Biology

Mosaic Evolution

Introduction It is a known fact that humans have transformed rapidly in the near history, primarily compared in terms of lifestyle, clothes, technology and social decisions that they usually make. Still, the Mosaic evolution deals with the evolution taking place in the various body structures and their functions. Therefore, human evolution is regarded as the […]

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Mitosis and Meiosis

Meiosis occurs in germs cells in gonads and results in gamete formation, and Mitosis repeatedly takes place in the somatic cells. It is the process in which chromosomes of a nucleus split longitudinally into two halves and migrate to the two poles, each pole with one-half of the chromosomes. These organise into two daughter nuclei,

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Micropropagation

Micropropagation is the artificial method of growing plants through tissue or cell culture techniques. It is also called tissue culture. Asexual means of reproduction is used to produce plants called vegetative propagation. There are four stages involved in this process.  Stage 1 is culture initiation and establishment Stage 2 is shoots multiplication  Stage 3 is

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Methods of plant breeding

Plant Breeding is the technique through which different plants are modified in several ways to get better results. It could be done to enrich the nutritional value of the plant, disease-resistant, temperature control, soil salinity, and even to improve the aesthetics. If one explores plant breeding, they can find that breeders often try to improve

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Medical Anthropology

Today, the domain of anthropology is often mixed with public administration, psychology, history, and medical sciences. It is seen that in current times, experts from medical sciences often consult anthropologists to understand the characteristics of medical sciences. This further helps to understand all related aspects of health, disease, and illness and helps professionals innovate strategies

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Malvaceae

Malvaceae is a family of plants that includes mallows, Hibiscus, and monkshood (order Malvales), containing at least 4,000 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Members of the Malvaceae family have simple, alternate leaves with palmately veined stipules. Bisexual flowers with actinomorphic characteristics most often occur. The perianth comprises five sepals that are valvate or basally

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Living Major Primates

Introduction The living major branches of primates developed from a common ancestor, with adaptations to their unique environments. The best-known living primates are chimpanzees and humans. Primates have been around on Earth for at least 55 million years, and there are thought to be at least 500 species. Living major primates live in tropical or

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Lipid Metabolism

Lipids are classified as those organic compounds which do not interact with water. In simple terms, most substances made of lipids will not be miscible with water. The study of the function and structure of lipids constitutes a sizable part of the study of organic compounds because they make up such substances as oils, fats,

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Liliaceae

Liliaceae is commonly known as the lily family. It is a relatively small botanical family that comprises fifteen genera and six hundred species. Most of the plants belonging to the Liliaceae family are flowering plants. These plants are perennial because they grow throughout the year. These Liliaceae plants are monocots because their seeds possess only

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