Physiology
Human Blood Cells
Blood consists of 3 types of cells, suspended in a liquid called plasma. These three types of cells, red blood cells (RBC), white...
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What makes poison dart frog resistant to their own poison?
Poison dart frogs store Batrachotoxin, a steroidal alkaloid toxin in their skin glands. A single amino acid substitution is responsible for the resistance...
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Starvation turns herbivorous Drosophila into a carnivore
Contents1 Starvation induces cannibalism!2 But how can that happen?3 Can animals sense ‘taste’?4 How do taste receptors work in flies?5 Starvation stops ‘bitter’...
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Stingrays can chew their food, like mammals
Contents1 Is chewing a unique mammalian feature?2 Prey capture vs Prey processing3 Experiment and findings4 References Is chewing a unique mammalian feature? Unlike mammals, other...
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Why does the consumption of alcohol produce a burning sensation?
Contents1 Why does drinking alcohol feels like burning?2 These were the old theories:3 Here is the truth!4 Whole thing can be summerised as5...
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