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In order to answer your question let's separate replication process into steps.

Step 1: Unwinding of double-stranded DNA

The first step of DNA replication involves bi...

Aseptic techniques prevent the contamination of a sample from other bacteria or pathogens. It is important to do this to ensure that the sample we are dealing with remains pure. Microorganisms are in the ...

There are 2 components, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. They are a collection of nerves and neurotransmitters throughout the human body and present in both the centr...

At GCSE osmosis was simplified to just diffusion of water so it is the spreading out of water molecules from where there is a high concentration to a low concentration- but in fact osmosis depends both on...

To replicate the DNA of a eukaryotic cell, the double helix structure must first be unwound to present the base pair sequence. This is done using DNA helicase (this enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds connec...