The key difference between founder effect and bottleneck effect is that the founder effect occurs when a small group in a population splinters off from the original population and forms a new one, while the bottleneck effect occurs when the population contracts significantly into a smaller size due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods […]
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Difference Between Merocrine and Apocrine Sweat Glands
The key difference between merocrine and apocrine sweat glands is that merocrine sweat glands excrete sweat directly onto the surface of the skin opening out through the sweat pore while apocrine sweat glands secrete sweat into the pilary canal of the hair follicle without opening directly onto the surface of the skin. Glands are a […]
Difference Between Formal Charge and Oxidation State
The key difference between formal charge and oxidation state is that formal charge is the charge of an atom in a molecule we calculate assuming that electrons in chemical bonds are shared equally between atoms whereas oxidation state is the number of electrons an atom loses or gains or shares with another atom. Formal charge […]
Difference Between Photic and Aphotic Zone
The key difference between photic and aphotic zone is that the photic zone is the portion of the ocean that receives sunlight while the aphotic zone is the portion of the ocean that does not receive sunlight. The ocean is the largest aquatic biome that can be categorized into different zones. Photic zone and aphotic zone […]
Difference Between Valency and Oxidation Number
The key difference between valency and oxidation number is that valency is the maximum number of electrons an atom can lose, gain or share to become stable, whereas oxidation number is the number of electrons an atom can lose or gain to form a bond with another atom. The terms oxidation number and valency are […]
Difference Between Pseudo Ruminant and Ruminant Systems
The key difference between pseudo ruminant and ruminant systems is that pseudo ruminant digestive system has only three compartments in the stomach and it lacks a rumen, while the ruminant digestive system has four compartments in the large stomach including the rumen. There are four basic types of digestive systems. They are the monogastric digestive […]
Difference Between Protomers and Capsomeres
The key difference between protomers and capsomeres is that protomers are structural units of oligomeric proteins while capsomeres are individual proteins composed of protomers, which are structural subunits of the viral capsid. A virus is an intracellular obligate parasite, which is an infectious particle. The capsid is one of the two major components of a […]
Difference Between Cardiac Cycle and Cardiac Output
The key difference between cardiac cycle and cardiac output is that cardiac cycle is the series of pressure changes that take place within the heart during the period that begins with the contraction of the atria and ends with ventricular relaxation while cardiac output refers to the total amount of blood pumped by the heart […]
Difference Between Electropositive and Electronegative
The key difference between electropositive and electronegative is that electropositive refers to the ability to lose electrons, forming cations, whereas electronegative refers to the ability to gain electrons, forming anions. The terms electropositive and electronegative come with the attraction or repulsion of chemical elements towards electrons. We can categorize chemical elements according to this characteristic; […]
Difference Between Lattice Site and Interstitial Site
The key difference between lattice site and interstitial site is that the lattice site is the position of constituent particles in the crystal lattice, whereas the interstitial site is a position between regular positions in the array of constituents of the crystal that can be occupied by other particles. Crystal lattices are arrangements of particles […]
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