Gene expression leads to the formation of proteins. The control of gene expression is required for maintaining the amount of protein required... View Article
Conversion of genetic information present in DNA to the functional product is referred to as gene expression. The two main steps for gene... View Article
Gene expression refers to the production of functional protein by decoding the genetic information present in DNA. Gene expression can be seen by... View Article
Yes, energy is required for translation. Aminoacylation of tRNA requires ATP. GTP is required for the first step of elongation and also in... View Article
Translation is the process of polypeptide chain formation from the mRNA template. The main steps of translation are: Amino acid activation -... View Article
Codons are the nucleotide triplets present in the mRNA. Each codon codes for a specific amino acid in translation. Codons are read from 5’ to 3’... View Article
Translation is the process of protein synthesis from the information present in mRNA. At the end of translation, a polypeptide chain is formed,... View Article
No, there occurs variation in the DNA of siblings due to recombination. Sperms and eggs are formed by meiosis. During meiosis, crossing over and... View Article
99.9% of nucleotides in DNA are the same in all people. The 0.1% difference accounts for variations and different features of people. Closely... View Article
Phytochromes contain proteins, they are a class of photoreceptors which detect light. They are light-sensitive and can be classified as Type I or... View Article
Plastids are organelles found in cells of plants. Chromoplast is a type of plastid. They are coloured plastids for pigment synthesis and storage.... View Article
C4 plants adapt to dry and hot conditions. They include important food crops such as millets, maize, sugarcane, sorghum and tropical savanna... View Article
Water in osmosis moves from an area of lower concentration of solutes to an area containing higher concentrations of solutes. Also see:... View Article
Osmosis is a passive transport process. In osmosis, through a semipermeable membrane, molecules of a solvent pass from a solution of low... View Article
Biodiversity loss refers to the extinction of species globally and the local loss or reduction of species in a particular habitat leading to the... View Article
Biodiversity can be estimated at various levels which includes species, genetic, ecosystem and community. One of the ways to measure biodiversity... View Article
Significance of biodiversity - Provision of raw materials to humans for production and consumption. Biodiversity finds the dependence of many... View Article
Gastrula is the embryo at the stage succeeding blastula when it is a cup-shaped structure composed of three layers of cells. Gastrulation... View Article
The heart is said to be the first organ to develop during the development of the body. It is the first organ to start working. After the 1st... View Article
