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Changing one DNA base will alter one triplet in the DNA code. As each triplet codes for an amino acid this may result in a change to the primary structure of the protein produced. If the changed amino aci...

Proteins have a primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure. The primary structure comprises of the specific sequence of amino acids which are held together by peptide bonds. The secondary struc...

Mutations of pathogens produce new strains. Vaccinations may no longer be effective against these new strains. Vaccinations would kill non-resistant strain pathogens. However, resistant strain pathogens w...

Vaccines are small quantities of dead or inactive forms of a pathogen (disease). Vaccines stimulate white blood cells to produce antibodies. These antibodies destroy the pathogensthis makes the person imm...

The binomal system was invented by Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. Latin binomials are names we use to identify different species. They come in two parts ('bi' means two, and 'nomial' means name) which identi...