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What properties of water make it biologically significant to plants?

Water has adhesive properties which allow the polar water molecules to adhere to other hydrophilic surfaces such as cellulose. This aids the movement of water through xylem vessels in plants. Water also has ...
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What is endosymbiotic theory?

Endosymbiotic theory explains the origin of eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotes (cells that contain membrane bound organelle) are believed to have evolved from prokaryotic cells (unicellular organism that lacks mem...
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Explain the process of Translation.

Translation involves three main steps; initiation, elongation and termination.Initiation begins when a mRNA (messenger RNA) binds to the small of the sub unit of the ribosome, where it moves to the start cod...
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What is protein synthesis and how does it work?

Protein synthesis is the process in which proteins are produced within cells, from the DNA in the cell nucleus. It is divided into two steps: transcription and translation. Transcription is when the DNA in t...
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TMV can cause plants to produce less chlorophyll. This causes leaf discoloration. Explain why plants with TMV have stunted growth.

Chlorophyll is a pigment molecule produced by plants that they use to absorb light energy (photons), which is needed for the light dependent section of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis makes glucose, the energ...
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