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A model organism is a non-human species that is studied to understand biological phenomena. They are used when human experiments are difficult or unethical. One of the model organisms that was the focus o...

Clustering involves grouping together genes or cells or both based on similarities. This involves the formation of subpopulations. Pseudotemporal ordering puts cells in order of progression through a biol...

Glycogen is a polysaccharide with many branches, these branches increase the available surface area for enzymes to hydrolyse the substrate. glycogen is used as a storage of glucose which allows for fast e...

Arbuscular Myccorhyzal fungi (AMF) are fungi which grow onto the roots of plants. In exchange for some carbon from the plant, the fungi act as an extension to the root space available to the plant. This p...

An enzyme is a biological catalyst which can speed up the rate of chemical reactions, it is also a protein that can be reused.
The lock and key model explains how an enzyme works to catalyse reactio...