Biology Questions

The given statement "All bones stop growing by the end of adolescence" is a FALSE statement.

In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. In plants parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis.Apogamy is a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophytedevelops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes.Adventitious embryony also called sporophytic budding, is a type of apomixis in which an embryo develops directly from nucellus or integument tissue.So, all three are correct.

True, Stress is a factor that contributes to heart disease risk.

More factors that contributes to heart disease risk are blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, physical inactivity and overeating.

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulumdoes not contain ribosomes on its surface for which it is regarded as smooth. So, proteins cannotbe synthesised by SER provided protein synthesis is the primary task of ribosomes.

Random fluctuations in the gene frequencies within a population Eliminate is the one which best describes genetic drift.

A RNA copy of a DNA gene is called as messenger RNA or mRNA. mRna is used in translation because information is translated from one language (nucleotides) into another (amino acids).

Hence, mRNA is used to transfer genetic information by a cell.