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How are blood glucose levels regulated in the body?

When blood glucose levels drop too low it is detected by hypothalamus. The release of insulin by the pancreas is stopped so no more glucose is converted to glycogen. Instead glycogen, which is stored in the ...
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Prior to cell division, cells replicate. Explain the process of DNA replication in prokaryotes.

Prokaryotic DNA is different to eukaryotic DNA in that prokaryotic DNA is circular, and thus has an origin of replication . When replication starts, it starts at this origin and occurs bidirectionally - mean...
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How are animals and plants adapted to their niche?

Animals and plants display structural and behavioural adaptations to their surroundings. Each animal and plant faces certain challenges to their survival such as predators, harsh weather or low food resource...
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How come the antibodies in our blood and lymphatic system do not attack our own, but only specific antigens?

Antibodies and antigens are made out of proteins. Proteins have a specific primary structure. The primary structure is the sequence of the amino acids that make up the protein. This sequence is specific to a...
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How do you get from an a base like adenine to an enzyme/protein?

There are four bases- ATGC adenine, thymine guanine and cytosine. Each base is attached to a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate sugar. This makes up a nucleotide. Three nucleotides are called a codon which pr...
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