The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers.Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.Damage and removal to part of an organism either in part or in whole. Ablation can be promoted by an organisms internal functions, and sometimes this is done for the greater safety of the organism. In plants, a natural defence mechanism is to remove infected areas of the plant via abscission, which can be promoted in the presence of abscisic acid.
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Plants need to regulate water in order to stay upright and structurally stable. Find out the different evolutionary adap..
Earth was created around 4.5 billion years ago and life began not long after. Primitive life likely possessed the elemen..
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This tutorial looks at sex determination via the sex chromosomes, X and Y. Read it to get more info on X and Y chromosom..