How Long Is The Circulatory System?
Theoretically, if all the blood vessels in an average adult human were laid out end to end, it would span... View Article
Theoretically, if all the blood vessels in an average adult human were laid out end to end, it would span... View Article
Pine is a gymnosperm. Also Read: Are Pineapples Gymnosperms? Read more by registering at BYJU’S NEET. Explore more interesting questions... View Article
Sponges are one of the simplest animals ever discovered. They essentially have no brain or nervous tissue. Also Read:What Are... View Article
Yeasts are predominantly unicellular, however, they live in multicellular colonies. Also Read:Does Yeast Reproduce By Spore Formation? Read more by... View Article
Once the oxygen enters the bloodstream, a protein called haemoglobin which is present in the red blood cells carries oxygen... View Article
The three principles influencing evolution are: Variation Heredity Struggle for existence Also Read: How Is Heredity Related To The Theory... View Article
All living organisms have the chemical compound called DNA. This chemical compound is now generally accepted as the chemical basis... View Article
Natural selection is considered to be a fact and is backed by observable evidence. However, it is not considered to... View Article
In biology, homology refers to the similarity of the structure, development or physiology of different species based on their descent... View Article
Bryophytes have a waxy cuticle that prevents the tissues from drying out. Additionally, some species of bryophytes also have their... View Article
Blood vessels aim to transport blood to and from the body. Veins bring blood back to the heart while arteries... View Article
B cells are activated when an antigen binds to the receptors on its cell surface. This causes the cell to... View Article
Angiosperms have special adaptations which help them reduce water loss. For instance, the Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) has silvery white leaves... View Article
Since algae are autotrophs, they can grow in virtually any environment that has adequate sunlight, carbon dioxide, minerals and water. ... View Article
In a nutshell, digestion comprises 2 phases – mechanical digestion and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion is where chucks of food... View Article
Recent research has suggested that the endomembrane system formed from the out membrane vesicles secreted by the endosymbiotic mitochondria. Also... View Article
Linnaeus developed a system that encompasses 3 kingdoms – namely plants (Regnum Vegetabile), animals (Regnum Animale) and minerals (Regnum Lapideum). ... View Article
According to researchers at the Prion Biology Laboratory at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, healthy proteins look like... View Article
Prions violate the Central Dogma by enabling the flow of information from proteins to the genome. Also Read: Central Dogma... View Article
Prions are nonliving entities that lack nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA. They are believed to be formed when... View Article