Jenner's Ethics Introduction The principles underpinning vaccinations were discovered by?Edward Jenner?in the 1700s when he developed the?first smallpox vaccine Smallpox was a highly infectious dis...
Antibodies: Function The function of?antibodies?produced by B-cells is to?destroy pathogens?within the body This can be done either?directly, or by?recruiting other immune cells Antibodies aid the ...
Specific Immune Response T-Helper cells (a type of lymphocyte that responds to specific antigens) and mature?B cells?(another type of lymphocyte) have specific receptors located on their cell surfa...
Antigens Every organism has cells with?unique molecules?on the cell surface membrane which act as?markers?to?identify?it These unique markers are?macromolecules?and they allow?cell-to-cell recognit...
Populations & their Allele Frequencies Comparison of allele frequencies of geographically isolated populations Allele frequency is a term that assigns a?relative frequency?of an allele at a par...
Polyploidy & Speciation NOS: Looking for patterns, trends and discrepancies—patterns of chromosome number in some genera can be explained by speciation due to polyploidy When patterns and trend...
Gradualism & Speciation Speciation can be defined as the emergence of new and distinct species that are reproductively isolated from other separate species Two theories exist to explain the eme...
The Process of Evolution by Natural Selection Evolution requires that?allele frequencies change?with time in populations Evolution is defined as the?cumulative change in the heritable characteristi...
Gene Pools A gene pool consists of all the genes and their different alleles, present in an interbreeding?population Some populations of the same species are geographically isolated from each other...
