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I am a former biochemist/molecular biologist who has been involved in bioinformatics in recent years. My first degree was in Chemistry and, although I never practiced it, I'm definitely at the structural and metabolic end of the biological spectrum.

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Do photosynthesis and respiration violate the law of conservation of energy?
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Does the cytoplasm include the organelles?
Aug 24, 2021
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Origin of the biochemical term, Pi (inorganic phosphate)
Nov 22, 2016
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Can the human body create glucose out of fat?
Jun 23, 2016
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Where did Neanderthals and Denisovan Man come from?
Feb 17, 2019
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Why is uracil, rather than thymine, used in RNA?
Apr 3, 2017
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Why does the affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen decrease at high altitudes?
Mar 17, 2016
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Why do plants store energy as carbohydrates and not as fats?
Mar 11, 2017
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Why is glycine considered a nonpolar amino acid but a polar molecule?
Dec 8, 2016
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Why isn’t Haemoglobin a plasma protein, rather than being encompassed by the erythrocyte?
May 14, 2018
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What to do about Berg?
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Term for Gift that Turns out to be a Burden
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Is it OK to say "The situation is pregnant with a crisis"?

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