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Heredity is the process of genetic inheritance, where genetic information is passed from parents to their offspring. This information is in the form of de-oxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which is stored in the...

Living plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. They take in this carbon to make protein. They respire which releases carbon dioxide. they provide food for animals. They store/lock up carbon.

DNA is the genetic code of an individual, this has been assembled from the contributions of your maternal and paternal gamete genomes. When a gene is being expressed, a polymerase transcribes a copy in th...

Controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell.

Genetic fingerprinting is a technique that utilises the presence of highly repetitive non-coding DNA sequences in the human genome, known as variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs). These vary considerably...