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How is mitosis different from meiosis?

Mitosis is the replication and division of a cell to produce 2 Identical daughter cells. It happens in all somatic cells all over the body. Meiosis is specific to germ cells (ovaries and ...

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Define Biomes and name examples of them.

A Biome is a collection of ecosystems that share similar climatic conditions and so have have similar vegetation types.Types of biomes: Tropical(near the equator), Savannah (Africa), Chaparral (Texas, San...

Answered by Anais W. • Environmental Studies tutor

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What are the stages of an action potential?

Stimulus arrives and changes membrane polarity to the threshold to elicit an action potential (all or nothing nature). Depolarisation- sodium ion channels open increasing the membrane polarity Repolarisat...

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Outline the process of muscle contraction.

The sliding filament mechanism allows for muscle contraction. When an action potential arrives it travels through the sarcoplasmic reticulum and spreads down the transverse tubules into the muscle belly c...

Answered by Bethany A. • Physical Education tutor

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Explain the structure of cellulose

Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The linkage is beta, which makes it different from starch. This difference results in a major different in digestibilit...

Answered by Sarika G. • Biology tutor

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