Simplebiol
One morning, you hang out with a friend who is coughing and sneezing. You spend some time together, you wish them well, and go home. A few days later, you wake up with a sore throat, a runny nose, and maybe a fever. What happened? You quickly remember your friend. You probably caught a virus. […]
In a previous post, we learned that DNA is the genetic material of the cells, and one of its most important functions is that it contains genes that carry the information for the determination of the hereditary characteristics. However, scientists were not always aware that DNA was the genetic material. In fact, for the first half […]
Bacteria often have bad fame since they are mostly known for the diseases they cause to the human population. However, not all bacteria are bad. A large number of bacteria live inside our bodies or on the surface of our skin, without us being aware of them. This is because they are necessary for our […]
If you look around you, you can see that every object or life form has a name. We always want to give names so that we can communicate with each other about our surroundings. People have tried to classify living organisms since the ancient times. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, was one of the first that […]
We learned previously that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of all the organisms that exist on Earth. Not all of the cells are the same, though. They can be categorized into two groups based on their characteristics, as we will analyze further. These two groups are prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. […]