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Physiology & Disease

Sickle cell anemia and malaria

It is already known that mutations (changes in the DNA sequence) often alter the genetic information resulting in changes in the functions of cells and hence of organisms, leading to disease. So, one would expect that if a mutation is linked to a disease, it would only cause disadvantages to an individual or their offsprings. […]

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Evolutionary Biology

Classification System of Living Organisms

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 […]