Although plants account for more than 90 percent of the earth’s two trillion tons of biomass, they represent only some 20 percent of earth’s classified and named organisms. In contrast, while the animals make up only a small fraction of the biomass, they represent more than 60 percent of...
When these reactions occur in living organisms such as bacteria, fireflies, squid and deep-sea fishes, the process is known as bioluminescence. At least two chemicals are required to make light. Chemists use the generic term luciferin to describe the one producing the light. They use the term...
Targeted drug delivery is deliberately increasing the concentration of the drug in specific part of the body relative to other parts in order to increase the efficacy of drug and decrease the side effects. The complex cellular network of organisms makes targeting a difficult mission. There are vari...
What are the different levels of taxonomy? What are the different types of taxonomy? Describe the differences between Phenetic and Cladistic taxonomy. What is another name for taxonomy? How are organisms named in Linnaean taxonomy? What is the most specific classification within taxonomy?
is the more extensively used tool for genome editing. However, the overwhelming efficiency in genome sequencing of different organisms has generated a large amount of data helping the identification of new systems whose use in genome editing is currently being explored. Among them there are new memb...
These enzymes are typically classified into the following categories and are similar to the enzymes used by your body to digest food: Proteases: help break down proteins Lipases: help break down fat Amylases: help break down starches [source: Basketter] These enzymes help break down food ...
Participating in such activities prompts them to keep the changes of garden organisms to plants, which is the best field for students to learn on their own, in the school farm, not to learn to become farmers but to develop their attitude towards food and land (P2)”. “Urban agriculture ...
What Are Animals That Have Shells? Animals that have shells are diverse and can be found across several phyla and classes in the animal kingdom. Sea turtles are classified as reptiles, armadillos as mammals, and crabs as crustaceans. When we think of seashells however, a very specific group...
These findings reflect the homeostatic nature of organisms with physiological restrictions as the ceiling value and imply that tropical indigenes have a more thermally stable core and thermally plastic extremities than temperate indigenes. Another finding of leg immersion study comparing Malaysians and ...