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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/20/2012

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Term
Brassica Oleracea
Definition
-in mustard family
-important agricultural plant
-selective breeding a.k.a. artificial selection
Term
Cole Crops and Artificial Selection
Definition
-kale: leaves
-brussels sprouts: lateral buds
-broccoli: stems and flower buds
-kohlrabi: stem
-cabbage: SAM (shoot apical meristem)
-cauliflower: flower clusters
Term
Artificial Selection
Definition
-selective breeding by humans
-to favor one trait over another
Term
Natural Selection
Definition
-selective force behind the evolution of many wild plants
-environment acts as selective force to remove organisms/traits that aren't suited to ecosystem
Term
Adaptations
Definition
-any trait that an organism has derived to help them meet the demands of a particular environment
-morphological, physiological, and sexual reproduction
Term
Systematics
Definition
-scientific study of biological diversity and evolutionary history
Term
Taxonomy
Definition
-important part of systematics
-naming, identification, and classification of organisms
Term
Modern Taxonomy
Definition
-Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus wanted to classify all plants, animals, and rocks
Term
Species Plantarum
Definition
-"kinds of plants"
-each plant given a polynomial
Term
Binomial
Definition
-2 names
-Genus species
-should be written in italics, or underlined
-1st letter of Genus should be capitalized, and 1st letter of species should be lowercase
Term
Biennis
Definition
-means biannual
-it takes 2 seasons to flower
Term
ICBN
Definition
-if a species has been placed in the wrong genus
-species name can be moved to another genus
-change species name if that name is already in that genus
-your name always sticks with species name
Term
Herbarium Specimen
Definition
-flat and dried plant specimen
Term
Type Specimen
Definition
-1 specimen to which all other plants of that species must be judged by
Term
Common Names
Definition
-in language of country of origin
-they change, but latin names don't
Term
Species
Definition
-ability to reproduce and maintain same species
Term
Biological Species Concept
Definition
-that species means: group of natural populations whose members can interbreed with 1 another, but cannot interbreed with other such groups
-impossible for us to track breeding history of all species at all times
Term
Morphological Species Concept
Definition
-species designated by assigned morphological characteristics
Term
Phylogenetics
Definition
-study of the evolutionary history of an organism
Term
Dendrogram/Phylogenetic Tree
Definition
-takes the form of a branching tree
-displays species/genera/families etc. and how they're related to other groups through hypothetical common ancestors
-should be made up of monophyletic groups
Term
Monophyletic Groups
Definition
-ancestor and all descendants
-Kingdom Plantae
-tracheophytes and spermatophytes
Term
Tracheophytes
Definition
-plants with vascular tissue
Term
Spermatophytes
Definition
-seed plants
Term
Paraphyletic Groups
Definition
-group that contains ancestors but not all descendants
-gymnosperms
Term
Polyphyletic Group
Definition
-group that contains descendants from multiple ancestors
-just groups with pinnately compound leaves
Term
Linnaeus
Definition
-he grouped things into plants, animals, and minerals
-living things were either plants or animals
Term
Kingdom Plantae
Definition
-living things
-non-moving that could live indefinitely
-includes plants, fungi, and bacteria
Term
Recent Advances in Microscopy
Definition
-allows us to study cell structure
-Domain Bacteria, Domain Archaea, and Domain Eukarya
Term
Domain Eukarya
Definition
-nuclear envelope, organelles, and multiple, linear chromosomes
Term
Kingdom Fungi
Definition
-eukaryotic, mulitcellular, and absorbers
Term
Kingdom Protista
Definition
-eukaryotic, unicellular/multicellular/colonial, and photosynthesisers
