Mitosis helps in growth, repairing damaged tissues and regeneration. Various cells have a shorter life span and are continuously in need to be... View Article
Meiosis occurs at the time of male and female gamete formation during sexual reproduction. Mitosis occurs in the somatic cells for growth, repair... View Article
Mitosis occurs during asexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction, gametes are not produced and the offspring is genetically identical or clone... View Article
Mitosis is an equational division resulting in the formation of identical cells. It is required for the growth, repair and regeneration of... View Article
Haemoglobin is the respiratory pigment present in the RBCs and is responsible for carrying oxygen. Due to mutation in the genes, there are... View Article
Yes, yeast is classified as fungi even though they are unicellular. They belong to the class Ascomycetes. The cell wall is made up of chitin and... View Article
No, yeast is unicellular and eukaryotic but is classified as fungus and not in the kingdom Protista due to more similarities with the kingdom... View Article
DNA is the genetic material present in all living cells except a few viruses. It is made up of nucleotides, which has three components. They are... View Article
Lipids are made up of glycerol and fatty acids with a long chain hydrocarbon. Triglycerides are the most common type of fats. They have three... View Article
Chemical digestion refers to the enzyme-mediated breakdown of larger molecules into smaller molecules and their monomer in the gastrointestinal... View Article
Plasmodesmata are intercellular connections, which connect the cytoplasm of two neighbouring plant cells. Desmosomes are adhesive protein... View Article
C3 plants are those, in which the first stable product of carbon fixation is 3-carbon compound 3-phosphoglyceric acid (3-PGA). Tomato is a C3... View Article
Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play an important role in adaptive immunity. These are required for the functioning of T-lymphocytes. The main... View Article
Veins carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart from the different parts of the body with the exception of pulmonary veins, which carry... View Article
No, hookworm or Ancylostoma is a roundworm classified in the phylum Aschelminthes with Ascaris, Wuchereria, etc. They are pseudocoelomate and... View Article
A ganglion is a group of neuronal cell bodies found in many animals from the phylum Platyhelminthes onwards. In invertebrates, a pair of ganglia... View Article
Sea anemone or Adamsia belong to the phylum Coelenterata or Cnidaria. They have a non-centralised or diffuse nervous system made up of nerve... View Article
Yes, Platyhelminthes have a primitive brain from which one or more longitudinal nerve cord appears and forms the central nervous system. The... View Article
