Zoology being a multidisciplinary subject deals with biological, molecular, physiological and other related activities and numerous terms associated with them. To make the understanding easy and to memorize harder terms some abbreviations are there. I am providing here a number of Zoology related abbreviations in one place for the ease of readers. Any suggestions regarding [...]
Two kinds of molecules participate in protein synthesis. Both are based on a similar building block, the nucleotide, giving them their name—nucleic acids. One of these molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, is the genetic material, and the other, ribonucleic acid or RNA, is produced in the nucleus and moves to the cytoplasm, where it participates [...]
One unique character of DNA is its unity and yet infinitesimal variety. The DNA structure mentioned above is uniform in all organisms, whether it is man or virus. At the same time it is also true that DNA is the genetic material that decides the characters of individual organisms. Then how does DNA decide the [...]
Chemical composition of DNA: DNA extract from many living organisms has revealed it to be a complex macromolecule. It is a long chain polymer composed of monomers (units) called nucleotides. Each nucleotide inturn is composed of three sub units. These are – a) nitrogen base, b) sugar and c) phosphate. Nitrogen bases: The nitrogen bases [...]