-paraphyletic group: ancestors, but not all descendants of ancestors
-many members share common ancestors with plants
-algae
Term
Kingdom Plantae
Definition
-eukaryotic, multicellular, and photosynthesisers
Term
Kingdom Animalia
Definition
-eukaryotic, multicellular, and ingestors
Term
Mitosis
Definition
-during cell division, daughters have some genetic profile as parents
-2n=diploid
-ploidy level
Term
Meiosis
Definition
-2n to n
-n=haploid
-gametes=sperm or eggs
Term
Gametic Meiosis
Definition
-animals and some protists' life cycle
Term
Zygotic Meiosis
Definition
-fungi and some protists' life cycle
Term
Mycology
Definition
-the study of fungi
Term
Role of Fungi
Definition
-decomposers: fingi and bacteria are principle decomposers in biosphere
-release nutrients in tissues back into environment
-may be plant pathogens or may cause disease in humans
Term
Pneumocystis
Definition
-fungi causes pneumonia
Term
Saccharides
Definition
-a yeast
Term
Tolypocladium
Definition
-used for production of cyclosporine and helps transplant patient receive foreign tissues
Term
Fungal Filaments
Definition
-hypha: one
-hyphae: multiple
-mycelium: filaments packed together
Term
Asexual Reproduction in Fungal Filaments
Definition
-may occur through fragmentation
-through spore production
Term
Spore
Definition
-single cell (n) produced by tissue
-may be wind-dispersed
-can produce a copy of the organism that produced them
Term
Sporangium
Definition
-chamber that produces spores
Term
Conidia
Definition
-chains of spores
Term
Phylum Zygomycota
Definition
-molds, like bread molds
-entirely filamentous
-some form symbiotic relationships with plants
-asexual reproduction: fragmentation or through spore production
Term
Sexual Reproduction in Fungi
Definition
-3 phases: plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis
-fungal filaments are haploid (n)
-no gender in fungi
-(+) and (-) strains
Term
Plasmogamy
Definition
-fusion of cells of 2 strains
-dikaryotic cell formed (2 nuclei)
-may last for long period of time
Term
Karyogamy
Definition
-fusion of (+) and (-) nuclei
-diploid nucleus established
-zygote
Term
Meiosis
Definition
-produces haploid spores
-can grow into filaments
Term
Rhizopus Stolonifer
Definition
-common bread mold
-n spores can grow into filaments
Term
Phylum Ascomycota
Definition
-many are plant pathogens
-green or blue molds on food
-unicellular or filamentous
-asexual reproduction: fragmentation, and produce conidiospores
-produce dikaryotic cells (n+n) that grow together to form ascoma
-ascospores produced
Term
Peziza
Definition
-eyelash or cup fungus
Term
Conidiospores
Definition
-chains of spores produced at end of filament
Term
Ascoma
Definition
-fleshy "fruiting body"
Term
Hymenium
Definition
-fertile layer of ascoma
-karyogamy occurs here
Term
Phylum Basidiomycota
Definition
-contains "mushrooms"
Term
Basidioma
Definition
-fleshy fruiting body of Basiodiomycota
Term
Basidia
Definition
-cells in which karyogamy occurs
Term
Mushrooms and Toadstools
Definition
-mushrooms: edible basidiomas
-toadstools: poisonous basidiomas
Term
Class Basidiomycetes
Definition
-mushrooms: shelf mushrooms
Term
Class Gasteromycetes
Definition
-puffballs
Term
Class Teliomycetes
Definition
-plant pathogens
-rusts because of color
Term
Class Ustomycetes
Definition
-plant pathogens
-"smuts": Ustilago maydis
Term
Saccharomyces
Definition
-yeast
-phylum ascomycota
-asexual reproduction
Term
Conidial Fungi
Definition
-polyphyletic group
-in phylum ascomycota
-only asexual state known
-ex: Penicillium
Term
Fungal Symbiotes
Definition
-lichen
-endomycorrhizal fungi
-ectomycorrhizal fungi
Term
Lichen
Definition
-symbiotic relationship between a fungus (ascomycota) and a photobiont (algae or cyanobacteria)
Term
Endomycorrhizal Fungi
Definition
-grow around and inside plant cells
Term
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
Definition
-grow around plant roots
Term
Phycologist
Definition
-scientist who studies algae
Term
Algae
