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A gene is a part of a chromosome. The gene codes for a protein that expresses a specific characteristic.Genes code for our physical characterisics. It is a set of instructions to code for a protein which ...

DNA or DeoxyriboNucleic Acid, is a nucleic acid made of two polynulcleotide strands (double stranded). These polynucleotide strands consist of a phosphate group, five-carbon sugar (stable 2-deoxyribose...

There are two types of enzyme inhibition: competitive and non-competitive. 

Competitive inhibition:
This occurs when an enzyme's active site is filled by an inhibit...

There are several ways in which a pathogen can cause disease. These can be seen in the Germ Theory of disease, made famous by Robert Koch.

These include releasing toxins (1) and damaging/...

It is important to first understand the concept of respiration. It is not the same as ventilation (breathing), as respiration is a chemical process that involves the breakdown of basic chemical molecul...