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Plants have cells within them called photoreceptors. These receptors are light sensitive and the plant can detect the strength and direction of light, which is important for photosynthesis. The mechanism ...

Mitosis can be grouped into four main stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.
Prophase: the chromosomes supercondense, the nuclear envelope disintegrates and the centrioles migrate to th...

The light dependent and light independent reactions are two stages of photosynthesis that overall utilise light energy to fix carbon dioxide into sugar molecules. There are however major differences betwe...

The most important difference between these two types of organisms is that Eukaryotes possess a cell nucleus to store DNA, the cells genetic information, whereas Prokaryotic DNA is free flowing in the...

'Division of labour' is a term that describes the specialised functions of cell organelles which come together to ensure the cell is capable of surviving as well as performing it's role in the body. F...