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How would you differentiate the proximal and distal convoluted tubules using light microscopy. Explain your answer.

Using a light microscope, the lumen of the proximal convoluted tubule appears 'hairy' due to the presence of a brush border of microvilli. However, the lumen of the distal convoluted tubu...

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Answered by Sito E. Biology tutor
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Name how the structure of the three main blood vessels are adapted to their function.

A) Arteries - Arteries carry blood away from the heart at high blood pressure. Therefore they have a thick muscle layer and elastic tissue in their walls to cope with and maintain the high blood pressure ...

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Answered by Christa E. Biology tutor
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Explain how polymerase chain reaction is used in DNA fingerprinting

DNA extracted from a crime scene is normally available in small quantities so PCR can be used to amplify this quantity to a reasonable concentration which can then be used to run a gel electrophoresis to ...

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Answered by Nikita S. Biology tutor
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Define and describe the post-war of ‘consensus politics’.

The post-war agreement between the Labour and Conservative parties over domestic and foreign policy that emerged after the Second World War. The consensus saw the parties cooperating over the creation of ...

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Identify two errors made by a student asked to evaluate the following integral (Will upload question to less space)

Error 1: expressed 3/x^(1/2) incorrectly. Should be 3x^-(1/2), not 3x^(1/2).Error 2: subtracted the larger area from the smaller area after substituting the unknowns with the given limits value.

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Answered by Seun L. Maths tutor
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