Biology Essays

DNA Transformation in Bacteria
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Introduction: 1.0 Introduction and Objectives The ability of bacteria to incorporate DNA from external sources is the primary reason for their survival and proliferation. Bacteria can take DNA from their surroundin...

Banana as a Natural Superdisintegrant
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Introduction: The objective of the study was to evaluate banana powder as a superdisintegrant for the formulation of oral disintegrating tablets and to compare the results with commonly used superdisintegrants like...

Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity Experiment
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Introduction: May Zheng Lab Partners: Vena G. and Sara W. Observations: Part A: The Effect of Surface Area on Enzyme Activity Table1: Amount of Foam Produced by Potato Samples with Different Sizes Potato Sam...

Rate of Cellular Respiration | Experiment
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Introduction: In the lab the relative volume of O2 consumed by germinating and non-germinating peas at room temperature and 10°C was determined. The central purpose was to find the affect of germination and temper...

The Hutchinsonian and Eltonian Shortfalls
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Introduction: A number of recognized knowledge shortfalls currently exist in biology. The first that appears to have been identified is taxonomical, and is known as the Linnean shortfall (Raven and Wilson, 1992). ...

Cereals and Cereal Product Microbial Spoilage and Hazards
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Introduction: Goh JiaYeen 1.0 Introduction Cereals, belonging to the Gramineae or the grass family, are the basic carbohydrates sources for the human population (Adams & Moss, 2008; Swanson, 2011). Current...

Reporter System Using LuxABCDE
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Introduction: La Rosa, S.L., Diep, D.B., Nes, I.F., et al. (2012) Construction and application of a luxABCDE reporter system for real-time monitoring of Enterococcus faecalis gene expression and growth. Applied an...

The Lowry Method for Protein Quantitation
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Introduction: Has been the most widely used method to estimate the total level of protein already in solution or easily soluble in dilute alkali in biological samples, the Lowry Assay (Lowry et al., 1951) exhibited...

Types of Plant Cells and Their Functions
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Introduction: Parenchyma cells are one of the three main types of plant cells. They are the general and multifunctional cells that make up much of a plant (Dengler, Nancy). Within the Parenchyma genre, there are se...

Spectroscopy Analysis Techniques
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Introduction: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy is an extremely powerful and useful tool in performing experiments on the nuclei of atoms. NMR is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as “The abso...

Genetic Causes of Sickle Cell Anaemia
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Introduction: Jay Patel Sickle cell anemia is one of the most common disorders which are inherited from a single gene disorder. Usually these disorders have been seen in African-Americans1. Sickle cell disease w...

Growth Characteristics of Bacteriophage
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Introduction: CHAPTER 4 GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIOPHAGE INFECTING AQUACULTURE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS 4.1 Introduction Bacteriophage are naturally occurring viruses that predated on bacteria (Clokie et al., 2...

Methods of Measuring Productivity in Plant Ecology
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Introduction: Productivity refers to rate at which energy is accumulated by green plant in unit time in the form of organic substance that can be used as food. 2. Types of Productivity: Primary productivity Gross ...

Community Acquired Pneumonia Case Study
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Introduction: Mr RK is a 44 years old gardener. His height and weight are 160cm and 60kg respectively. His calculated Body Mass Index (BMI) is 23.44 and is within normal range. Mr RK was admitted to hospital with p...

Essential Oils Biological Components
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Introduction: Essential oils are complex mixtures of many components, about 20-60 can be present at different concentrations depending on the oil.According to Bakkali et al(2008) they are characterized by component...

Comparison of Washing Powders: Blood on Clothes
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Introduction: Within violent crimes, evidence needs to be gathered to provide expert witness testimony often when the perpetrator may have tried to conceal or remove evidence. The aim of this project is to investig...

Analysis of Stanley Lloyd Miller's Experiment
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Introduction: “The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.” Paul Davies INTRODUCTION Evolution means an unfolding or unrolling-a gradual orderly change from one form to another....

Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) Collection, Preparation and Uses
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Introduction: Samuel Good Fresh Frozen Plasma Introduction Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is the name for the liquid portion of human blood, which has been frozen and preserved. It is taken by blood donation and is s...

Monuments and Caves: Effect of Cyanobacteria
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Introduction: STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF EPILITHIC AND CRYPTOENDOLIHIC CYANOBACTERIA ON MONUMENTS AND CAVES OF WESTERN ODISHA AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY. ABSTRACT Cyanobacteria are morp...

Ion Channel Coupled Receptors Mechanism
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Introduction: Paul Dunn Intracellular signalling For cells to carry out their physiological role, they must be able receive and respond to a variety of extracellular messages (Ségaliny, Tellez-Gabriel, Heymann,...

Mucor Hiemalis Reproduction and Uses
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Introduction: All species of mold are of the eukaryotic kingdom Fungi, of which are commonly used in the production of food, such as cheese, or brewing, or are described as pests that are harmful towards humans, a...

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production
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Introduction: Reactive Oxygen Species Ever since the introduction of oxygen by the oxygen releasing photosynthetic organisms Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been the unwelcomed guests of aerobic life (Halliwell...

Genetic Mutations: Causes, Types and Effects
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Introduction: Annotation of Genome Variants The major goal for genomics is that to determining the sequence of molecules that make up the genomic content of an organism. The genes are contained in the chromosomes ...

Mitochondrial DNA Barcoding
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Introduction: Abstract Hoppers are economically important insects, causing serious damage to paddy. These insect falls under the family of Hemiptera, which include diverse groups of insects. The identification of ...

Function and Role of the Lateral Line System in Fish
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Introduction: OVERVIEW The amazing ability of various blind or deep-sea fish to navigate through waters, where little or no light penetrates can be attributed to the presence of a sensory system found in fish and ...