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What are the differences between Carbohydrates and Lipids?

Carbohydrates - 17 kJ of energy per gram - Disaccharides = highly soluble. Polysaccharides = insoluble - Less metabolic water produced - Stored as STARCH in plants and GLYCOGEN in animals - Monomer = Glucose...
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What is the difference between passive and active immunity?

Active immunity is happens due to the contact of lymphocytes with pathoges (or simply their antigens), which triggers the specific immune response and immunological memory is produced (T-Memory cells created...
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Why is our genetic code degenerate?

To answer this question, it is first important to understand the meaning of the word degenerate. So being an A level Biology student, you must know that genes code for amino acids . (these are the basic comp...
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What are the functional differences between RNA and DNA

DNA is the medium which encodes the information that makes an organism what it is. DNA usually forms a double stranded structure and encodes genes and other regulatory elements. RNA can act as either catalys...
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What are is the function of a ribosomes and what is it made from?

Ribosomes translate (read) messenger RNA to produce specific polypeptide chains (proteins). The Ribosome itself is made up rRNA which forms the structures which read the messenger RNA and add peptides to the...
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