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What is the difference between orthologs, paralogs and homologs?

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Do humans have enough biological differences to be grouped into races or subspecies?

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Why, specifically, does each generation, on average, improve upon the design of the species rather than degrade it?

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How is evolution possible in contemporary humans?

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How does the modern theory of evolution solve these apparent problems?

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Do apes and humans share 99% of DNA or 99% of genes? What is the difference?

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Can you consider a human as alive, or is it the cells on the body that are alive?

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DNA as an acid?

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 13:12

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How does sodium in one's diet affect blood pressure?

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How does the creative process of Biological Evolution work?

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Turning publicly available genome data into proteins

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Can white eggs be considered as non-vegetarian?

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Laying eggs vs giving birth: is there a connection with internal vs. external ears?

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Finding proteins in DNA sequence

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Why can all animals swim in water without learning to swim but humans cannot?

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Does drinking coffee have negative effects?

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Why reference genome is a reference?

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Difference between CDS and cDNA

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Goats are so fearless but sheep are not. Is there any genetic difference responsible?

answered Aug 1, 2013 at 16:51

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Why is Paracetamol so great?

answered Nov 22, 2012 at 17:07

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How should I put a large phylogeny into a scientific paper?

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Is the CDC's reported drop today in COVID-19 cases by date of diagnosis meaningful?

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Why does milk contained in cartons of milk expand?

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 13:35

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Why can't we propose a solid theory regarding origin of life?

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Why are there ecosystems?

answered Apr 9, 2014 at 18:42

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What is the difference between electrons and energy?

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What is this plant which closes its leaves when touched?

answered Sep 22, 2013 at 20:35

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Henrietta Lacks Cell Line - Immortality

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Biological meaning of read length

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Scoring matrices (BLOSUM & PAM) in BLAST and other sequence-comparison programs

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What is the difference between orthologs, paralogs and homologs?

Do humans have enough biological differences to be grouped into races or subspecies?

Why, specifically, does each generation, on average, improve upon the design of the species rather than degrade it?

How is evolution possible in contemporary humans?

How does the modern theory of evolution solve these apparent problems?

Do apes and humans share 99% of DNA or 99% of genes? What is the difference?

Can you consider a human as alive, or is it the cells on the body that are alive?

DNA as an acid?

How does sodium in one's diet affect blood pressure?

How does the creative process of Biological Evolution work?

Turning publicly available genome data into proteins

Can white eggs be considered as non-vegetarian?

Laying eggs vs giving birth: is there a connection with internal vs. external ears?

Finding proteins in DNA sequence

Why can all animals swim in water without learning to swim but humans cannot?

Does drinking coffee have negative effects?

Why reference genome is a reference?

Difference between CDS and cDNA

Goats are so fearless but sheep are not. Is there any genetic difference responsible?

Why is Paracetamol so great?

How should I put a large phylogeny into a scientific paper?

Is the CDC's reported drop today in COVID-19 cases by date of diagnosis meaningful?

Why does milk contained in cartons of milk expand?

Why can't we propose a solid theory regarding origin of life?

Why are there ecosystems?

What is the difference between electrons and energy?

What is this plant which closes its leaves when touched?

Henrietta Lacks Cell Line - Immortality

Biological meaning of read length

Scoring matrices (BLOSUM & PAM) in BLAST and other sequence-comparison programs