Difference between wood of Gymnosperms and Dicots (Soft Wood vs Hard Wood)
Being a biologist, we can never underestimate the powers of the vascular cambium. It is a type of lateral meristem. A large amount of secondary xylem is produced by the...
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Difference between Facultative and Constitutive Heterochromatin
DNA is packaged and is present as chromatin scaffolded with non-histone chromosomal proteins. In some places, chromatin is densely packed to form the darkly stained and transcriptionally inactive heterochromatin. Heterochromatin...
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Difference between plant cells and animal cells
Hola cytologists! Cells are the basic building blocks of organisms and the functional units of life. Life is passed from one generation to the next in the form of cells....
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Difference between Group I and Group II introns
In many eukaryotic genes, the coding sequences are interrupted by blocks of non-coding sequences. These intervening sequences are termed introns. Exons can be defined as any region of the immature...
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Difference between Heliophytes and Sciophytes
Ever wondered if plants can also be divided into sun-loving and shade-loving? Well, yes just like humans have likes and dislikes based on their priorities to grow in life, so...
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Difference between Indented Key and Bracketed Key
Hola Taxonomists! Let’s get to know taxonomic keys better! Rapid identification of unknown plants is possible with the help of specialised tools called taxonomic keys. Significant taxonomic literature like flora,...
Difference Between Types of Cotton
One of the first domesticated plants was cotton. It is grown as the primary fibre crop in the globe and is significant among all naturally occurring textile fibres with great...
Allergy: Type I Hypersensitivity Reaction
Type I hypersensitivity reaction is an unusual immune response triggered by exposure to specific antigens known as allergens. Type I hypersensitivity reactions are mediated by IgE antibodies and comprise many of...
How can we classify Viruses?
Virus classification is the process of naming viruses and placing them into a taxonomic system related to the classification systems used for cellular organisms. Viruses are classified by phenotypic characteristics,...
Embryo Transfer: Procedure and Types
Embryo transfer is defined as a step in the process of assisted reproduction in which embryos are planted into the uterus of a female with the intent to establish a...
What is Cancer Biotechnology?
Cancer is a genetic or hereditary disease. It is a disease characterized by variations of the genome and the proteome. Its controls include prognostic diagnosis, differential diagnosis, early detection, and...
Spectroscopy: Definition, Theory And Its Types
Spectroscopy is simply the study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation and matter as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation. It is the detailed study of...
Transfer RNA: Structure and Function (tRNA)
Transfer RNA commonly abbreviated as tRNA are adaptor between codons and amino acids. The heart of protein synthesis is the “translation” of nucleotide sequence information into amino acids. Each codon...
Phagocytosis – Principle, Mechanism and Process
Phagocytosis refers to the process in which a cell engulfs a large particle by extending its plasma membrane. This gives rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome inside which...
Plasmid Vectors For Gene Cloning
We all know, various tools are needed for genetic engineering out of which vectors serve as the major tools for gene cloning inside the host cell. Genetic transformations take place...
What is Liver Hemangioma?
Hemangioma, pronounced “he-man-jee-O-muh,” is a benign (noncancerous) liver tumour made up of a web of blood arteries. These liver tumours, also known as hepatic hemangiomas or cavernous hemangiomas, are frequent...
