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What's the difference between allopatric and sympatric speciation? What are some evolutionary implications of this?

For speciation to occur, a population must split into at least two isolated parts to avoid the spread of genes between them; the nature of this isolation is what defines sympatry and allopatry. In allopatric...
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How does temperature affect the rate of diffusion?

An increase in temperature increases the activation energy of the atoms or molecules and therefore increases their net movement across a partially permeable membrane, increasing the rate of diffusion. A decr...
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How does blood flow through the heart?

Firstly, deoxygenated blood enters the top right chamber of the heart called the right atrium. It flows through to the chamber below, called the right ventricle. It then gets pumped to the lungs through the ...
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Why does a plant not take in all of the light energy that reaches their leaves?

There are four main reasons this could occur. The light photon could simply miss the chlorophyll molecule in the plant leaves. If they don't meet, how could the chlorophyll do anything with that light? Furth...
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What is atherosclerosis?

Firstly, let's try to understand what 'atherosclerosis' actually means. To do that, I would recommend understanding the origin of the word. As with most specific terms in biology, the name often explains its...
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