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Glycogen is a polysaccharide with many branches, these branches increase the available surface area for enzymes to hydrolyse the substrate. glycogen is used as a storage of glucose which allows for fast e...

Arbuscular Myccorhyzal fungi (AMF) are fungi which grow onto the roots of plants. In exchange for some carbon from the plant, the fungi act as an extension to the root space available to the plant. This p...

This is the net passive movement of molecules down the concentration gradient from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration, through ...

An allele is a variant or alternate form of gene which are found on same gene loci. Humans are diploid organisms having two alleles for a given gene. However in nature more than two variants are possible...

The Bohr effect describes the change in affinity for oxygen haemoglobin has as a result of an increased partial pressure of CO2. It occurs due to the reaction between CO2 and H20, catalysed by carbonic an...