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How does the structure of a nucleotide contribute to the structure of DNA, and its function as a carrier of genetic information?

There are four DNA nucleotides: Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine and Guanine. They are each made up of a nitrogenous base, deoxyribose sugar, and a phosphate group, and the four nucleotides differ in the structure...
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How are electron microscopes (TEM) fundamentally different from light microscopes and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

Microscopes, in general, work by concentrating radiation of a given wavelength be it light or electrons (let's think of it as a wave just like light) onto a specimen (condensor/electromagnets) after which th...
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What does the term 'enzyme' mean? What conditions affect an enyme's activity?

An enzyme is a biological catalyst Perform chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy ( could then draw out energy diagram ) Form enzyme-substrate complexes to then form enzyme-product complexes (e...
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Explain how competitive inhibitors work?

Competitive inhibitors, compete for the active site. They have a similar shape to the substrate and so can bind to the active site and prevent the substrate from binding. This means the subtrate cannot bind ...
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Only a small percentage of the sun's energy captured by plants is incorporated into body tissues of carnivores. What happens to the rest of this energy?

In a food chain, very little energy is passed onto the next trophic level - this is because living creatures create waste. Energy passes out of the food chain in a number of ways, including; - energy used fo...
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