Bacteriophage
A bacteriophage is a group of viruses that infect bacteria. It hijacks the bacterium’s cellular machinery to produce viral components inside it. Bacteriophage also infects single-celled prokaryotic organisms known as …
Biology
Double Circulation
The circulatory system is an organ system that is responsible for circulating body fluid throughout the entire body of an organism. The human circulatory system is made up of blood …
Difference Between Dominant and Recessive Traits
A trait is a phenotypic feature of an individual that results due to certain genetic factors. The trait that is expressed first in an individual and is identifiable is called …
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Difference Between Antigen and Antibody
Antigens and antibodies are entities related to the immune system. An antigen is a harmful foreign substance that brings about an immune response in the body, thereby stimulating the production …
Difference Between the Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
Cell wall and cell membrane sound similar but there are some critical differences which everyone studying them should know. The cell membrane which is also known as the plasma membrane …
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What is Red Data Book?
The Red Data Book is a catalogue that records all rare and endangered species of plants, animals, and fungi existing within the boundary of the state or territory and is …
Budding In Hydra
Budding (the mode of reproduction in Hydra) is an asexual mode of reproduction by which new organisms arise from their parent. The offsprings produced are an identical copy of the …
Seed Dormancy
Seed Dormancy is an inherited property of seeds that prevents the seed from germinating even if all the environmental conditions favourable for seed germination are present. It is controlled and …
Apomixis
Apomixis is a mode of seed formation by asexual means. It occurs in plants that possess the ability to bypass the most fundamental parts of sexual reproduction namely, meiosis and …
Monera
All the prokaryotic organisms are classified under Kingdom Monera. Prokaryotes are organisms that are single-celled and lack a nuclear membrane. They are one of the simplest organisms in their structural …