Tag: Biology
Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones; that is, they are molecules with more than one hydroxyl group (-OH), and a carbonyl group (C=O) either...
The autonomic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system is made up of two divisions. There are many differences between these divisions. First of all there are anatomical and...
What Is Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the measure of variety of the Earth's animal, plant and microbial species; of genetic differences within species and of the ecosystems that...
Molecular Biotechnology in Our Life
If you have had a can of soft drink, ate a fruit, or took some head ache medicine this morning - then it's very...
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
Corynebacteria are Gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria related to the Actinomycetes. They do not form spores or branch as do the actinomycetes, but they...
What’s Hot, What’s Not
Every fall, homeowners have the same problem: dead leaves. Trees shed leaves and taint once perfected lawns. To get rid of these leaves, people...
Nitrogen Fixing Essay
Clover, growth rate, inoculation with Nitrogen fixing bacteria in Nitrogen deficient conditions Nitrogen Fixation was proved to increase the growth of clover plants over...
The First Systematic Study Of The Cactus
It was in 1886 that the German pharmacologist, Louis Lewin, published the first systematic study of the cactus, to which his own name was...
Predator/Prey Relationships
The relationship between predators and their prey is an intricate and complicated relationship; covering a great area of scientific knowledge. This paper will examine...
The progress of Biotechnology
The scientific rules of genetics were not known until the nineteenth century, when Gregor Mendel determined from his study of plants that particles that...
Darwins Theory of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin revolutionized biology when he introduced The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. Although Wallace had also came upon...
Stem Cell Research
Stem cells are primitive cells found in embryos, fetuses, and recently adults that can grow into 210 types of cells in the body. James...
Biology assignment – In Vitro Fertilization
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), is the procedure whereby human babies are conceived, not in the womb but in a test tube or a Petri...
What would you do if the Andromeda Strain had happened in the United States
If you think about it you would probably not notice it. Any type of bacteria is virtually invisible to the naked eye. We know...
Stem cells are primordial cells of a human organism
Science is moving at such a rapid speed these days, between cloning, gene therapy, miracle drugs, exotic therapies, etc. One of the most significant...
Peter Mitchell (1920 – 1992): Chemiosmotic Hypothesis
Peter Mitchell's 1961 paper introducing the chemiosmotic hypothesis started a revolution which has echoed beyond bioenergetics to all biology, and shaped our understanding of...
Homeostasis Report Essay
Homeostasis is the state of equilibrium in which the internal environment of the human body remains relatively constant. Two excellent examples of homeostasis are...
The Rate of Diffusion and Osmosis of Various Solutions With Distilled Water as an...
Throughout the process of the experiment, various concentrations of a solution of Sucrose and Water were placed into hydrolysis tubing and placed into and...
Involvement of K+ in Leaf Movements During Suntracking
Many plants orient their leaves in response to directional light signals. Heliotropic movements, or movements that are affected by the sun, are common among...
Transitions of Reptiles to Mammals
A long long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away, was a little blue planet called Earth, and on this world not...
Prolonged Preservation Of The Heart Prior To Transplantation
A man is involved in a severe car crash in Florida which has left him brain-dead with no hope for any kind of recovery....
The Fundamental Structural Unit Of All Living Organisms
The cell is the fundamental structural unit of all living organisms. Some cells are complete organisms, such as the unicellular bacteria and protozoa; others,...
Marine Mammal Biology
How many different jobs are there and what education is needed? I decided to do a report on Marine Mammal Biology. I have a...
Chemosynthesis Report Essay
Synthesis is the process of producing a chemical compound usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds. For example, photosynthesis, the word photo means...
The Effects of Aristotelian Teleological Thought on Darwin’s Mechanistic Views of Evolution
The need to understand organisms has been a much sought goal of science since its birth as biology. History shows Aristotle and Charles Darwin...
Diverrsity of Plants
Plants evolved more than 430 million years ago from multicellular green algae. By 300 million years ago, trees had evolved and formed forests, within...
The Spider Division of Frankenstein, Inc
With the ever-increasing problem of pest control, it is clear that some form biological must be implemented in order to help farmers. This biological...
Molecular Biotechnology In Life
If you have had a can of soft drink, ate a fruit, or took some head ache medicine this morning - then it's very...
The Plant and Photosynthesis
In order to carry on photosynthesis, green plants need a supply of carbon dioxide and a means of disposing of oxygen. In order to...
Biology – The Study Of Living Things
Biology is the study of living things. Biology also includes the study of humans at the molecular, cellular. If the focus of investigation is...
History of Biotechnology
The scientific rules of genetics were not known until the nineteenth century, when Gregor Mendel determined from his study of plants that particles that...
Biological Species Concept (BSC)
What are biological species? At first glance, this seems like an easy question to answer. Homo sapiens is a species, and so is Canis...
Aqutic Life
Plants are critical to other life on this planet because they form the basis of all food webs. Most plants are autotrophic, creating their...
Embryonic Stem Cell Research: How does it affect you?
Embryonic stem cell research is widely controversial in the scientific world. Issues on the ethics of Embryonic Stem (ES) cell research have created pandemonium...
Genetic engineering
Science is a creature that continues to evolve at an ever-increasing rate. The transformation from tree shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the...
The Human Genome Project
Does the Human Genome Project effect the moral standards of society? Can the information produced by it become a beneficial asset or a moral...
Cloning: The future of our lives
On February 23, 1997 the world itself was changed forever. Whether or not you believe that it was for the good is an entirely...
lfes far flung raw materials
Sometime during our lives, we've questioned ourselves at one point just how long has the earth existed and how did life begin? Our Biology...
Diverrsity of Plants
Plants evolved more than 430 million years ago from multicellular green algae. By 300 million years ago, trees had evolved and formed forests, within...
Human cloning
The biological definition of a clone is an organism that has the same genetic information as another organism or organisms (“Cloning”, 1997). Is cloning...
