Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. Food contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins or minerals. Food is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organisms cells to provide energy, maintain life or stimulate growth. Classifications of food According to Martin …
Read More »Microbiology of Milk
Milk is a highly nutritious food that can be obtained from a variety of animal sources such as cows, goats, sheep, and buffalo, as well as humans, for human consumption. However, the high nutrient content of these milk, which includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids all …
Read More »Primary Structure: Dicotyledonous, Monocotyledonous Root & Leaf
Root is the underground part of a vascular plant and Leaf is the flattened outgrowth from stem of a vascular plant. In this article, the Primary structure of Root and Leaf will be discussed in detail. Primary Structure of Dicot Root The root of Dicot plants usually consists of Epidermis, …
Read More »Primary Structure: Dicotyledonous & Monocotyledonous Stem
The part of the axis of the plant which is usually ascending and aerial in nature, and also bears the leaves and reproductive structures is called the stem. The stem together with the leaves which it bears constitute the shoot. It is composed of three tissue systems that include the …
Read More »Amino Acid and Peptides:An Inevitable Organic Compounds
Proteins are an extremely important class of macromolecule in living organisms. More than 50% of the dry mass of most cells is protein. Proteins have many important functions. Amino Acids are the building units of proteins. Proteins are polymers of amino acids linked together by what is called “Peptide bond”. …
Read More »Financial Analysis for Studying in USA
This informative post is collected from the group named: NextTop-USA (Higher study in USA) Original Post Writer: Jawad Siddique Efaz Dear higher study aspirant, Hope you guys are staying safe and healthy and preparing to catch the Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 term. I am living in the USA for …
Read More »Life cycle of Synchytrium endobioticum
Article author: Shawon Gosh Payell Synchytrium endobioticum is one of the chytrid fungi which causes black scab or the wart disease of potato. Though potato is the only cultivated host but Some other plants of the genus Solanum are also infected by it. According to Karling (1964), it has a …
Read More »DNA Barcoding: Transforming Species Identification
DNA Barcoding DNA barcoding is a method of species identification using a short section of DNA from a specific gene or genes. Everyone is familiar with industrial barcodes as unique identifiers for commercial products. Similar to these industrial barcodes, short gene segments – known as DNA barcodes – are unique …
Read More »Genetic Markers: Key Tools in Modern Genomics
What is “A Marker”? A marker may be defined as a “Mark of identification”. In Biology three major types of markers are used: Morphological markers (also called “classical” or “visible” markers) which are phenotypic traits. Biochemical markers- called isozymes-are multiple forms of enzymes, including allelic variants of enzymes. A genetic …
Read More »Types & Procedures of Selection Process (Part-2)
Plant breeding is defined as identifying and selecting desirable traits in plants and combining this into one individual plant. Since 1900, Mendel’s laws of genetics provided the scientific basis for plant breeding. Selection is the most ancient and basic procedure in plant breeding. Selection procedures used in plant breeding have …
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