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Haemoglobin is a protein made up of 4 sub-units. Each sub-unit has a molecule of un-oxygenated Iron. Oxygen covalently bonds to the Iron and is thereby carried by the blood as Oxy-haemoglobin. Oxy-haemogl...

A group of similar tissues that work together to perform a particular function.

Air always moves from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure, an example of this is when there is a puncture in a tyre. The air in the tyre is at higher pressure than normal and so when t...

So first we must gather the informaton, the disease is caused by a dominant allele, we may call this 'D', the recessive could therefore be 'd'. The mother has the disease, but the father does not. Therefo...

An enzyme is a catalyst / which speeds up a reaction. It's a protein and/or it's specific (due to its active site)