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-more offspring produced than can survive
-competition for limited resources
-individuals w/favorable traits flourish/reproduce |
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1.cells and organization
2.energy/metabolism
3.response to environmental changes
4. homeostasis/regulation
5.growth/development
6.reproduction
7. evolution |
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| the science of classification |
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| Domain; prokaryotic;unicellular; live in many common environments |
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| Domain; prokaryotic; unicellular; extremophiles |
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| Domain; eukaryotic, complex, multicellular, have nucleus |
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-protists
-plants
-animals
-fungi |
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| Levels of Biological organization |
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1.atom
2.molecules
3.cells
4.tissue
5.organ
6.organism
7.population
8.community
9.ecosystem
10.biosphere |
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| all of the genes in an organism |
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| all of the proteins an organism can make |
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| heritable change in one or more characteristics of a population from one generation to the next |
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| 2 different species evolve similarly b/c of environment |
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| 2 different species evolve away from each other |
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| selective (artificial) breeding |
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| refers to programs/procedures designated to alter species (ex. domestication) |
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| similarity due to a common ancestor |
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| similar structure (bones, vestigial structures) |
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| anatomical features that have no current function, resemble ancestral features |
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| organisms that have similar embryonic stages due to common ancestor |
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| similarities in cells at the molecular level (genes) due to common ancestor |
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-population reduced dramatically then rebuilds
-randomly eliminated w/o genotype regard
-new population likely to have less variation |
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small group breaks off from larger colony
less genetic variation |
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| mating between individuals of similar phenotype |
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| mating between different phenotypes |
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| competition between the same sex |
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| males tries to impress female |
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| all of the alleles for every gene in an given population |
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| refers to the phenomenon that a trait displays variation within a population |
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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species |
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