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What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?

The main difference between the two is that only normal body cells go through it, so for instance your skin cells go trough mitosis whereas MEIOSIS is specifically for sex cells, so for instance for the prod...
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What is the difference between a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid?

Saturated fatty acids have no double bonds between the carbon atoms in their carbon chain (the carbon chain is ‘saturated’ with hydrogen). In contrast, unsaturated fatty acids have at least one double bond b...
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Describe the nature of the genetic code

A base triplet (sequence of 3 bases) encodes a single amino acid. The same base triplet codes for the same amino acid in all organisms, meaning that the genetic code is universal. In addition the code is non...
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Name three non-specific human defences against diseases

skin - acts as a physical barrier; mucus and ciliated cells on mucous membrane in trachea - catch pathogens and sweep them up out of lungs; stomach acid - kills bacteria
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The formation of new species is known as speciation. Explain the difference between Allopatric and Sympatric speciation. [1 mark]

Both allopatric and sympatric speciation occurs due to reproductive isolation between populations of the same species. Allopatric speciation involves a physical barrier such as a river or mountain separating...
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