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What is the role of the myelin sheath in the transmission of electric impulses in the nervous system?

It is important to note that the IB syllabus expects the students to understand that "The myelination of nerve fibres allows for saltatory conduction." What this essentially means is, that the myel...
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How do you explain the change in membrane permeability as temperature increases?

Generally, increasing the temperature increases membrane permeability. At temperatures below 0 o C the phospholipids in the membrane don't have much energy and so they can't move much, which means that they'...
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What are Mendel's two laws of inheritance?

Mendel's two laws of inheritance are: the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.
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Describe the course taken by a deoxygenated red blood cell returning to the heart from the circulation, naming any vessels or chambers along its course.

Following its return to the right atrium via the vena cava, the RBC passes through the mitral valve and into the right ventricle. Upon ventricular contraction, the RBC is ejected via the pulmonary valve and ...
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Why was the experiment on DNA done by Meselson and Stahl strong evidence that DNA replication is semi-conservative?

Three theories for DNA replication at the time: Conservative replication: When DNA was replicated, entirely new molecules of DNA were made, meaning a newly replicated DNA molecule would be composed entirely ...
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