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| The scientific study of life |
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| The process of change that has transformed life on earth. Fundamental organizing principle of biology |
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| New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases |
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| An approach that attempts to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts. |
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| Increase in temperature and change in weather patterns all around the planet, due mostly to increasing atmospheric CO2 levels from burning of fossil fuels. |
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| Increase in temperature; major aspect of global climate change. |
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| Type of cell with a membraine-enclosed nucleus and membraine-enclosed organelles. |
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| Organisms with eukrayotic cells (protists, plants, fungi, and animals) |
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| Type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles |
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| Organisms with prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) |
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| DNA(Deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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| A double-stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule, consisting of nucleotide monomers with a deoxyribose sugar and the nitrogenous bases aidenine(A), cytosine(C), guanine(G), and thymine(T); capable of being replicated and determining the inherited stucture of a cell's proteins |
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| Discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA(or RNA in some viruses) |
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| The process by which information enclosed in DNA directs the synthesis of proteins or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead function as RNAs |
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| Genetic material of an organism or virus; the complete complement of an organism's or virus's genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequences |
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| The study of whole sets of genes and their interactions within a species, as well as genome comparisons between species |
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| The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets |
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| A form of regulation in which accumulation of an end product of a process slows the proces; in physiology, a primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change |
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| A form of regulation in which an end product of a process speeds up that process; in physiology, a control mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers a response that reinforces or amplifies the change |
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| One of two prokaryotic domains, the other being Archae |
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| One of two prokaryotic domains, the other being Bacteria |
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| The domain that includes all eukaryotic organisms |
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| A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits |
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| An approach to understanding the natural world |
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| The search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions |
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| A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations |
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| A testable explanation for a set of observations based on the available data and guided by inductive reasoning; narrower in scope than a theory |
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| A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise |
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| An experiment in which an experimental group is compared with a control group that varies only in the factor being tested |
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| An explanation that is broader in scope than hypothesis, generates new hypotheses, and is suppoted by a large body of evidence |
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| A particular species chosen for research into broad biological principles because it is representative of a larger group and usually easy to grow in a lab |
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| The application of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose, often involving industry or commerce but also including uses in basic research |
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