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Natural SelectionCompetition for survival between bacterial colonies/ Selection pressure is survivalVariation between colonies linking to phenotype of resistanceSpontaneo...

Osmosis is the passive diffusion of water, which therefore, doesn't require any energy to occur. Typically water will move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a semi-...

Eukaryotic cells are typically belonging to multicellular organisms, with exceptions of algae and amoebae. These cells always have multiple linear chromosomes (genetic material) and contain a nucleus (hou...

inhibitor is a similar shape to the substrate
this means the inhibitor blocks the active site of the enzyme
the substrate cannot bind to the active site, so fewer enzyme substrate complexes can ...

ProphaseThe nuclear envelope breaks down exposing the chromatin The chromatin supercoils into chromosomes - can be viewed under the microscopeSpindles starts to form