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Vesna Ilic

Vesna Ilic is a staff writer at Biology Insights specializing in general life science. Following 19 years teaching public high school in Idaho Falls, Idaho, she graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a BS in Biology Education and still teaches part-time.

Is a Nucleic Acid a Monomer or a Polymer?
How Are Polymers Broken Apart Into Monomers?
How Is a Tea Bag an Example of Selective Permeability?
What Does a Polysaccharide Look Like?
Are Steroids Cholesterol? Explaining the Biological Link
What Is X-ray Crystallography and How Does It Work?
Are Proteins Negatively Charged? The Role of pH
Acetocarmine Stain: Use, Mechanism, and Advantages
What Is a Starch Chain? Its Biology Explained
What Is a Lipid Chain and What Is Its Function?
What Is a Lipid Model and Why Is It Used in Science?
Is ATP a Polymer? Why It’s a Monomer and How It Works
What Are Soluble Proteins and Why Are They Important?
Is Hemoglobin a Polymer? The Role of Amino Acids