Branch of Zoology


  1. When we consume the goat or sheep beef then we are









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    Goats, sheep and other herbivores are the primary consumers or heterotrophs. Any animal that eats primary consumers are the secondary consumers or heterotrophs.

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    Goats, sheep and other herbivores are the primary consumers or heterotrophs. Any animal that eats primary consumers are the secondary consumers or heterotrophs.


  1. The study of bones is done under the branch of science called









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    The word 'Osteology 'originates from the neo-Latin word Ostiologia, meaning something related to skeleton and bones. The study of bones and skeleton is therefore known as Osteology in the medical world.

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    The word 'Osteology 'originates from the neo-Latin word Ostiologia, meaning something related to skeleton and bones. The study of bones and skeleton is therefore known as Osteology in the medical world.



  1. The sea horse belongs to the class of









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    The title, Seahorse has been given to 54 species of marine fish in the genus Hippocampus.

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    The title, Seahorse has been given to 54 species of marine fish in the genus Hippocampus.


  1. Who propounded the theory of Jumping-gene?









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    During the 1940s and 1950s, McClintock discovered a phenomenon in maize known as transposition and used it to demonstrate that genes are responsible for turning physical characteristics on and off. Earlier she named such genes as jumping genes. She had won the 1983's Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for her work on genetic structure of maize.

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    During the 1940s and 1950s, McClintock discovered a phenomenon in maize known as transposition and used it to demonstrate that genes are responsible for turning physical characteristics on and off. Earlier she named such genes as jumping genes. She had won the 1983's Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for her work on genetic structure of maize.



  1. The scientist who firstly explained about the blood circulation









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    Willam Harvey was the first scientist who described the systemic circulation of blood by experimenting on small animals and fishes. He also found out that it is the heart which pumps blood throughout the whole body. He published his observations and interpretations in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (1628), often abbreviated De Motu Cordis.

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    Willam Harvey was the first scientist who described the systemic circulation of blood by experimenting on small animals and fishes. He also found out that it is the heart which pumps blood throughout the whole body. He published his observations and interpretations in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (1628), often abbreviated De Motu Cordis.