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Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is the process of amplifying a sample of DNA. The first stage of a PCR cycle is known as the denaturation phase. This occurs at a temperature of 95C and lasts for approxim...

Equation: carbon dioxide + water ---(with light energy)---> glucose + oxygen Glucose is the important product of the photosynthesis reaction. Some of the glucose is used in respiration to provide energ...

Rather than cells having receptors specific to viruses, cells have receptors specific to molecules it needs to acquire from outside the cell, such as glucose (needed for respiration). It is the viruses wh...

Anaerobic conditios are those in which oxigen is not present, or present in very low quantities. Processes which are anaerobic tend to be found in stationary waters, and inside our muscles for example.

Animal and plant cells are types of eukaryotic cells and bacteria are a type of prokaryotic cell. Eukaryotic cells contain their DNA in a nucleus and have membrane bound organelles such as the smooth and ...