Simplebiol
Mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells that are identical to each other and their parent cell as well. Mitosis is an important process for many organisms since it serves different purposes. The zygote, the first cell of a new organism, undergoes a series of mitotic divisions to give […]
Chromosomes, chromatin, nucleosomes, genes, alleles? What is the difference between these terms? What are their roles? And how are they organized inside each one of the small cells of an organism? When you hear these words, you might think that they are pretty much the same, or you may not be able to distinguish their […]
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. […]