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This is the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

Overview of oxydative phosphorelation: At the end of the electron transport chain, electrons are transferred to molecular oxygen, which splits in half and takes up H⁺ to form water.

An allele is a variant or alternate form of gene which are found on same gene loci. Humans are diploid organisms having two alleles for a given gene. However in nature more than two variants are possible...

The cell's chromosomes, attached to spindle fibres, align themselves on the metaphase plate in the middle of the cell.

The Bohr effect describes the change in affinity for oxygen haemoglobin has as a result of an increased partial pressure of CO2. It occurs due to the reaction between CO2 and H20, catalysed by carbonic an...