Of the three salivary glands (Sublingual, submandibular and parotid glands), the parotid is the largest. They are all paired. The parotids are located on either side of the mandibular ramus. It produces ptyalin, an alpha-amylase, and is responsible for 20% of the total saliva content produced into the mouth.
When we see chiasmata under a microscope, that lets us know that prophase I has occurred. During this phase of meiosis, the nuclear envelope breaks up and disappears, and so does nucleolus. The chromosomes become visible at this point.
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Antibiotics disrupt essential processes or structures in the bacterial cell. This either kills the bacterium or slows down bacterial growth. Depending on these effects an antibiotic is said to be bactericidal or bacteriostatic.
Remains of small animals, algae, and other organisms that lived in oceans and shallow inland seas hundreds of millions of years ago
