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First of all, the concept of genetic modification needs to be understood. Proteins are coded for by genes in the DNA of an organism, with each gene coding for a different protein. We utilise the fact that...

A neurone is a special type of cell in the body which transmits electrical impulses.

Neurones can be classified into different types based on the information they receive and pass ...

Auxins are degraded within the tips of the shoots of the plant exposed to sunlight, and gather on the shaded side of the shoots. Gathered auxins enourage cell elongation, and the shoot to grow upwards, to...

Anerobic respiration is used when AEROBIC respiration can no longer take place. This is because there is a deficit in oxygen so the process of aerobic respitartion can no longer occur. The organism still ...

The similarities between aerobic and anaerobic respiration, is that they both use glucose as the starting molecule. This is called the substrate. In addition, both aerobic and anaerobic respiration produc...