In biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules (usually carbon dioxide or methane) and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds (e.g., hydrogen gas, hydrogen sulfide) or methane as a source of energy, rather than sunlight, as in photosynthesis. Chemoautotrophs, organisms that obtain carbon through chemosynthesis, are phylogenetically diverse, but also groups that include conspicuous or biogeochemically-important taxa include the sulfur-oxidizing gamma and epsilon proteobacteria, the Aquificae, the methanogenic archaea and the neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria.
Many microorganisms in dark regions of the oceans use chemosynthesis to produce biomass from single carbon molecules. Two categories can be distinguished. In the rare sites at which hydrogen molecules (H2) are available, the energy available from the reaction between CO2 and H2 (leading to production of methane, CH4) can be large enough to drive the production of biomass. Alternatively, in most oceanic environments, energy for chemosynthesis derives from reactions in which substances such as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia are oxidized. This may occur with or without the presence of oxygen.
Many chemosynthetic microorganisms are consumed by other organisms in the ocean, and symbiotic associations between chemosynthesizers and respiring heterotrophs are quite common. Large populations of animals can be supported by chemosynthetic secondary production at hydrothermal vents, methane clathrates, cold seeps, whale falls, and isolated cave water.
It has been hypothesized that chemosynthesis may support life below the surface of Mars, Jupiter's moon Europa, and other planets.[1] Chemosynthesis may have also been the first type of metabolism that evolved on Earth, leading the way for cellular respiration and photosynthesis to develop later.
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What Is the Evidence for Evolution? Darwin used multiple lines of evidence to support his theory of evolution by natural selection -- fossil evidence, biogeographical evidence, and anatomical evidence. Comparative embryology is the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species. Similarities in embryos are likely to be evidence of common ancestry. All vertebrate embryos, for example, have gill slits and tails. ... In humans, the tail is reduced to the tail bone.
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Molecular similarities provide evidence for the shared ancestry of life. DNA sequence comparisons can show how different species are related. Biogeography, the study of the geographical distribution of organisms, provides information about how and when species may have evolved.
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1. The sensory layer of the eye. B) Retina
2. The structure most responsible for focusing light rays that enter the eye. D) Lens
3. Helps maintain the intraocular pressure; located in the anterior part of the eye. A) Aqueous humor
4. Area of greatest visual acuity. C) Fovea centralis
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1. The sensory layer of the eye.
The retina covers the inside of the eyeball. It is considered as the sensory organ of the eye, where the perceived images are projected, are processed in the form of a nerve impulse that leaves the optic nerve.
2. The structure most responsible for focusing light rays that enter the eye.
The lens are the transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays in the central part of the retina.
3. Helps maintain the intraocular pressure; located in the anterior part of the eye.
The aqueous humor, is a transparent aqueous fluid secreted by the ciliary body, this liquid derived from the blood plasma, distributes oxygen and nutrients to the upper part of the eye and eliminates residual products. The dynamics of production and elimination of aqueous humor is very important to keep intraocular pressure (IOP) within normal limits.
4. Area of greatest visual acuity.
The fovea, or also known fovea centralis, is the center of the visual field, it is a narrow area of the retina that only contains cones. Its function is to help us have a vision as clear as possible with all kinds of details and precision.
