Stealth Mosquitoes? - Biology Stack Exchange
Aug 26, 2024 · Have mosquitoes become silent and invisible, or am I losing my senses of hearing and sight? This summer I have seen no mosquitoes and have only heard two of them, very quiet, as I sat …
metabolism - Why are 6 turns of the Calvin cycle needed to make one ...
Oct 6, 2021 · I‘ve read that 6 turns of the Calvin cycle are required to make 1 glucose molecule. But, 3CO 2 and 3RuBP are used in one cycle and 6 triose phosphate is produced. Only 5 triose …
Why are so few foods blue? - Biology Stack Exchange
Feb 22, 2017 · Although blue foods exist, they're rare enough compared to other foods for food preparers to use blue plasters as a convention. The natural colour of a given food is due to pigments …
physiology - Why do blobfish become bloated when they are brought …
Dec 30, 2021 · "Yes they do" referred to the article and the wiki answering the question. The linked post indicated "the bends". The Wikipedia page specifically states: "The popular impression of the blobfish …
Do spiders learn how to build webs? - Biology Stack Exchange
Nov 4, 2021 · Spiders’ ability to weave webs is a classic example of an innate or instinctual behavior. They do not learn to make webs. The earliest English-language scientific publication that I can find to …
How is the size of a gene defined? - Biology Stack Exchange
Jun 16, 2016 · Is there an agreed definition as to how many nucleic acid bases constitute a gene? If not, why not? I'm not sure I understand how the exact sizes of genes are defined.
Can phenotype change without change in genotype?
May 21, 2024 · The Logical fallacy ‘Phenotype’ is defined [by the poster] as the morphological expression of characters on the basis of genetic constitution/genotype There is no reason to accept …
Are eukaroytic promoters located in the 5' UTR region?
Sep 15, 2015 · Most promoter elements are not a part of the mRNA sequence. They are upstream (towards 5') of the transcription start site. However, a certain class of promoters called downstream …
Creating a cell, not from another cell. Will it be possible?
Many of the parts of a cell, which perform its basic functions, such as transcription, translation, DNA replication, etc. have been already isolated and successfully recreated in a test tube. So if we obtain …
human biology - Is lemon water an alkalizing agent in the body ...
Apr 17, 2017 · I was recently having a discussion with someone about whether lemon water actually increases the pH of your body (by which I assume they mean the blood); their claim was that once …