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What is ment by leukophoresis?
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What is an example of somatic mutation?
A somatic mutation is one that generally occurs AFTER offspring have been conceived. This means that the mutations are not passed...
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Why Low power objective before High Power objective?
the low power ojective is the next shortest objective that is usually used the most!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 x
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What functions do chloroplast serve?
Chloroplasts are structures in which photosynthesis occurs.
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If the hair grow from the bottom why do you cut the split ends to get lengthly hair?
If you have split ends and don't trim them, they can split further up the shaft of the hair and damage it more, forcing you to...
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What is optimum temperature for escherichia coli?
"37 degrees celsius" ....Is the temperature of the gut in which E. coli lives, so you might call that 'optimal.' Note that the...
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What is BRCA2 6174 del T?
brca2 is a gene associated with breast and other types of cancer. 6174 del t is the identification of a particular mutation of...
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How mycosis multiply?
the answer is 5.
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Is it possible to be invisible on Zwinky?
Yes just look around =)
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Why do plants and animals that live in the water have a simpler reproductive process than the plants and animals that live on land?
Because the ones in water developed it first, and then when evolution moved some of those plants and animals onto land, they had...
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Why do girls menstruate?
Menstrual blood is the lining of the womb which breaks down and is remade every month. The old lining is removed so a new fresh...
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Heat sensitivity of NADH?
Yes, for each 10 centigrades increase in temperature the rate constant of degradation increased about 3 times.
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Can you die from receiving fellatio?
No. Not form the act of fellatio itself, but if the person performing the fellatio has HIV, there is a very slim chance that it...
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What is a specimen?
A specimen is something that is observed with either the human eye or with one of many types of microscope A part...
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What are the difficulties to overcome when doing a heart transplant?
Donkeys will rule the world! Also, Orgers (Sagar) will eat you and shag the remain of your body!! Turbo Donkeys 4...
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What is the function of protein?
It is the basic building block of living things. it is the growth and repair of the body
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Why is that the shape of Red blood cell is cone like or doughnut shape?
When a red blood cell matures it pushes out its nucleus and its internal structures, called spectrin go through a shape...
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When one side of the brain gets injured why doesn't the other part develop neural connections to the other half and carry out its function to a certain level isn't plasticity present in brain?
That does occur to some extent, but areas of the brain are highly specialized and also affect opposite sides of the body. The...
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How do flagellates eat do they suround their prey when they eat what do they eat?
Flagellates are single-celled protists. There are two main groups. The Peranema belong to the group that ingests it's food...
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Can the absorption of lipids be prevented?
I am going to answer this question based on what I believe the intention may be, and that is to loose weight. First of all,...
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What is the terminology for 10 babies born at once?
Twins Triplets Quadruplets Pentuplets Sextuplets Septuplets Octuplets Nonuplets Decuplets (10) Common in Pigs. Less so...
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What is an example of commensalism in the amazon?
examples of a commensalism,mutalism,parasitism Answer examples of a commensalism,mutalism,parasitism
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What does cellulose do to your body?
According to my last nutrition course, and book, Understanding Nutrition, 9th Ed., by Whitney and Rolfes, 2002, cellulose speeds...
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What is a petri dish and how is it used?
A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical dish that biologists use to culture cells, which can be bacteria, animal,...
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Do you agree that genetics will decide the future of human race?
Most likely we will have the capability to SEE the future of the human race (such as babies) but I don't think they would be able...
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Why are radioisotpoes important to biologists?
Radioisotopes are elements that are radioactive. Radiation has a detrimental affect on chromosomes of living things.
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Why do bodies decay?
Body Decomposition The reason why bodies decay is simple. Since the animal is dead and so are its cells (including those that...
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What instruments use radiation?
Smoke detectors, the older ones, used radiation to detect the smoke. Answer Soil density testers use radiation. A lot...
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What can high levels of bilirubin in the blood stream result in?
Jaundice
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How do you test for Enterococcus faecalis?
To test for Enterococcus Faecalis. First, do the catalase test.. you should get catalase negative. second, oxidase test......
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What tools do scientists use to enhance their observational techniques?
pencil and paper
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How do you find the sex of male or female murray cod?
