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Bio Lab Final
All biology for my final exam
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/19/2011

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SPINDLE FIBERS
Definition

Microtubules outside the nucleus assembled together during prophase

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SPINDLE
Definition

A 3D structure widest in the middle & tapering to a point at the 2 poles in prophase.

 

Not seen during prophase.

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SPINDLE EQUATOR
Definition

Imaginary midline between 2 poles in metaphase

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CLEAVAGE FURROW
Definition

Shallow groove near the location of the old metaphase plate in cytokensis.

 

Only in animal cells.

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CYTOKINESIS IN PLANT CELLS
Definition

No cleavage furrow.

Have a cell wall unlike animal cells.

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CELL PLATE
Definition
In plant cells, the cell plate is cell-wall construction materials which are carried in the vesciles and are continually deposited until a complete cell wall is formed between the 2 daughter cells (takes place during cytokinesis).
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HOW IS A CELL PLATE PRODUCED IN CYTOKENISIS OF ANIMAL CELLS?
Definition
During telophase, vesciles from the golgi apparatus move along microtubules to middle of cell and coalesce.
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WHAT HAPPENS IN PROPHASE 1 (MEIOSIS 1)?
Definition
  • The chromosomes condense and become visible
  • The centrioles form and move toward the poles
  • The nuclear membrane begins to dissolve
  • The homologs pair up, forming a tetrad
  • Each tetrad is comprised of four chromotids - the two homologs, each with their sister chromatid
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CROSSING OVER (XO)

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Definition

When homologous chromosomes swap genetic material.

Serves to increase genetic diversity by creating four unique chromatids.

Occurs in Meiosis 1- Prophase 1[image]

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WHAT HAPPENS IN METAPHASE 1 (MEIOSIS 1)?
Definition
  • Microtubules grow from the centrioles and attach to the centromeres
  • The tetrads line up along the cell equator
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WHAT HAPPENS IN ANAPHASE 1 (MEOSIS 1)?
Definition
  • The centromeres break and homologous chromosomes separate (note that the sister chromatids are still attached)
  • Cytokinesis begins
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WHAT HAPPENS IN TELOPHASE 1 (MEOSIS 1)?
Definition
  • The chromosomes may decondense (depends on species)
  • Cytokinesis reaches completion, creating two haploid daughter cells
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEIOSIS AND MITOSIS?
Definition

Meiosis is Egg and Sperm

Mitosis is Identical Twins

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WHAT HAPPENS IN PROPHASE II (MEIOSIS 2)?
Definition
  • Centrioles form and move toward the poles
  • The nuclear membrane dissolves
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WHAT HAPPENS IN METAPHASE II (MEIOSIS 2)?
Definition
  • Microtubules grow from the centrioles and attach to the centromeres
  • The sister chromatids line up along the cell equator
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WHAT HAPPENS IN ANAPHASE II (MEIOSIS 2)?
Definition
  • The centromeres break and sister chromatids separate 
  • Cytokinesis begins
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WHAT HAPPENS IN TELOPHASE II (MEIOSIS 2)?
Definition
  • The chromosomes may decondense (depends on species)
  • Cytokinesis reaches completion, creating four haploid daughter cells
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INTERPHASE
Definition
The non-mitotic portion of the cell cycle. Composed of G1, S, G2.
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FISSION
Definition
The subdivision of a cell or a multi-cellular body into one or more parts and the regeneration of each of the parts into a complete individual.
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PROKARYOTIC CELLS VS EUKARYOTIC CELLS
Definition

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IMAGE OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS
Definition
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TRUE-BREEDING
Definition
All self-fertilized offspring displayed the same form of a trait as their parent.
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HYBRIDS
Definition
When parents that are true-breeding for different forms of a trait are crossed. (ex. purple flowers and white flowers)
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MONOHYBRID CROSS
Definition
When only one trait is being studied.
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GENOTYPE
Definition
The genetic makeup of an organsim
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PHENOTYPE
Definition
What an organism looks like and it's behavior
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DIHYBRID
Definition
When two traits are involved
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GREGOR MENDEL
Definition
Presented the results of his experiments on the inheritance of the garden pea in 1866.
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GREGOR MENDELS 1ST LAW
Definition
Law of Segregation- for any pair of characteristics there is only one gene in a gamete even though there are two genes in ordinary cells.
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GREGOR MENDELS 2ND LAW
Definition
Law of independent assortment- If you had the genotype AaBb you would make four kinds of gametes: they would contain the combinations of either AB, Ab, aB or ab.
Term
DNA
Definition
In all living organisms. Long-term storage of information.
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WATSON AND CRICK
Definition
James D. Watson and Francis Crick proposed the double helix structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. Awarded a Nobel Prize in 1962.
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NUCLEOTIDE CHARACTERISTICS
Definition

Phosphate

Sugar- ribose (RNA) deoxyribose (DNA)

Bases- Prymidines (Cytosine [in both RNA and DNA], Thymine [only in DNA], Uracil [only in RNA]),

Purines (Adenine and Guanine [both in RNA and DNA])

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KEYSTONE SPECIES
Definition

A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community and whose impact on the community is greater than would be expected based on its relative abundance or total biomass.

 

Predators (organisms that prey on other organisms), Mutualists (organisms that benefit eachother and if one dies then the entire ecosystem is jepoardized) , and Ecosystem Engineers (organisms that provide nutrients or habitats for other organisms)

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INVASIVE SPECIES
Definition
Non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
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PARASITE
Definition
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
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MUTUALISM
Definition

a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
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ECOLOGY
Definition
The study of the interactions between living organisms and their environment.
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POPULATION
Definition
Group of individuals of the same species occupying a given area at a given time.
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COMMUNITY
Definition
All populations of species that occupy a given area at a given time.
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ECOSYSTEM
Definition
Community + Environment. both living and non-living components.
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PRODUCERS VS CONSUMERS
Definition

Producers are autotrophic organisms containing most plants and a few microorganisms. Use the energy of the sun or chemical energy to sythesize organic (carbon-containing) compounds from inorganic compounds.

 

Consumers are hetertrophic organisms that feed off other organisms.

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PRIMARY CONSUMER
Definition
Known as herbivores, are animals that eat plant material.
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SECONDARY CONSUMERS
Definition
Organisms that eat primary consumers, also called carnivores, animals that consume other animals.
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TERTIARY CONSUMERS
Definition

Consume secondary consumers. Also considered carnivores

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OMNIVORES
Definition
Organisms that eat either producers or consumers. Consume at various trophic levels depending on what they eat.
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DECOMPOSERS
Definition
Fungi, most bacteria, and some protistans that break down dead organic material from organisms of ALL trophic levels into smaller molecules. Absorb the nutrients and ultimately play a crucial role by recycling the nutrients back into the ecosystem. Operate at all trophic levels.
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OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY
Definition
Organisms behave in such a way as to find, capture and consume food containing the most calories while expending the least amount of time possible in doing so.
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SOMATIC CELL IN THE HUMAN BODY
Definition
in humans, somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes organized into 23 pairs.
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4 THINGS FIRE CAN DO
Definition
1) the ash from the previous plants forms a fertilizer for colonizing
plants
2) seed germination can be stimulated by fires
3) blooming can be triggered by fires
 4) non-fire adapted vegetation is
prevented from invading and blocking out the sunlight for the many species of
herbs that thrive in a properly maintained forest.
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