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Biology Wise: What Is a Gene Pool and Why Is It Important?
Genetic diversity is only possible with a healthy gene pool in a population. This resource explains the characteristics of a gene pool, why it is important, and factors that cause it to change. The examples provided demonstrate the...
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Biology Wise: Gene Therapy for Cancer
Discusses the pros and cons of gene therapy for the treatment of cancer and how it is done.
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Biology Wise: What Is a Haploid Cell?
Explains what haploid cells are and the role they play in reproduction.
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Biology Wise: Platyhelminthes Examples
Describes the characteristics and anatomy of platyhelminthes and provides a list of examples from the classes Turbelaria, Trematoda, Cestoda and Monogenea.
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Biology Wise: Biogenesis Theory
The biogenesis theory is explained and how it differs from the theory of spontaneous generation. The work of early scientists to prove or disprove these theories is described, including discoveries in microbiology. Louis Pasteur is...
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Biology Wise: A Brief Understanding of Euglena Movement
Describes the characteristics and classification of Euglena, how it reproduces, and how it is able to move through water using its single flagella.
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Biology Wise: The 5 Significant Kingdoms of Living Things
Describes the characteristics of the five kingdoms of living things - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
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Biology Wise: Amoeba Movement
Explains how an amoeba is able to move by altering the shape of its cell's cytoplasm and shifting between fluid and solid states. The amoeba can also form pseudopodium that allow it to move as well as to engulf prey through phagocytosis.
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Biology Wise: What Is the Movement of Volvox?
Describes how a single Volvox moves using its two flagella and how it moves in coordination with a whole colony of Volvox.
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Biology Wise: Comparison of Living and Non Living Things
Compares the characteristics of living and non-living things based on respiration, life processes, response to stimuli, death, and composition.
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Biology Wise: Difference Between Monoecious and Dioecious Organisms
Monoecious refers to organisms having both male and female characteristics in a single individual, i.e., a hermaphrodite, while dioecious organisms have separated genders. The two terms are compared for their similarities an differences...
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Biology Wise: Difference Between Glycoproteins and Proteoglycans
Explains that glycoproteins and proteoglycans are components of the extracellular matrix and presents a table highlighting the differences between them.
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Biology Wise: What Is the Nucleolus?
The characteristics, structure, and functions of the nucleolus are described.
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Biology Wise: What Is Fermentation
The process of fermentation is explained and some examples are provided.
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Biology Wise: The Circulatory System of Fish
Describes the anatomy of a fish's circulatory system and how the blood circulates in a fish.
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Biology Wise: What Is Nondisjunction and What Are Its Effects?
Nondisjunction is when homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids fail to separate normally during cell division. What it is and how this happens are explained here, as well as what can cause it and what impact it has on human health.
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Biology Wise: Circulatory System of a Rat
Describes the parts of a rat's circulatory system and how the blood circulates in a rat.
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Biology Wise: How the Circulatory System of a Pig Works
Describes the parts of a pig's circulatory system and how its blood circulates. Circulation in a pig fetus is also described as it has differences.
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Biology Wise: What Is Transpiration
Transpiration is an important plant process that releases water into the air through the stomata in leaves. This resource describes the process, the role the stomata play, factors that have an impact on transpiration, and why it is so...
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Biology Wise: What Is Atp
Describes the structure of ATP and how it is produced through the pathways of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and electron transport phosphorylation.
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Biology Wise: Cytosol vs. Cytoplasm
Explains the relationship between cytosol and cytoplasm and the characteristics of each.
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Biology Wise: Zander vs. Walleye Fish
Zander and walleye fish are closely related sport fish that belong to the same genus and they may look similar but don't taste the same when eaten. This resource provides facts about them, their diet, life cycle, fishing for them, and...
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Biology Wise: Exocytosis vs. Endocytosis
The cellular processes of exocytosis and endocytosis are described and a table comparing them is provided. Includes examples.
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Biology Wise: The Importance of Cori Cycle in Metabolism
The Cori cycle is a metabolic process that produces energy needed for active muscles. This resource describes how it works and what its limitations are.