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What are the stages of mitosis?

Prophase - everything in the cell duplicates, and the chromosomes condense Metaphase - chromosomes align in the middle of the cell and spindle fibres attach to the centromere (part holding the two sister ...

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Answered by Anya M. Biology tutor
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What is the role of the myelin sheath in the transmission of electric impulses in the nervous system?

It is important to note that the IB syllabus expects the students to understand that "The myelination of nerve fibres allows for saltatory conduction." What this essentially mea...

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What are Mendel's two laws of inheritance?

   Mendel's two laws of inheritance are: the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment. 

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Describe the process of protein synthesis.

A copy of the gene to be coded in DNA is made from messenger RNA (mRNA). mRNA travels out of the nucleus and attaches to a ribosome. The ribosome joins amino acids together in the order determined by mRNA...

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Answered by Arjun T. Biology tutor
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how does aveoli allow for a more efficient gas exchange in mammals?

avoli are small chambers that branvh off from the bronchioles in the lungs, and is where gas exchange directly occurs. these have quite an ireegular shape and contain many fold in its structure, this allo...

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