Monthly Archive: February 2022

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How does our body fight pathogens?

The human body has an inbuilt mechanism to produce a response whenever an outside pathogen bearing an antigen enters the body. The antigen is anything that produces antibodies; it could...

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Cycas- Overview, Habit, Morphology and Anatomy

Cycas belongs to cycads. About 300 million years ago, cycads appeared in the Carboniferous period. Due to the significant evolutionary position between ferns and angiosperms, Cycads have some incredible unique...

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What is the basis of Animal Kingdom Classification?

Animals are cosmopolitan organisms that exhibit different structures and forms. Since the discovery of animals species is increasing at an exponential rate, the need for animal classification becomes the need...

Mechanism of sex determination in humans 0

Sex determination in Humans Vs Birds

Sex determination refers to biologically determining the sex of the organism; where genetic composition indicate whether individual organisms are female or male which can result in sex differentiation. Let’s throw some...

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Let’s make babies in test tubes (IVF)

Yes, you heard it right, we are talking of test-tube babies, thanks to great development in the medical field, it is possible via assisted reproductive technologies. Stay tuned till the...

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Want to know more about AIDS and other common STDs?

Sexually transmitted diseases are abbreviated as STDs; they are also called STI (sexually transmitted infections)/ venereal diseases/RTI (reproductive tract infections). These are the diseases that are passed from one individual...

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How much do you know about viroids and virusoids?

Let’s update your knowledge about the sub-viral agents – ‘Viroids and virusoids’. What are Viroids? Viroids are infectious agents that consist only of RNA. Viroids consist of single-stranded circular RNA...