If you kill a Murray cod, you can tell if they are male or female by cutting them open and by looking at their gonads, which are...
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What is the presence of nuclear membrane?
if you look at it through a microscope you will proly see the presence of it.
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How do you use the atomic number and the atomic mass to calculate the number of neutrons?
atomic mass minus atomic number = number of neutrons
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Compare spontaneous generation and biogenesis?
spontaneous generation is the belief that life is formed from non life, e.g. rotting meat produces flies. This belief used to be...
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Compare between sympathetic and parasympathetic in reflex arc?
In parasympathetic reflex arc the preganglionic nerve fibre is longer than post ganglionic fibre, that is the synapse occur near...
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What is the disaccharide in milk?
lactose
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In which organisms does aerobic respiration occur?
plants and animals ... anything that needs oxygen to breath. Answer brat
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Is there an animal with no salivary gland?
yes
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What is the difference between fat and phospholipid?
the "phospho" part. fat=lipid
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Describe three differences that exist between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration is exothermic, occurs in the absence of light, and occurs in the absence of chlorophyll. Answer...
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What is your Adam's Apple?
The slight projection at the front of the throat formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx, usually more prominent in men...
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How is nervous tissue different from the other types of tissue?
This tissue is very different because this is the only tissue that carries brain signals from the brain to the body.
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What does autograft mean?
Autograft: Tissue transplanted from one part of the body to another in the same individual. Also called an autotransplant....
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What are units of measurement called that are obtained by combining other units?
Derived units.
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What is active and passive dispersion in plants and animals with examples?
Active dispersion: Believe it or not, some plants actually 'throw out' seeds. This is the only active dispersion I know of. An...
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Who first gave the Binomial system of nomenclature?
Lineus
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What is homeostatic regulation?
Homeostatic regulation is controlled in the body by the autonomic nervous system and seeks to maintain relatively stable...
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How fast does a body deteriorate in a morgue?
This depends on the type of morgue. Some morgues like those in most hospitals keep the body above freezing point and so...
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What is the differents between radioactice isotope and stable isotope?
Unless you...
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Where did Gregor Johann Mendel do his work?
what i think!!! Well i think that gregor mendel did his work somewhere around where he lived at the time. He would have to have...
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How is an accurate experiment different from a fair experiment?
a fair experimnet is used to impress the judges a accurate is a stupid experiment that is so accurate the a scientist could do...
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Scientific name of azalea?
Rhododendron
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Where is protein synthesis located?
Ribosomes
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How nerves transmit information?
Nerves transmit messages by using chemical messengers called neurotransmitter. Some you may have heard of are acetylcholine,...
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What is the formula for cellular respiration?
Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon dioxide + Water + 36 ATP C6H12O6 + 6O2 = 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + 36 ATP
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What is the Cori Cycle?
The cycle of biochemical reactions involving a two-way flow of products between muscles and the liver. During the cycle, muscle...
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Is the surface of the alveoli moist?
yes, it does apparently
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What are analogies for endoplasmic reticulum?
An analogy would be a highway, as it is a path along which molecules move from one part of the cell to another.
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If both of a child's parents have a widow's peak will that child genetically inherit the widow's peak?
its likely but might not the chances of the shild not having a widows peak are 1/16 you can better know these odds if you know...
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What is the optimum ph for the stomach and why?
The best pH would be between pH 1,8 and 4,4 , since the pepsin, an enzyme in the stomach works effectively under this pH range.
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Creat Punnett square a woman with genotype Cc and a man with genotype cc?
C c c Cc cc c Cc cc
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What are some physical properties that are size dependent?
An increase in size can two significant effects on the organism: first greater size means a decrease in the ratio between surface...
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What are the advantages of an electron microscope over a light microscope?
An electron microscope can reach a far greater magnifiction than a conventional microscope. It is obvious that the largest...
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Is the Calvin Cycle aerobic?
yes yes
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Which would have higher water potential distilled water od red blood cell?
Distilled water would have a higher water potential than a red blood cell because the formula for obtaining water potential is...
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What were the transplant developments since 1800?
Dr joseph Murrey carried out the first ever kidney transplant operation on identicle 23 year old twins Richard and Ronald Herrick...
