Compare and contrast osmosis and simple diffusion
What will be an ideal response?
Both are passive processes. However, osmosis refers to the movement of water down its concentration gradient across a selectively permeable membrane. No membrane or membrane protein is required for simple diffusion.
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A) ascospores B) basidiospores C) conidia spores D) zygospores
A group of cells having similar structure and function is called a(n)
A. tissue. B. organ. C. organ system. D. organism. E. population.
Flatworms have _______ nerve cords that run the length of their bodies, while nemotodes have _____.
a. one, two b. two, three c. two, four d. one, four
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is often used in the production of transgenic plants because of its Ti plasmid
This plasmid is usually "disarmed" by deleting its tumor genes along with the genes for producing what products that would have been advantageous to the bacterium?