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Species like polar bears might go extinct if, for example, sea level rise drastically decreases the size of their territory meaning they have less area to roam, hunt and mate in so they cannot reproduce f...

Enzymes catalyse reactions by reducing the activation energy required to begin a chemical reaction, without being used up in the reaction. They bind to the active site of a substrate to form an enzyme-sub...

Colour blindness is recessive, which implies that the child needs to have both chromosomes carrying the genetic error to be born with this condition. We know this is linked to the sex chromosome X so we w...

Independent segregation (of homologous chromosomes) Crossing over Random assortment

Providing there is a basic understanding of the anatomy and functioning of the kidney, we can start by stating that the homeostatic control of osmoregulation in the blood is achieved by h...