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Bio 1.5
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/31/2014

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Genes
Definition
Are the unit of inheritance that transmits information from parents to offspring, are grouped ino very long DNA molecules called Chromosomes and control the activites of a cell.
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Double helix
Definition
a species genes are coded in the sequence of four building blocks making up DNA's ______
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Protiens
Definition
All forms of life use esstentially the same code to translate the information stored in DNA into ______
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The diversity
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of life arises from differences in DNA sequences
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1.8 million species
Definition
Biologists have identified  about  _______
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Taxonomy
Definition
Names species and classifies them into a system of broader groups.
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10 to 100 million
Definition
Estimates of the actual number of species ranges from
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Bacteria
Definition
are the most diverse and widespread prokaryotes
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Archaea
Definition
are prokaryotes  that often live in earth's extreme environments
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Eukarya
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Have eukaryotic cells and include signle-celled protists and multicellular fungi, animals, and plants.
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