Saptaparni Tree- All about the October fragrance in Delhi
Our bodies have beautifully been engineered to not only smell things but to remember those scents. Scents take a toll down memory lane and make us re-live moments. The human...
Author: MBD
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...
Garlic Green Beans- perfectly healthy recipe
Are you planning to host a dinner party for your friends? Sautéed garlic green beans are a perfect side dish for your grilled chicken/tofu. The recipe is super simple and...
Merits and Demerits of Takhtajan’s Classification
Armen Takhtajan significantly contributed to the field of taxonomy by proposing a phylogenetic classification system. He was a Russian taxonomist who worked at the Komarov Botanical Institute in Leningrad which...
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...
What is a Bento box?
Have you ever heard of the incredible Japanese-style lunch box with little of everything? Well, yes it is the Bento box! Ever since the 13th century, the bento box has...
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....
Merits and Demerits of Bentham and Hooker classification
Two English botanists, Bentham and Hooker gave the most well-known natural system of classification for seed plants. Their classification was published in 3 volume work Genera Plantarum (1862-83). In this...
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...
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...
