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A deletion in a strand of DNA would result in a frameshift mutation, where the other base pairs following the deletion would move 'to the left' which would change the base pairs throughout the rest of the...

Counter current exchange is the mechanism in which oxygen enters the blood in fish. Blood flows in the opposite direction to the water that flows over the fish's gills. Fish gills have gill filaments and ...

6CO2 + 6H2O => (light energy) => C6H12O6 + 6O2

There are 3 types: conservative, semi conservative and dispersive.conservative entails the original DNA strand remaining intact with a whole newly synthesised DNA strand being formedsemi conservative enta...

Following transcription and splicing, mature mRNA travels to the ribosome and displays the start codon. A tRNA molecule which has an anti codon that is complementary to the mRNA start codon matches with t...