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CBSE Class 11 Biotechnology — Chapter Summary

CBSE Class 11 Biotechnology chapter summary, chapter by chapter across 12 chapters. Starts with Introduction, Cellular Organelles and Biomolecules.

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Biotechnology is the use of living cells and biological molecules to make useful products for human benefit. The field combines biology with technology and draws on cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, computer science, and recombinant DNA te

Biotechnology means using living cells and/orEarly biotechnology included domestication of animalsFermentation is a microbial processRobert Hooke observed cork in 1665Gregor Mendel began studies on heredity
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Cellular organelles are specialised structures inside cells that perform specific functions needed for life. Prokaryotic cells lack an organised nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, while eukaryotic cells have a well-defined nucleus and many membranous organelles. The plasma membrane, cell wall, e

The plasma membrane forms the boundarySmall molecules may move passively byThe cell wall is foundThe endomembrane system includes the endoplasmicER is present only in eukaryotic
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Biomolecules are the organic compounds that form the basic material of living cells. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are the four major groups. They provide energy, structure, storage, regulation, and genetic information. Cell membranes contain lipids and proteins, cell walls cont

Carbohydrates are one of the mostMonosaccharides are simple sugars which cannotA molecule with n chiral centresOligosaccharides are carbohydrates having twoPolysaccharides are polymers of more than
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