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The most straightforward method of reproduction is therefore by mitosis (Section 3.1) and this is the method actually used in the binary fission of unicellular organisms (Fig. 6.1a). Mitosis is also the basis of asexual and vegetative reproduction in higher organisms, either being involved in ...
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TheDNA of all living organisms has the same structure and code, although some viruses use RNA as the information carrier instead of DNA. Most animals have two copies of each chromosome. In contrast, plants may have more than two copies of several chromosomes, which usually arise from errors i...
It is intriguing that the size of the functional genome (as measured by the amount of constrained sequence or the number of coding genes) varies rather little between organisms with apparently very different complexities. To make the question more concrete, we can focus on gene expression. An ...
In the cells of these organisms, the DNA is twisted around bead-like proteins called histones. The histones are also coiled tightly to form chromosomes, which are in the nucleus of the cell. When a cell reproduces, the chromosomes (DNA) get copied and distributed to each offspring or ...
How Does Instinct Work? Counterarguments to this development perspective suggest that there is a range of behaviors that are specific to certain species. Another is that organisms have not had enough experiences at birth to determine a particular behavior. ...
39. Age-related functional changes in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases have also been suggested to arise from conformational changes in some organisms69. A challenge in such studies will be to control for side reactions, such as increased oxidative damage that can occur to non-native conformations ...
To reproduce, the virus creates new virus particles inside a host cell, and those particles carry the virus to new cells. Fortunately the virus particles are fragile. Viruses, including HIV, don't have cell walls or a nucleus. Basically, viruses are made up of genetic instructions wrapped ...
As explained in How Human Reproduction Works, higher organisms like plants, insects and animals reproduce sexually, and this process makes the actions of evolution more interesting. Sexual reproduction can create a tremendous amount of variation within a species. For example, if two parents have mult...