MY BIOLOGY DICTIONARY
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...
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...
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...
Proteins are large, complex molecules and are heteropolymers containing amino acids as the monomeric units which are particularly attached to form long chains. Proteins play many critical roles in the...
Prions are infectious agents which consist of an abnormally folded protein. These are similar in size to viruses. These are encoded by the PRNP gene and are particularly composed of...
In nature, a few characteristics have traits spread across gradients which is unlike the Mendelian inheritance pattern. In polygenic inheritance, two or more genes control one character. These are called polygenic...
Ever wondered about the importance of ECG in life? An ECG (electrocardiogram) is a graphical representation of the recording of the electrical activity of the heart occurring during the cardiac cycle....
Do you think vaccination and immunization mean the same? Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from disease. It is an intentional exposure...
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