Answer: Ions are defined as atoms that have lost or gained an electron and have a charge.
Explanation: Ions are charged atoms. Ions can be negative or positive. When an atom looses one or more electrons, it becomes positively charged and a positively charged atom is called a cation. When an atom gains one or more electrons it becomes negatively charged and a negatively charged atom is called an anion.
Processes in the carbon cycle
Carbon enters the atmosphere as carbon dioxide from respiration and combustion. Carbon dioxide is absorbed by producers to make glucose in photosynthesis. Animals feed on the plant passing the carbon compounds along the food chain.
Most likely this insertion disrupts the original SBE1 gene so that's it's not expressed. Whatever protein SBE1 makes is required for being round...when it's not expressed you get wrinkled.
