Single celled organisms such as amoebas, especially those that live in fresh water, continually gain water from their surrounding environment by osmosis. This water is pumped into a contractile vacuole which fills with fluid and periodically fuses with the cell membrane, releasing its contents to the exterior. Thus the amount of water actively transported out of the cell is equal to the amount of water entering the cell due to osmosis and there are no variations in the tonicity of the cell. This is homeostasis at a simple level. Without the contractile vacuole, the amoeba would continue to absorb water until its cytoplasmic contents were diluted to such an extent that metabolism no longer occurred and it would die.
Bio-metrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice.
The scanner uses a light-sensitive microchip, either a CCD, charge-coupled device, or a CMOS image sensor, to produce a digital image. The computer analyzes the image automatically, selecting just the fingerprint, and then uses sophisticated pattern-matching software to turn it into a code.
The technique relies on capturing an optical image, essentially a photograph, and using algorithms to detect unique patterns on the surface, such as ridges or unique marks, by analyzing the lightest and darkest areas of the image.
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A fissure or groove that separates the two hemispheres is called the great longitudinal fissure. The two sides of the brain are joined at the bottom by the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum connects the two halves of the brain and delivers messages from one half of the brain to the other.
Answer:
Separately in Nucleus and cytoplasm,
Simultaneously in the cytoplasm
Explanation:
In eukaryotes transcription and translation occurs separately in the nucleus and cytoplasm respectively. Transcription occurs inside the membrane bound nucleus and the mRNA transcript is transported to the cytoplasm for translation.
In prokaryotes, because prokaryotic cells lack a membrane bound nucleus, transcription and translation occurs simultaneouslyin the cytoplasm. This means that translation of mRNA begins even while the transcription of the transcript is still active.
