Segregation of genes
Alleles segregate randomly in gametes introducing genetic variation in a variety of ways. This contributes…
AAMC Outline
Important differences between meiosis and mitosis
Mitosis and meiosis share some similarities but also some significant differences, chiefly that mitosis produces…
Significance of meiosis
Meiosis is the nuclear division of diploid cells into haploid cells, which is a necessary…
Major endocrine glands: names, locations, products
The main endocrine glands are the hypothalamus, pituitary (anterior and posterior), thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (cortex…
Major types of hormones
Hormones can be divided into three classes based on their chemical structure: lipid-derived, amino acid-derived,…
Solubility Constant; The Equilibrium Expression Ksp
The equilibrium expression, Ksp, is a ratio of products over reactants and can be written as…
Flagellar propulsion, mechanism
Bacterial flagella are made of flagellin; its mechanism is rotation in which a rotor at…
Presence of cell wall in bacteria
The bacterial cell wall is made of thick, rigid peptidoglycan that maintains the cell’s shape,…
Lack of typical eukaryotic organelles
Prokaryote cells lack the typical eukaryote organelles such as Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and…
Definitions of endocrine glands, hormones
Endocrine glands release chemical messengers known as hormones directly into the blood. Hormones are chemicals…