Definition
-ranges in size from giant kelp to unicellular organisms
-plankton and photoplankton
Term
Plankton
Definition
-single-celled organisms that float in water
-bottom of food web in aquatic environment
Term
Photoplankton
Definition
-photosynthetic plankton
Term
Porphyra
Definition
-dried for nori production
-for sushi
-very rigid cell walls and slick, gelatinous matrix secreted by cell walls in Phylum Rhodophyta
Term
Alginate
Definition
-polysaccharides extracted from algae
-used as thickening agents
Term
Agar
Definition
-used to culture bacteria
Term
Important for Global Carbon Cycle
Definition
-algae is primary producer
-algae for bioremediation
Term
Phylum Dinophyta
Definition
-considered a Dinoflagellate
-possess 2 flagella and theca
-have important symbiotic relationships
-live inside coral polyps
-cause Red Tides
Term
Theca
Definition
-stiff plates made of cellulose
Term
Coral Bleaching
Definition
-caused by death/evacuation of dinoflagellates from coral
-leads to death of coral
-correlated to rises in the ocean temp
Term
Red Tide
Definition
-"bloom" of dinoflagellants
-may provide noxious chemicals
-may lead to "fish kills"
Term
Phylum Oomycota
Definition
-water molds
-previously thought to be a fungus
-cell walls of cellulose
-filamentous growth form resembles fungi
-Oogamus sexual reproduction: lg immobile gamete and sm mobile gamete
-Plasmopara viticola and Pythophthora infestans
Term
Plasmopara viticola
Definition
-plant pathogen
-vitis: grapes
-causes downy mildew in grapes
-accidentally introduced into France in 1870's from U.S.A.
-tourists would pick grapes
-copper sulfate was applied to grapes
Term
Pythophthora infestans
Definition
-native to Americas
-accidentally introduces to Ireland in 1840's
-potato is native to S America
Term
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Definition
-diatoms
-unicellular or colonial algae
-cell walls made from silica
-frustules
-Diatomaceous Earth
Term
Diatoms
Definition
-important component of phytoplankton
Term
Frustules
Definition
-brittle plates made of silica (x2)
-reproduce asexually through mitosis
-release frustules separate and then forms new ones
-keeps getting sm.er and sm.er to produce sperm/egg
Term
Diatomaceous Earth
Definition
-made up of diatom frustules
Term
Phylum Phaeophyta
Definition
-brown algae and seaweed
-almost entirely marine/live in saltwater environment
-some grow attached to substrate
-laminaria, fucus, sargassum, and pseudoparenchyma
Term
Holdfast
Definition
-analogous to roots
Term
Stipe
Definition
-analogous to stem
Term
Blade
Definition
-analogous to leaf
Term
Air Bladders
Definition
-help algae float
Term
Laminaria
Definition
-kelp
Term
Fucus
Definition
-rockweed
Term
Sargassum
Definition
-sargasso sea
Term
Pseudoparenchyma
Definition
-look and fxn like parenchyma
-pores connect cells
-chlorophyll a and c
-fucoxanthin gives brown algae their color
Term
Phylum Rhodophyta
Definition
-red algae
-phycobilins provide the red color
-porphyra
Term
Phylum Chlorophyta
Definition
-green algae
-17,000 species in phylum
-most aquatic: freshwater
-some terrestrial: grow on snow, grow on plants, and in lichen
-pigments: carotenoids present, chlorophyll a and b
-also stores starch
-other similarities with plants: structure of flagella, and most green algae produce cellulose in cell walls
-3 main classes: Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charaphyceae
Term
Class Chlorophyceae
Definition
-4 genus: Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Hydrodictyon, and Oedognium
Term
Chlamydomonas
Definition
-unicellular
-2 equal flagella
-chloroplast with eye spot
-pyrenoid
-zygotic meiosis
Term
Pyrenoid
Definition
-region of starch formation
-freshwater
-mobile "zoospores" produced for sexual reproduction
-gametes and isogamous, which are both gametes sm and mobile
Term
Zygotic Meiosis
Definition
-zygote: only 2n cell
-happens in genus Chlamydomonas
Term
Volvox
Definition
-colonial green algae
-500 to 600,000 cells connected together in sphere
