BIOLOGY

ANIMAL HORMONES

ANIMAL HORMONES

Animal hormones are chemical messengers produced by various glands and tissues in animals that regulate physiological processes and behaviors. These hormones are secreted into the bloodstream and carried to target ...
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS IN MAMMALS

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS IN MAMMALS

Mammals are biparental in reproduction that is sexual reproduction involves two distinct and separate individuals, sexually mature male and female. A) Male reproductive system The male reproductive system in man ...
EVIDENCES IN SUPPORT OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

EVIDENCES IN SUPPORT OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

1) Evidence from comparative anatomy Homologous structures can be used to explain the evidence of comparative anatomy. Homologous structures are those structures which are built in the same common plan ...
EVOLUTION OF NEW SPECIES BY MUTATION AND ISOLATION

EVOLUTION OF NEW SPECIES BY MUTATION AND ISOLATION

A) Mutation theory of organic evolution Mutation is a change in genetic material resulting in a new stable characteristic which can be inherited by offspring. Hugo De Vries, a Dutch ...
DARWIN’S THEORY AND MODERN THEORIES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY AND MODERN THEORIES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

Charles Darwin, a British biologist, in 1859 propounded a theory of organic evolution by Natural Selection leading to the origin of species. His theory of natural selection is as follows: ...
LAMARCK’S THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

LAMARCK’S THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

Jean Baptiste Lamarck, a French biologist was one of the first biologists to put forward the theory of organic evolution in 1801. His idea of organic evolution was hinged on ...
DIVINE CREATION AND ORGANIC EVOLUTION

DIVINE CREATION AND ORGANIC EVOLUTION

The world is occupied by millions of different kinds of plants and animals. These plants and animals are adapted to different kinds of habitats and niches. How did these different ...
MECHANISM OF TRANSPORTATION IN PLANTS

MECHANISM OF TRANSPORTATION IN PLANTS

The lower plants All the plants from the single-celled Chlamydomonas, bacterium, Phacus to the simple multicellular Spirogyra, Funaria (Bryophyta) that lack conducting vessels use their cytoplasm for the movement and ...
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

The part of plasma which filters into the spaces among the tissues and flows in vessels similar to arteries and veins constitute the lymphatic system. The lymph is clear colourless ...
THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD

THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD

There are three plans or types of blood circulation in human beings, other mammals and birds. They are the pulmonary circulation, systemic circulation and the coronary circulation. The pulmonary circulation ...