Ocean of Knowledge with Victor

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-KK3RM426QN'); </script>     google() // Google's Maven repository     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3' Johann Gregor Mendel is considered the father of genetics. He was also a man of Faith, Monk, Scientist, Teacher and Preacher. Openstax-Photo To grow tall and dwarf pea plants, I would need to take some precautions. First, I would obtain two pure seeds of tall and dwarf pea plants. To test the purity of the tall pea seeds, I would plant th...

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> NEMATODA Nematoda is a phylum of roundworms that belong to the Kingdom Animalia. Nematodes are found in almost any type of environment and include both free-living and parasitic species. They have a smooth and tough outer covering and a narrow cylindrical unsegmented body. Their name comes from the Greek word nema, meaning “thread”. One of the major features of animal complexity is segmentation. Segmentation is the repetition of anatomically identical units that can be added to and modified to serve different purposes as animals evolve. Segmentation is displayed by three large groups of animals: annelids, arthropods, and chordates. These groups share a common ancestor that lived about 600 million years ago3 Segmentation can be seen in our ribs, vertebrae, and even the folds in our brain. The first grou...

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-KK3RM426QN'); </script>     google() // Google's Maven repository     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3' Dear Victor Mushimbami, Thank you for your ongoing contribution towards strengthening our UoPeople community and  congratulations  on achieving a Certificate of Recognition!    With your help, we can encourage many more people to challenge themselves and change their futures!     Your Certificate of Recognition is attac...

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script>   Similarities and differences of DNA replication between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes  Prokaryotic Cells (www.visiblebody.com-photo).    It has been observed that, eukaryotes are larger than prokaryotes genomes. In eukaryotic chromosomes, are 100,000 origins of replication in humans. The rate comes to approximately 100 nucleotides per second. This is much slower compared to replication in the prokaryotes. (Rye, et al., 2016).    There are sequences in yeast, which is eukaryotes, known as "Autonomously Replicating Séquences (ARS). They are found on the chromosomes. These are equivalent to the origin of replication in E. Coli (Uopeople, 2021).    There are more number of DNA in the eukaryotes than in the prokaryotes. According to Rye, et al., (2016), "14 are known, of which...

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> ANIMALS VS PLANT CELLS     Animal cells and plant cells have many similarities because they are both Eukaryotes. They have got a Membrane that bound the Nucleus. However, plant cells are often larger than animal cells. Both plant and Animal cells have stages and they all divide and go through a Cycle. CYTOKINESIS    I agree with Rye, et al., When they say "cytokinesis or "cell motion' is the second main stage of the mitotic phase". (2016, Cell Cycle). The cell, when it is reproducing, it is not considered as complet until there is a physical separation of the cytoplasmic components into two daughter cells. (Rye, et al., 2016).    What makes the cell division complete is the separation of a cell, with its cytoplasm, into two cells. It is clear that mitosis stages are similar i...

<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-KK3RM426QN'); </script>     google() // Google's Maven repository     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3' INTRODUCTION Google-Photo    Cancers develop when there is unrestricted growth in cells and are the result of a mutation in DNA replication at the S phase of the cell cycle. All types of cancers develop when defective proteins (those having a function in cell reproduction) cause gene mutation that results in a cell becoming cancerous, these are called oncogenes (Rye et al., 2016).     For this week’s discussion, I will focus on uterine sarcoma; a rare cancer that I became familiar with in 2018, which my mother was diagno...

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-KK3RM426QN'); </script>     google() // Google's Maven repository     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3' Pexels-photo Introduction      the cell has to go through what is known as cell division for it to reproduce. According to Dr. Das, (2022), "cancer occurs when normal regulation of cell division is lost and becomes uncontrolled" (Discussion unite 4, Para. 1).   Cell division is what results in health function of tissues. when thi...

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-KK3RM426QN'); </script>     google() // Google's Maven repository     classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3' Figure 6.19 Have you ever wondered how pharmaceutical drugs are developed? (credit: Deborah Austin) Drug Discovery by Looking for Inhibitors of Key Enzymes in Specific Pathways    Enzymes are key components of metabolic pathways. Understanding how enzymes work and how they can be regulated is a key principle behind the development of man...

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Plants harvest energy from the Sun. They then use it to turn Carbon dioxide, gas into glucose and Oxygen as a by product.  PHOTOSYNTHESIS    Plants make things out of light. For instance, in order for them to store energy in form of Starch and Glycogen, they get energy from the Sun to turn Carbon dioxide gas from the animals, into sugar called glucose. Let us break the word photosynthesis down. Photo is light and synthesis is making out. Photosynthesis is therefore making out of light. (Khan Academy, 2015).    Plants differ in the way they absorb light or in the way they get energy from the Sun. What really differentiate them is what is known as “Photosystems”. The plants harvest energy from the Sun. This energy is transported to chlorophyll. The chlorophyll is at the center of ...

Be careful with what you eat! (Nuru -Photo) Introduction    Metabolic syndrome is not only a problem of the USA or Europe, but a global problem that affects even the poorest nations around the world. Some of these nations are in Africa. A study shows that "by the year 2030, it is expected that 7 out of 10 deaths worldwide will be attributable to chronic diseases, with metabolic syndrome and resultant cardiovascular disease accounting for the largest share" (Michael and Rajesh, 2012, p. 11).    The same study also shows that the risks of coronary heart disease and stroke are similar worldwide. (Michael and Rajesh, 2012). What is Metabolic Syndrome?    I will quote two definitions from two different sources, and then explain more.   According to Michael and Rajesh (2012), "most think of the metabolic syndrome as a multiplex risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes that reflects the clustering of the individual risk factors due to abdomi...