Answer: Botulinum toxin
Toxins are non-living
biological and chemical agents produced by living microorganisms from animals
and plants that can cause harm to humans, plants and animals. An example of
toxin is botulinum toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium, which is a
neurotoxic protein that prevents the release of the neurotransmitter
acetylcholine from axon endings at the neuromuscular junction and causes
flaccid paralysis.
Moreover, toxin are more
closely related to chemical warfare agents that can only affect those who are
exposed to the agent and that they are not considered as transmissible disease.
Natural Selection is: <u>the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.</u>
An example of this is our appendix. We no longer use our appendix because food nowadays is softer than what our ancestors used to eat.
Our ancestors could quickly digest (through their appendix) tree barks because they ate them frequently versus now we don't even use them at all
Answer:
1.Carbon is small and has four valence electrons; these factors combine into a unique structure that allows it to easily make a chain of carbon atoms. It creates covalent bonds — the strongest bonds between atoms. A covalent bond is one where atoms share electrons to form a bond.
2.But what makes carbon unique is that it can bond with other carbon atoms to create long carbon chains and rings. No other element is capable of forming molecules as large and complex as carbon based molecules (think about it—without carbon chains and rings, there could be no DNA!)
3.Because the carbon-carbon bond is stronger than the silicon-silicon bond, carbon compounds stay together in water while silicon compounds break apart. Besides this, another probable reason for the dominance of carbon-based molecules on Earth is the abundance of oxygen.
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