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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2013

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Term
Cenozoic Era
Definition

age of mammals

(present day)

Term
Mesozoic Era
Definition
mammals
Term
Paleozoic Era
Definition

trilobites

sponges

Term
Precambrian
Definition

Supereon

stromalites

multicellular life

Term
Hadeon Eon
Definition

no oceans

 

no free O2

 

no atmosphere

 

molten

Term
Archean eon
Definition

end of Hadeon eon

 

surface cooled

 

crust formed

 

atmosphere, but no free O2

Term
Permian extinction
Definition

end of paleozoic era

 

96% marine and 70% land life extinct

Term
K-T extinction event
Definition

end of mesozoic era

 

caused by catastrophe

Term
Order of Time
Definition

Protoplanet

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Term
Miller and Urey
Definition
Experiment showed that building blocks of life formed within 1 week under harsh conditions
Term
Building blocks of life
Definition

Sugar

ATP

Amino Acids

Lipids

Term
Anaximander
Definition

Common descent

 

all organisms came from a common ancestor

Term
Carolus Linnaeus
Definition

 

 

hierarchial classification

Term
Hutton
Definition

deposited sediments by water formed stone

 

gradualism-profound change is slow

Term
Adam Smith
Definition

need competition for success

 

self-interest

Term
LaMarck
Definition

supernatural force placed organism on earth

 

it adapted to environment

 

Term
Thomas Malthus
Definition
population increases faster than food supply
Term
Charles Lyell
Definition

present is key to past

 

uniformitarianism

Term
Mendel
Definition

genetics

 

traits ingerited by predictable laws

Term
Wallace
Definition

Found similarities between birds on some islands but different birds on otehrs

 


"Wallace's Line"

 

Term
La Nina
Definition

population decline

 

larger beak finches survive

Term
Archaeopteryx
Definition
Transition between bird and reptile
Term
Grants
Definition
Found variation in head&beak size based on seed availability
Term
True breeding
Definition
all offspring look like parents
Term
Latent trait
Definition
present but not seen
Term
Genotype
Definition
Alleles in individual
Term
Phenotype
Definition
Physical appearance
Term
Homozygote
Definition
Organism with two identical genes
Term
Gene linkage
Definition
Genes don't always assort independently
Term
Pleitropy
Definition
Factors can have multiple effects
Term
Polyploid
Definition
More than 2 copies of chromosomes
Term
Genetic Drift
Definition
random change in allele frequency
Term
Founder Effect
Definition
Loss of genetic variation due to established new population
Term
Bottleneck effect
Definition

Survivors are of random alleles

don't accurately represent population

Term
Crick&Brenner
Definition
Codons
Term
Aneuploids
Definition
have gained or lost chromosome
Term
Frameshift
Definition
Insertion or deletion of codons
Term
4 Genetic Forces
Definition

Mutation

Natural Selection

Recimbination

Genetic Drift

Term
Nonjunction
Definition
Occurs when chromosomes fail to separate during metaphase1
Term
Mitosis
Definition
Results in 2 daughter cells
Term
Meiosis
Definition

Results in 4 daughter cells

formation of gametes

Term
Fitness
Definition

Number of offspring

 

(Relative= survived/made)

Term
Epistasis
Definition
one gene dependent on another gene
Term
Pleiotropy
Definition
one gene controls multiple traits
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