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If a hearing threhold were at 50 dB HL by air conduction and 5 dB HL by bone conduction what type of loss exits?
conductive. The bone conduction is within normal limits while the air conduction score represents a mild to moderate loss....
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What is the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid?
The abbreviation is DNA
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What is rRNA?
Its full name is ribosomal ribonucleic acid. It is found primarily in the ribosome and plays a role in translation, in which...
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How are conjoined twins formed?
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Why DNA replication is necessary?
The replication of DNA forms new DNA which form new cells when put in the cells of new nucleus's. The body continuously needs to...
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What element can be found in the carbon family in the fifth period?
Tin (Sn)
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How does ocean life affect ocean currents?
It's more likely the other way around. Ocean currents affect ocean life. Perhaps in a subtle way, since all life on the planet...
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What is productivity in economics?
Productivity in Economics is simply the ratio of how much you can produce (Output), based on the resources available (Inputs)....
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Heating causes a bromthymol blue indicator solution to change yellow to blue rapidly why?
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Why is it helpful that some sensory receptors quickly adapt but other receptors slowly adapt?
they smell nutsacks and eat crap
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If there was no photosynthesis what would happen?
if there was no photosynyhesis ,the provision of oxygen by the trees would be lost and it would lead in increasing the degree of...
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What is the purpose of NAD and ATP in the cell?
ATP has a high energy bond that can be broken to supply power to most of the cell. NAD is a co-enzyme that is mainly absorbed...
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What was the first cell seen under a microscope?
I would think a skin cell because there are skin cells floating around every were so when they were testing it they would see a...
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What formation results in the hydrolysis of a fat or oil?
glycerol and fatty acids see http://dl.clackamas.edu/ch106-06/hydrolys.htm for explanation subduction result in the...
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What is the equation of Alcoholic fermentation?
C6 H12 O6 ---> 2 C2 H5 OH + 2 CO2 Glucose --> 2 ethanol + 2 carbon dioxide
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Molecules travel from areas of higher concentration to lower OR they travel from lower to higher OR do they travel between the equal concentration?
Molecules can travel from low to high or from high to low,until they reach equilibriums. Sincerely,Bart
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What is the tissue between cerebral hemispheres of the brain?
The corpus callosum.
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What are characteristics of the kingdom monera?
Monera vary in ways and is mostly single celled. Known as a prokaryote it has no nucleous or brain. Mostly living in microscopic...
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Where is the chlorophyll located in plants?
thylakoids, which are in chloroplasts in the mesophyll cells of a leaf
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Sub-atomicparticles is found on an atom?
((..0..)
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What is the breakdown product of glucose that diffuses into the mitochondrial matrix for further breakdown?
2 molecules of pyruvate
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What does a mitochondria look like?
Mitochondria is called the "powerhouse of a cell." It looks kind of like a bean with an accordian inside of it. The job of the...
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What is the name of one celled organisms?
can you figure this out. this is my homework!
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The location of the pine barrens?
South Central new jersey
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What is a non-reproductive cell?
who ever wrote this is an idiot . the answer is long nerve cells do not reproduce because they are highly specialized
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How does an effector pick up information?
I need to know!!!!!!!!!!!
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Where do rice maize and wheat flour originate from?
Maize (corn) is native to the Americas and has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years. Wheat flour was used in Europe and the...
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Purpose of stoma on plants?
Did you mean stomata? It is like a nose of the plant.. Improved answer: The stoma (plural: stomata) is an opening on the...
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Is cyanobacteria Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic?
Cyanobacteria (formally known as blue-green algae) are strictly prokaryotes
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How does a horse's heart work?
I have found a good site with diagrams of the heart and valves, the link is :...
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If you shoot yourself in the head do you feel pain?
Pain and a Gunshot Wound Here are opinions and input from WikiAnswers contributors: I sure hope you aren't considering this....
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What are analogies for chloroplasts?
Examples Factory with 2 crews Getting out our trusty microscope, let's examine a typical leaf. To the naked eye, the whole...
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What would cause dark green surface ground mold when it rains?
Are you sure it's mold? I'm not sure it's mold you're looking at. You said "ground mold," and you also said it's green. ...
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