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What are the modes of genetic inheritance?

Genetic conditions can be passed on from parent to offspring in a number of different 'patterns;' these are the modes of inheritance.

In autosomal dominant conditions, only one mutated co...

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What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?

There are a few fundamental differences between these processes. Mitosis is required for cell growth and repair and asexual reproduction. Meiosis is used in the production of gametes for sexual reprodu...

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What is meant by diffusion?

​What is diffusion?

Diffusion is a natural process, definied as the net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

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Why are enzymes less efficient at temperatures lower than body temperature?

If your body temperature drops, the substrate (the particles that link to the enzyme so that it works) moves slower in your cells because as temperature decreases, so does each individual particle's ki...

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Why are food chains rarely longer than three or four stages?

A lot of energy is lost at each level

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