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Undergraduate 1
05/05/2010

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Term
Agrobacterium
Definition
infects plants with plasmid
-introduces genes that are resistant to something
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Pseudomonas Peruginosa
Definition
hospital pathogen
pumps out antibiotics
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plasmodium
Definition
apicomplexan that causes malaria
Term
phytopthora
Definition
oomycete that causes late blight of the potato
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Actinomycetes
Definition
soil bacteria that make antibiotics
ex: streptomyces
Term
Coenocyte
Definition
unicellular and multinucleate
Term
heterocysts
Definition
enlarged nitrogen fixing cells occuring along the filaments in some blue-green algae
Term
Rhizobium
Definition
bacteria found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in root nodules
Term
Crenarchaeota
Definition
extremophiles
Term
Cyanobacteria
Definition
*blue green pigments
*nitrogen fixers
*sunscreen
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Transduction
Definition
DNA transmitted from a virus
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Euryarchaeota
Definition
*produce methane
*swamps and marshes
*live in guts of cellulose eating animals
Term
Giardia
Definition
parasite with modified mitochondria
Term
Coccolithopods
Definition
*Unicellular flagellates
*autotrophs important in C cycle
*cool earth in three ways
-reflect light
-remove CO2 when sunk
-promote cloud formation
(let out chemical)
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Conjugation
Definition
DNA throgh pilus of attatched cell
Term
Diatoms
Definition
-plankton
-glass like walls of silica
-diatomacious earth
Term
Prokaryotes
Definition
Size: .5-5 Micrometers
Body Form: Colonial and multicellular
spherical(cocci) or rod-shaped(bacilli)
Cell Walls: sticky wall layer-capsule, surface appendages- fimbrae/pilli
Term
Helicobactor Pylori
Definition
causes stomach ulcers
Term
Protazoa vs Protists
Definition
protozoa- unicellular and chemphetertrophic
protists-photoautotrophs
Term
Red Algae
Definition
-no flagella because of evolutionary loss
-used to make agar gel
Term
Red Algae
Definition
-some accessory pigments
-chlorophyll b and caratenoids
-Charophycean Green Algae- closest relatives to plants
Term
What questions
Definition
-characterization
-qualitative or quantitative
-field or lab
-foundation for constructing hypothesis
-focused on precise observations
Term
How questions
Definition
current function of characters or organisms determined from focused organization
Term
Why questions
Definition
-evolutionary history
-history of form and function, natural selection
-explain present by reconstructing the past
Term
Lyme Disease
Definition
-Borellia
-masting and forest fragmentation
-white footed mouse and deer tick
Term
Stramenopiles
Definition
-"straw hair"
-unicellular and multicellular
-autotrophs and heterotrophs
include:
oomycetes, diatoms and brown algae
Term
Gram positive bacteria
Definition
-spore forming bacteria
-cause anthrax
-lactic acid bacteria
Term
Metazoa vs Eumetazoa
Definition
Eumetazoa: animals with true tissue
Metazoa: multicelluar animals that make up major portion of animal kingdon: cells organized in layers or groups specialized tissues or organs
Term
Opisthokanta
Definition
broad group of animals and fungus together with microorganisms
Term
Blastula
Definition
hollow ball :blastocell
Term
Blastopore
Definition
opening into the archenteron, becomes mouth in some and anus in others
Term
Gastrulation
Definition
involves infolding of blastocell
Term
Gastrula
Definition
Germ layers forming
Term
Archenteron
Definition
embryonic gut
Term
Chytrids
Definition
-at base of fungal clade
-flagellate stage
-saprobes or parasites
-symbionts
Term
Microevolution
Definition
change in genes within a population
Term
Macroevolution
Definition
origin of new taxonomic groups; increases biological diversity
Term
Gene Flow
Definition
Spreads to other populations
"glue" for holding species together genetically
Term
Plasmogamy
Definition
-cytoplasm fuses to produce heterokaryotic cell
Term
karyogamy
Definition
-nuclei fuse
Term
Sclerenchyma
Definition
-thick secondary walls for support and protection
Term
Lycophytes
Definition
-seedless vascular plants
-temperate forests floor and bogs
ex:selogenella- live in diverse habitats
-includes model organisms
Term
Haustoria
Definition
hyphae specialized for penetrationg host
Term
Megaphylls
Definition
leaves with branched veins
Term
Microphylls
Definition
leaves with one vien
Term
Collenchyma
Definition
-unevenly thickened primary walls that provide support
Term
Parenchyma
Definition
unspecialized polyhedral cells
Term
Sphagnum
Definition
-peat moss
stores C
used for gardening and fuel
Term
Shared Derived Characters of Plants and Charophycean Green Algae
Definition
-way of making cellulose walls
-enzyme glycolate oxidase
-cell division mechanism
-sperm ultrastructure
-DNA sequences, genomic architecture
Term
Physcomitrella
Definition
-moss model organism
-patented Genome
Term
Differential Reproductive Success
Definition
recources limited; competition to survive and reprodice
-some individuals have adaptations that improve survival
Term
Selaginella
Definition
-seedless vascular model organism
-can live in very diverse habitats
-can dry up and re-hydrate
-genome project under way
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