-new and sm.er colony produced inside lg colony
-mobile colony
Term
Hydrodictyon
Definition
-non-mobile colony
Term
Oedognium
Definition
-filamentous (cells distributed end to end)
Term
Class Ulvophyceae
Definition
-1 main genus: Ulva
Term
Ulva
Definition
-sea lettuce
-marine green algae
-flat sheet of green cells that're 2 cells thick
-alteration of generations is the life cycle in plants
-alteration of isomorphic generations is identical morphology
-sporophyte, sporangium, gametophytes, and gametangia
Term
Sporophyte
Definition
-regions that produce haploid spores through meiosis
Term
Sporangium
Definition
-chamber where spores are produced
Term
Gametophytes
Definition
-haploid
-produces gametes
Term
Gametangia
Definition
-chambers where gametes are produced
Term
Class Charophyceae
Definition
-members of this class most closely resemble plants: break-down of nuclear envelope during meiosis and similar pigments
-4 genus: Spirogyra, Desmids, Order Coleochaetales, and Order Charales
Term
Phytochrome and Flavonoids
Definition
-help plant sense and react to different types of light
Term
Spirogyra
Definition
-filamentous
-no cells with flagella
-conjugation tubes grow between 2 filaments
-sporopollenin
Term
Sporopollenin
Definition
-molecule that encases zygotes
-also makes up wall of pollen in flowering plants
Term
Desmids
Definition
-single-celled
-look like 2 cells
-2 "semi-cells"
-reproduce in similar manner as spirogyra
Term
Order Coleochaetales
Definition
-1 order of charopyceae most closely related to plants
Term
Order Charales
Definition
-1 order of charopyceae most closely related to plants
-genus: Chara
Term
Chara
Definition
-known as stone worts/plant
-contains a lot of calcium in cells
-good fossil record
-gametangia called antheridium and ooganium
Term
Antheridium and Ooganium
Definition
-A: where sperm is produced
-O: where egg is produced
Term
Trends in Plant Evolution
Definition
-adaptations to survive in non-aquatic environment: cuticle and vascular tissue
-primitive plants (mosses and ferns) require water for reproduction: Bryophytes
Term
Bryophytes
Definition
-most primitive plants
-transitional between green algae and other land plants
-paraphyletic group
-sm plants
-in wet habitats
-3 phylum: Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, and Bryophyta
Term
Hepatophyta
Definition
-liverworts
-sexual reproduction: cycles through haploid and diploid stages, gametophyte is the dominant stage in the life cycle
-following fusion of the sperm and egg, a diploid zygote remains within archaegonium
-asexual reproduction: Gemma Cups
Term
Archaegoniaphore and Antheridiophore
Definition
-structure that holds archaegonia, which contains the egg
-structure where antheridia are produced, and where sperm is produced
Term
Gemma Cups
Definition
-contain Gemma, which are sections of hametophyte
-part of asexual production in Hepatophyta
Term
Anthocerophyta
Definition
-hornworts
Term
Bryophyta
Definition
-mosses, ex: Sphagnum
-cells analogous to vascular cells: Hadrom and Leptom
Term
Sphagnum
Definition
-moss of world-wide economic importance
-covers 1% of earth's surface
-important component of global carbon cycle
-acts as carbon dioxide "sponge"
Term
Hadrom and Leptom
Definition
-Hadrom: water conducting tissue in center of moss stems, hydroids
-Leptom: conducts nutrients in mosses, leptoids
Term
Similarities between Charophycean Green Algae, Bryophytes, and Vascular Plants
Definition
-chloroplasts with well developed grana
-oogamous sexual reproduction
Term
Similarities between Bryophytes and Vascular Plants
Definition
-male and female gametangia (archaegonium and antheridium)
-after fertilization of egg, embryo develops inside archaegonium
-multicellular diploid sporophyte and multicellular sporangia
Term
What separates Vascular Plants from Bryophytes and Charophycean Green Algae
Definition
-xylem and phloem
-dominant and branched sporophyte
-produce lignin
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