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It is a simple idea whereby we take new working genes, named wild types, and replace the faulty genes of some ones cells. This means the cells will then take up the new DNA and make a functional version o...

Only plant cells have a cell wall, vacuole, chloroplasts.

Both plant and animal cells have a cytoplasm, cell membrane, mitochondria, nucleus, ribosomes and chromosomes.

We can break down the process of natural selection into a few steps: genetic variation within a population, a selective pressure which favours a particular trait, increased survival and therefore reproduc...

<p>There are two types of respiration that you need to know about - aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The main difference between the two types of respiration depend on whether oxygen is available ...

Phagocytosis begins when white cells called phagocytes recognise bacteria invading the body (pathogens). The cell membrane of one of these phagocytes then fuses around a single bacterium, engulfing it wit...