- Fully functional enzymes.
- Randomly coiled structures.
- Intermediate products during protein breakdown or modification.
- Involved in genetic information storage.
No category found.
- Collagen.
- Keratin.
- Hemoglobin.
- Insulin.
- Peptide bond.
- Disulfide bridge.
- Prosthetic group.
- Alpha helix.
- Conjugated protein.
- Derived protein.
- Simple protein.
- Fibrous protein.
- Amino acids only.
- Amino acids and a non-protein prosthetic group.
- Sugars and amino acids.
- Fatty acids and glycerol.
- Glucose units.
- Fatty acids.
- Nucleotides.
- Amino acids.
- Polymers are formed by the breakdown of monomers through hydrolysis.
- Monomers are large, complex units that link to form simpler polymers.
- Polymers are long chains formed by the dehydration synthesis (condensation) of many identical or similar monomeric units.
- Monomers are always different for each type of macromolecule, while polymers are structurally similar.
- Solubility in water at all temperatures.
- Ability to form crystalline structures.
- High molecular weight and polymeric nature formed by repeating monomeric units.
- Exclusive presence in living organisms.
- Genetic mutations.
- Sexual reproduction.
- Gene flow.
- Inheritance of acquired characteristics.
- Organisms consciously choose to adapt.
- The environment favors certain traits over others.
- All organisms are equally likely to survive.
- Evolution is a random process without direction.
- More complex over time, regardless of adaptation.
- Less adapted to their environment.
- Better adapted to their environment over generations.
- Genetically identical.
- Lamarckian adaptation.
- Use and disuse.
- Natural selection.
- Genetic mutation.
- Such acquired strength is not genetically encoded in germ cells.
- Blacksmiths do not typically have strong arms.
- Environmental factors have no influence on muscle development.
- All offspring would be born with the same muscle mass.
- A rigid structural support.
- A selective barrier to control the internal environment.
- An energy source for metabolism.
- A mechanism for DNA replication.
- Methane (CH4?).
- Ammonia (NH3?).
- Water vapor (H2?O).
- Free oxygen (O2?).
- DNA.
- Proteins.
- RNA.
- Lipids.
- Gradual chemical processes; supernatural event
- Sudden genetic mutations; progressive adaptation
- Biogeographical dispersal; convergent evolution
- Environmental pressures; random chance
- Acquired characteristics.
- Natural selection.
- Mutation.
- Gene flow.
