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Chapter 1
Themes in the Study of Life
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/23/2012

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Evolution
Definition
The process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginning to the diversity of organisms living today
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Biology
Definition
the scientific study of life
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Properties of Life
Definition
Order (highly ordered structure), Evolutionary adaptation (evolve over many generations by the reproductive success of those individuals with heritable traits that are best suited to their environments), response to environment, reproduciton, growth and development, energy processing, and regulation
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Theme 1
Definition
New properties emerge at each level in the biological hierarchy
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emergent properties
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due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases
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reductionalism
Definition
the reduction of complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study
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Order
Definition
molecules< organelles< cells< tissues< organs< organ systems< organisms< populations< communities< ecosystems< biosphere
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Systems Biology
Definition
to construct models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems
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Theme 2
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Organisms interact with environments, exchanging matter and energy
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eukaryotic cell
Definition

subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane- enclosed organelles

-largest organelle is the nucleus

-all other organelles located in cytoplasm

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prokaryotic cell
Definition
much simpler and smaller than eukaryotic cell; DNA is not seperated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane- bounded nucleus
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genome
Definition
all instructions for genetic make-up
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Research Developments in Biology
Definition

1. High through puts: can analyze biological materials rapidly and produce large amounts of data

2. bioinformatics: use of computational tools to store, organize, and analyze huge volume of data

3. interdisciplinary research teams: melting pots of diverse specialists 

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negative feedback
Definition
accumulation of an end product of a process slows that process (less)
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positive feedback
Definition
end product speeds up its production (more)
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Classification 
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Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
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3 Domains
Definition

1. Bacteria (prokaryotic): most diverse & widespread

2. Archea (prokaryotic): live in extreme environments

3. Eukarya (eukaryotic): includes all eukaryotic organisms

a) Kingdom Fungi-nutritional mode of members

b) Kingdom Plantae- carry out photosynthesis

c) Kingdom Animalia- ingest other organisms

d) protists- unicellular eukaryotes

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Darwin's Two Main Points
Definition

-Descent with modification

-Natural selection

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At the heart of science is inquiry
Definition
a search for info and explanation, often focusing on specific questions
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data
Definition
items of information on which scientific inquiry is based 
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qualitative data
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forms of recorded descriptions rather than numerical measurements
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quantitative data
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recorded as measurements
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inductive reasoning
Definition
derive generilazations from a large number of specific observations
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hypothesis
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an educated guess, based on experience and on the data available from discovery science

-must be testable and falsifiable

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deductive reasoning
Definition

logic flows from the general to the specific 

 

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controlled experiment
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one that is designed to compare an experimental and control group
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theory 
Definition
an explanation that is broad in scope, generates new hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence
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scientific models
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can take many forms ie diagrams, graphs, 3D objects, computer programs, or mathematical equations
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goal of technology vs goal of science
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to apply scientific knowledge for some specific purpose vs to understand natural phenomena

-aka inventions vs discoveries

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