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Saccharomyces is a genus of fungi which includes many species of yeast. It is often used in the process of making wine and beer; it ferments the different types of sugar in pre-fermented beer to ...

First of all an action potential reaches the end of a motor neuron and the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is then released into the synapse. An action potential is initiated in the muscle cellSarcoplasmic...

We all begin life as a totipotent single cell: the zygote. Totipotency is when a cell can differentiate into any cell line of the human body. The zygote divides repeatedly and differentiates to produce ma...

In replication, the main macromolecule in use is DNA, and the most important enzymes to this process are DNA Polymerase and DNA Helicase, so if no other macromolecule is mentioned and the...

There are three blood vessel types in humans: arteries, veins and capillaries.Arteries pump blood away from the heart (easy point to remember - "A" in arteries = AWAY from the heart) while veins...