Biome

What is Biome?

Introduction Biome is a major climax community of plants and animals. It generally corresponds to a climatic region. According to F.E Clements and V.S.Shelford, “ Biome is defined as a biotic community of geographical extent characterized by distinctiveness in the life forms of the important climax species.”  Each biome usually is named for its dominant

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Food web in taiga

Food web in taiga

Introduction A food web is the representation of the interconnected feeding relationship among various components of an ecosystem. It transfers energy through various producers, consumers, and decomposers. In the taiga biome, the food web is complex and includes various organisms. What is taiga biome? A biome is a huge natural area on earth where certain

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Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis

Introduction Reverse Osmosis is a membrane-based demineralized technique that is used to separate the dissolved solids such as ions from the solution. The membranes act as selectively permeable barriers that allow selective elements to pass through them. RO method helps in eliminating the dissolved solids as well as the suspended solids. Osmosis is a process

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Hybridoma technology

Hybridoma technology

Introduction When two non-identical cells are brought into close contact and their membranes are allowed to fuse, the resulting product contains both nuclei. The fusion can occur between cells of the same species or of different species. A cell with two or more dissimilar nuclei is called a heterokaryon and their fusion results in a

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pUC19 Vector

pUC19 Vector

Introduction Vectors and their importance Vectors are the major component required to make an rDNA molecule for gene cloning. They act as a vehicle for carrying foreign DNA into a host cell for multiplication. Generally, small circular-shaped DNA molecules of bacterial origin are used as cloning vectors. About pUC19 Vector pUC 19 vectors belong to

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Genetic Codons

Genetic Codons

Introduction What are genetic codons? Genetic codons are sequences of three nucleotides that form the genetic code. The sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide is specified by a sequence of elementary codons within a gene. These elementary coding units are called codons. They are mostly triplets consisting of adjacent nucleotides, used in the synthesis

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