Biology

The transfer of genetic material between bacteria through cell-to-cell contact is called bacterial conjugation. Conjugation is the mechanism of horizontal gene transfer.

Stomata (Stoma; singular) are tiny pore openings present in the epidermis of stems, leaves, and other organs of plants.

In both plants and animals, undifferentiated cells undergo a process of growth that starts with commitment and ends up with differentiation.

The teeth are the modifications of the dermal skeleton. The origin teeth developed from denticles of the dermal plate at the margin of the mouth.

Poultry farming is the type of animal husbandry that raises domesticated birds such as chicken, ducks, turkeys, and geese to produce meat or eggs for food.

The process whereby congenital malformations are generated in an embryo or fetus.

The organs in the body which synthesize and secrets substances (or hormones) that do a specific task in the body are called glands. These are essential organs present throughout the body.

Armen Leonovich Takhtajan (1910 – 2009) was a Soviet- American botanist. He was one of the most important figures of the 20th century for his work on plant systematics, evolution, and biogeography.

A chromosome map of species that shows the position of its known genes or markers relative to each other, rather than as specific physical points on each chromosome is called a linkage map. It is different from a gene map.

Basically, the word fossil is derived from the Latin word “Fossilis” which means ‘dug-up’. Form many years any curious and intriguing object that was dug out of the ground was considered to be fossils.