“The life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen in today’s atmosphere is almost entirely the result of photosynthetic living, which had its start with the appearance of blue-green algae among the microorganisms” Lewis Thomas, 1984 What […]
Arthropods are classified into five sub-phylum and each then subdivide into classes (a total of 16 classes according to recent classification of animal taxa). Classification of Arthropods I. Sub-phylum: Trilobitomorpha (extinct arthropods) Class 1: Trilobita II. Sub-phylum: Chelicerata (spiders, horseshoe crabs) Class 1: Arachnida Class 2: Merostomata Class 3: Pycnogonida […]
Vascular bundles (VB) are the components of vascular tissue system in plants. They are also called as ‘fascicle’. They are the part of TRANSPORT system in plants. It is one of the PRIMARY tissue systems in plants. More than that is a perfect example for a COMPLEX tissue system in […]
GATE XL 2016 Life Sciences ZOOLOGY Model Question Paper (MCQ 018) (1). Which of the following taxa of Arthropoda possess prehensors? a. Trilobits b. Arachnidas c. Chilopodas d. Diplopodas (2). In biological systematics the term ‘incertae sedis’ represents: a. An extinct taxa b. A fossil taxa c. A fossil specimen […]
. Artemisinin is an anti-malarial parasite drug extracted from a Chinese medicinal plant called sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua; Asteraceae family). It is also known as qinghaosu in Chinese and it is the most rapid acting drug currently available against the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology […]