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Antibodies are proteins which belong to a class known as immunoglobulins. They are made up of chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds. Antibodies have an important role in the immune system of many ani...

Mitosis is the division (and multiplication) by body cells or somatic cells (cells that arent gametes.) Gametes- sperm and egg; undergo meiosis Somatic cells- body cells; undergo mitosis . Both the daughter ...

It moves up through a process known as transpiration . This is when water leaves the through the stomata , creating a negative hydrostatic pressure which pulls the water up through the xylem . The properties...

Firstly it's important to distinguish that photosynthesis and transpiration are two different processes. Photosynthesis is the process used by plants to convert carbon dioxide and water into gucose and oxyge...

The first stage of meiosis is Prophase 1, where the homologous chromosomes pair up and spindle microtubules grow from each pole to the equator around the nucleus. The next stage is Metaphase 1, the nucleus m...