Biology Essays and Term Papers

A parent cell divides to create two identical daughter cells, which are exact replicas of the original parent cell. DNA is replicated, and each daughter cell receives one copy of the original DNA and the cell goes through a process consisting of…

known as a "black disease." Though it is most frequently found in Africans and African Americans, it is also found in people from the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and India. Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary blood…

body against foreign invaders that may cause disease. The immune system is made up of cells, tissues, organs, and body systems that fight bacteria, viruses, harmful chemicals, and cancer cells. The skin functions as a defense against disease because…

them? Stem cells are the source of life. They bridge the gap from the embryo we start out as and the architecture we become. Stem cell research has been ongoing for more then twenty years. The more we study them the more potential we find. But…

unique animal. It is one of a kind. This species lives only in one geographic region and can survive only there. It has very strange habits and its body is configured differently from other mammals. This unique animal is very much in danger…

and divides in preparation for division of the cell. Mitosis results in two cells that are genetically identical. Mitosis is necessary for growth for repair and replacement of damaged or worn out cells. All multi-cellular animals; plants,…

Bald Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) is a large, dioecious, semi-deciduous tree that typically reaches heights of 60 to 100 feet, and the trunk has been recorded to diameters of 50 feet or more. The top of the tree, called the pyramidal crown,…

analyse the golf swing of three students. From this analysis, I will rank the students for the distance and accuracy attainable from their swings. Following this will be a biomechanical and an anatomical justification explaining the reasons for these…

The news of the successful cloning of an adult sheep, in which the sheeps DNA was inserted into an unfertilized sheep egg to produce a lamb with identical DNA, has generated an outpour of ethical concerns. These concerns are not about Dolly, the now…

been used by sailors to inhibit the fermentation of the alcohol they transported. These spices, including Clove were used with good reason. In this study it was found that 1% clove solution inhibited a fermentation reaction by as much as 0.093ml…