Biology
- Advantages Of Mitosis
Genetic stability - in the absence of mutations, there is no genetic variation as the parent is identical to the daughter as DNA replication ensures close to 100% fidelity with negligible error rate. Growth - organisms can create new cells for growth...
- Minisatellites Are Useful For Genetic Mapping
KEY TERMS:Microsatellite DNAs consist of repetitions of extremely short (typically <10 bp) units. Minisatellite DNAs consist of ~10 copies of a short repeating sequence. the length of the repeating unit is measured in 10s of base pairs. The number...
- Individual Genomes Show Extensive Variation
KEY TERMS:Polymorphism (more fully genetic polymorphism) refers to the simultaneous occurrence in the population of genomes showing variations at a given position. The original definition applied to alleles producing different phenotypes. Now it is also...
- Heterotroph: Ecology
This is a picture of my pet turtle, Carlisle. Here he is eating his daily meal: lettuce. Carlisle fortunately has a nice owner who feeds him everyday. This means that he depends on me to feed him and he is a heterotroph. As a heterotroph, Carlisle is...
- Asexual Reproduction: Evolution
It is the spring season and flowers are blooming. When flowers bloom they release pollen into the air to create more flowers! Pollen is essentially the sperm of the flower and as it travels through the air it will eventually reach another flower...
Biology
Genetic variation in a population: Genetics
This a picture of a garden of flowers and plants. Within this garden the plants are not homogenous, they each have their own unique genetic make up. Independent and unique genes contributes to their phenotype and why they all look different. The DNA of these organisms account for the variation in the population. Although flowers reproduce asexually resulting in identical offspring, this population does not only consist of the parent and offspring- many other types are present.
- Advantages Of Mitosis
Genetic stability - in the absence of mutations, there is no genetic variation as the parent is identical to the daughter as DNA replication ensures close to 100% fidelity with negligible error rate. Growth - organisms can create new cells for growth...
- Minisatellites Are Useful For Genetic Mapping
KEY TERMS:Microsatellite DNAs consist of repetitions of extremely short (typically <10 bp) units. Minisatellite DNAs consist of ~10 copies of a short repeating sequence. the length of the repeating unit is measured in 10s of base pairs. The number...
- Individual Genomes Show Extensive Variation
KEY TERMS:Polymorphism (more fully genetic polymorphism) refers to the simultaneous occurrence in the population of genomes showing variations at a given position. The original definition applied to alleles producing different phenotypes. Now it is also...
- Heterotroph: Ecology
This is a picture of my pet turtle, Carlisle. Here he is eating his daily meal: lettuce. Carlisle fortunately has a nice owner who feeds him everyday. This means that he depends on me to feed him and he is a heterotroph. As a heterotroph, Carlisle is...
- Asexual Reproduction: Evolution
It is the spring season and flowers are blooming. When flowers bloom they release pollen into the air to create more flowers! Pollen is essentially the sperm of the flower and as it travels through the air it will eventually reach another flower...