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Food consists of many types of molecules, these are: polysaccharides (a chain of single molecular units); dissacharides (a pair of single molecular units) and monosaccharides (the individual units themsel...

Function: Mitosis is used in the replication of body cells. It occurs every day to replace cells that have died or have been damaged, for growth and also in asexual reproduction. Meiosis is used to produc...

If the mutation rate is high then this can change the DNA composition of the cells. If the DNA changes then so do all the protiens in the cell. This is becauase DNA codes for all the protiens in the cell....

Enzyme has a specific active site. Only one substrate will fit the active site.

Insulin is released in response to high blood glucose concentrations. High blood glucose concentrations means glucose is taken up by the beta-cells in the Islet's of Langerhans and is respired to produce ...