Oxidation of fatty acids
β-oxidation is the catabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce energy; this process can completely…
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Digestion, mobilization, and transport of fats
Lipases in the mouth (lingual lipase), pancreas (pancreatic lipase), and bile in the liver facilitate…
Description of fatty acids (BC)
Fatty acids are lipids that contain long-chain hydrocarbons with a carboxylic acid functional group ending.…
Transposons (also present in eukaryotic cells)
Transposons are segments of DNA that can move and allow genes to be transferred to…
Conjugation
Conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between two bacterial cells in direct contact. Conjugation…
Transformation: incorporation into bacterial genome of DNA fragments from external medium
Transformation is the direct uptake, incorporation, and expression of exogenous genetic material into the bacterial…
Existence of plasmids, extragenomic DNA
A plasmid is a piece of an extragenomic DNA molecule that exists and replicates independently…
Biometry: statistical methods
Biometry is the statistical analysis of biological data; methods include descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.…
Evolutionary time as measured by gradual random changes in genome
The molecular clock uses a constant rate of random change or mutation in a genome…
Speciation
Speciation is the formation of a new species; two populations of organisms are considered different…