The chemical secret of life resides in the DNA molecule that composes the chromosomes. As noted earlier, special segments of this molecule -the genes - determine our heredity. Specifically, each gene, with the assistance of ribonucleic acid (RNA), directs the synthesis of a particular protein.
Since proteins serve as protoplasmic building blocks and enzymes (catalytic agents that spark metabolic activities), we can well appreciate that a given cell is what it is because of its particular DNA blueprint. What is more, when a cell divides, this blueprint or genetic code is passed along to its daughter cells.
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By dr rend-san
25 Apr 2010
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Genetic Code and Genetic Disease |
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By dr rend-san
22 Apr 2010
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Body Build And ChemistrySome individuals are stocky with heavy bones; others are thin with fines bones; others exhibit gradations between the two extremes. One way to characterize the diffences in body build was proposed by Sheldon many years ago. According to his now well recognized scheme of classification, the are three basic somatotypes: ectomorphic, endomorphic, and mesomorphic. The ectomorph is an individual who is especially tall and fragile, with a large surface area, thin muscles and subcutaneous tissues, and slightly developd digestive viscera. |
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By dr rend-san
20 Apr 2010
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The Cell, Any Small CompartmentA cell ,among othe things, is any small compartment and this is just what Robert Hooke had in mind in 1665 when he applied the term to the empty microscopic compartments he saw in cork. More particularly, Hooke was referring to the nonliving cellulose walls - the shell of live. The idea of this empty space held sway until Dujardin in 1835 underscored the contents of the cell rather than the walls. He called the living stuff "sarcode", a term to be replaced 11 years later by Hugo von Mohl's protoplasms. Today we think of cell as a circumsribed mass of protoplasm with a nucleus. |
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By HC-Team
19 Apr 2010
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How Much Does Lasik Eye Surgery CostSo how exactly does LASIK deliver the results? |
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By dr rend-san
17 Apr 2010
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Immunity, The Power to Resist An InfectionImmunity is the power of an individual to resist or overcome an infection. Immunity relates primarily to bacterial and viral diseases, since little or no immunity develops in connection with most fungal, protozoan ,and worm infections. |
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