaryot cell. The essential features of the Watson-Crick model are summarised below.
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Biology, The Five Major CompoundsCompounds That Compose the Human Body
There are five major groups of compounds that compose the human body. They are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleotides, and water. These are all very important to humans and without them we would not be able to survive. They have many functions that ...
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James Watson's The Double Helix: A ReviewA review of Watson, James D. The Double Helix. New York: Atheneum, 1968.
James Watson's account of the events that led to the discovery of the
structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) is a very witty narrative, and
shines light on the nature of scientists. Watson describes the many key ...
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Viruses: Complex Molecules Or Simple Life Forms??
Viruses have been defined as "entities whose genomes are elements of
nucleic acid that replicate inside living cells using the cellular synthetic
machinery, and cause the synthesis of specialised elements that can transfer the
genome to other cells." They are stationaryand are unable to grow. ...
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Organic CompoundsChemists observed that there were two types of substances. Those
from non-living matter and those from living matter. They were classified
into two categories which include inorganic substances and organic
substances. Many similar properties were observed by the Chemists. Most
inorganic ...
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Thoeries Of EvolutionEvolution is the process by which living organisms originated on earth
and have changed their forms to adapt to the changing environment. The earliest
known fossil organisms are the single-celled forms resembling modern bacteria;
they date from about 3.4 billion years ago. Evolution has resulted ...
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Mad Cow DiseaseBovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better know as is a
relatively new disease. Most sources state that BSE first showed up in Great
Britain in 1986 [Dealler p.5] but some say it popped up in 1985 [Greger p.1].
However the official notification was not until 21 June, 1988 [Dealler ...
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Bio Review: The CellUnit Two: The Cell
Chapter 7 - Tour of the Cell
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) What limits the resolving power of a light microscope?
A) the type of lens used to magnify the object under study
B) the shortest ...
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Experimental ProteinProteins are the macromolecules that are responsible for most of the bodily functions. By investigating an individual protein, one can be able to understand the functions and structure of an organism. Before this can be done, protein has to be separated from cell components. Using the methods ...
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Monosaccharidesalso called SIMPLE SUGAR, any of the basic compounds that serve as the building blocks of carbohydrates. are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones; that is, they are molecules with more than one hydroxyl group (-OH), and a carbonyl group (C=O) either at the terminal carbon atom (aldose) or at the ...
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The Effects Of Antibiotics On Bacterial GrowthBiology II
Bacteria are the most common and ancient microorganisms on earth. Most
bacteria are microscopic, measuring 1 micron in length. However, colonies of
bacteria grown in a laboratory petri dish can be seen with the unaided eye.
There are many divisions and classifications of bacteria ...
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Genetic Engineering: A Leap In To The Future Or A Leap Towards DestructionScience is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from an analytical engine, to a calculator, to a computer. However, science, in the past, has always remained ...
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AntibioticsAn antibiotic, is defined to be a drug produced by certain microbes.
Most doctors use to help fight the germs in a patient.
are obtained from plants, fungi, air, water, soil, just about anything on earth.
kill and attack the germ or virus in the body, but do not hurt the
human cells, ...
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Genetic Engineering, History And Future: Altering The Face Of ScienceScience is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate
than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew,
to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to
computer. But science, in the past, has always remained distant. It ...
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Introns And ExonsAP. Biology essay
The finding of the Introns and the exons was one of the most significant
discoveries in genetics in the past fifteen years. split genes were discovered
when lack of relation between DNA sequences were seen during. DNA- mRNA
hybridation. For all new mRNA, they must be ...
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Vertebrate Adaptions For Terrestrial LifeAP-Biology Essay on vertebrate structural adaptations for terrestrial life.
(From an actual past AP-BIOLOGY test)
The problems of survival of animals on land are very different from
those of survival of animals in aquatic environment. Describe four problems
associated with animal survival in ...
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Genetic Engineering, History And FutureAltering the Face of Science
Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has ...
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Genetic Engineering. 2Genetic Engineering, history and future Altering the Face of Science. Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to ...
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AntibioticsAn antibiotic, is defined to be a drug produced by certain microbes.
Most doctors use to help fight the germs in a patient.
are obtained from plants, fungi, air, water, soil, just about anything on earth.
kill and attack the germ or virus in the body, but do not hurt the
human cells, ...
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MacromoleculesDeja Parchman
Mr. Gonser
Biology 112
15 October 2013
Bonus assignment
The major groups of macromolecules are Carbohydrates which consist of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Lipids which are nonpolar hydrocarbons that store energy, these are fats. Protein which are made up of amino acids and ...
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