After the virus enters the nerve cell‚ it usually moves through the cytoplasm and hijacks the free ribosomes. The virus instructs the ribosomes to produce copies of itself. The copies leave the brain and travel down through the nerves to the salivary glands‚ where the virus waits for the person to bite something else‚ so that the virus will again be transmitted. 4. Although the rabies virus can infect all warm-blooded mammals‚ it mostly affects raccoons‚ particularly on the East Coast. In the United
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is used to describe the different components‚ that when taken together make up a persons body weight. People who are overweight or excess body fat are at risk of several health condition‚ such as Hypertension‚ Type two diabetes‚ Coronary Heart Disease‚ Stroke‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Some Cancers‚ Sleep apnea‚ and respiratory problems. The proportion of body weight that is fat compared to lean‚ or body composition‚ can be made in a doctor’s office or a health
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(2007) state that the digestive system begins with the mouth. The mouth‚ consists of hard palate‚ soft palate‚ lips‚ cheeks‚ tongue‚ gums‚ and salivary glands these parts of the mouth have a mucous membrane that covers them‚ this protects the inner mouth. The adult mouth consists of thirty-two teeth. The teeth and saliva that is excreted from the salivary glands helps break down food making it small enough to swallow. Waugh and Grant (2007) state that saliva is also essential for tasting food‚ keeping
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So in the last unit we studied about chemical basis of life. Now just Focus for a moment on biology‘s subject‚ ‗life‘. All living things on earth are characterized by cellular organization‚ growth‚ reproduction‚ homeostasis and heredity. These characteristics define the term life. Then what is inheritance? Inheritance is something you possess from your ancestor and carried along‚ it may be any asset‚ money or anything but when we connect with the life what we will take from our parental generation
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Cited: "Culture." Oxford Dictionaries Online. 5 December 2012 <http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/culture?region=us&q=culture>. Edwards‚ Alexis‚ et al. Quantitative Genomics of Aggressive Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster (2006). "Evolution." Oxford Dictionaries Online. 10 December 2012 <http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/evolution>. Haviland‚ William‚ et al. Anthropology: The Human Challenge. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning‚ 2011.
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level * 2 3 0 8 9 6 9 9 7 3 * BIOLOGY Paper 5 Planning‚ Analysis and Evaluation Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink. You may use a pencil for any diagrams‚ graphs or rough working. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters
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MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. Organisms that have been genetically modified include micro-organisms such as bacteria and yeast‚ insects‚ plants‚ fish‚ and mammals. GMOs are the source of genetically modified foods‚ and are also widely used in scientific research and to produce goods other than food. HUMANS Human gene therapy Gene therapy is the use of DNA as
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Metabolism refers to all the chemical reactions in the body of a cell or organism to keep it alive. Metabolism converts the nutrients from the food we eat in to vital energy which the body needs to carry out daily activities. The respiratory system‚ cardiovascular system and the digestive system are the three body systems that are involved with energy metabolism. There are two kinds of activities involved with metabolism processes‚ these are; building up of body tissues and energy stores and the
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DEPARTMENT OF LIFE AND CONSUMER SCIENCES Animal Diversity I ZOL1501 Semester I: Assignment no.: 01 MEMO 2014 QUESTION 1 [10] a. Monophyletic group is a group that includes the most recent common ancestor of a group of organisms‚ and all of its descendants. b. Parthenogenesis is a unisexual reproduction involving the reproduction of young by females not fertilized by males. c. Metamerism is a condition of being composed of serially repeated parts (metameres). Serial segmentation. Metamerism is
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