Biology

Biology all the divisions of natural sciences which examines various processes related to the living world. Biology include anatomy, cell biology, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, evolution and many other subjects.

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Animals

How do lipids maintain the fluidity of the plasma membrane?

June 20, 2020 Vinod Thakur 0

The fluidity of the plasma membrane is maintained by the lipids present in the membrane such as phospholipids, glycolipids, and sterols. These lipids play a vital role in enhancing the flexibility and mechanical stability of the membrane. […]

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Biology

What is Soil? How is it formed?

November 17, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

Soil is a mixture of small rocks, minerals, humus and also various microbes. It is formed by the weathering of rocks that is occuring since the begining of life on earth. […]

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Biology

What are different factors that affect the growth of plants?

November 3, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

The plant growth is influenced by a variety of external and internal factors. The former include light, temperature, water, nutrients etc. while the latter includes genetic and hormonal factors. […]

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Animals

How does a Tadpole change into a Frog?

October 27, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

Metamorphosis of the tadpole larva into an adult frog is one of the most striking transformations in all of biology. It transforms a fish-like water breathing, herbivorous tadpole into a tetrapod, amphibious, air-breathing, carnivorous frog. […]

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Biology

How Enzymes speed up the chemical reactions?​

October 20, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

Enzymes are complex biological molecules which catalyze or greatly speeds up the rate at which a chemical reaction will occur. The key concept behind the speeding up of a chemical reaction by an enzyme is that it reduces the activation energy required for a reaction. In doing so, it speeds up the reaction.  […]

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Animals

11 Amazing facts about Butterflies.

October 13, 2018 Vinod Thakur 1

Nature has created many beautiful masterpieces, but a butterfly is the most beautiful and colorful masterpiece. The vivid colors of butterfly wings are so life like that sometimes people call them “flying flowers”. Do you know, butterflies live everywhere in the world, except Antarctica. Here we have some other amazing facts about butterflies that may surprise you. […]

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Biology

11 Amazing Facts about DNA You didn’t Know.

September 29, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

DNA is the genetic material in all except certain viruses. In Prokaryotic cells, DNA occurs in the cytoplasm and is the only component of the chromosomes. Whereas, in Eukaryotic cells, DNA is largely confined to the nucleus. Do you know, A human DNA contains 3 billion chemical letters. Yes, it is true. There are several other amazing and fun facts about DNA that we don’t know. […]

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Biology

Personal Genomics: Gene Sequencing & Analysis in India.

July 28, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

In recent times, the people of India have been heard talking about gene sequencing, gene editing, gene analysis and many other similar terms. Gene or genome sequencing is a process or method of figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides or bases in a human genome. It comes under the umbrella of personal genomics. […]

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Biology

How do cells in Embryo get their Roles to Play?

June 16, 2018 Vinod Thakur 1

Cell Specification is a process of distributing roles among different cells of an embryo. This process starts when cells are capable of differentiating autonomously in a neutral environment. Among, three basic modes of cell specification, most of the organisms prefer an amalgam of the two or three modes. […]

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Biology

What is the physical basis of life? 

June 9, 2018 Vinod Thakur 0

Protoplasm is the essence of life. We can refer to all the constituents of the cell collectively by the term Protoplasm. It shows all those activities that are characteristic of life. […]