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The bonding between adenine and thymine consists of two hydrogen bonds between each unit(The way I like to remember this is that the Walker vehicles from Star Wars are known as 'AT AT's)

In the absence of oxygen, the anaerobic glycolysis pathway can occur, which produces roughly 1/15th of the normal yield of ATP from aerobic respiration, as well as two molecules of NADH (reduced NAD). Simila...

Starch is a polysaccharide- a chain of maltose sugars bonded with glycosidic bonds. Digestion begins in the mouth by the mechanical breakdown of starch as the teeth increase the surface area for enzyme actio...

The different stages of the mitotic cell cycle comprise prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Prophase: Condensation of the chromosomes and the mitotic spindle begins to form. The spindle is composed ...

The filtration barrier between blood and filtrate comprises of 3 main structures: fenestrated endothelium of the arteriole, glomerular basement membrane and specialised cells called podocytes with slit diaph...