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| What does AIDS stand for? |
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| acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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| a virus that infects a type of cell in immune system that normally helps fight infection, causing the immune system to be destroyed |
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
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| What perfect of HIV infected people live in developing countries? |
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| How does HIV spread (produce more of itself) in your body? |
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| genetic material of virus is copied inside infected cells, it then becomes part of their own genetic material and loses ability to function normally |
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| How do different strains of HIV develop? |
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| virus evolves so fast that different strains develop within the course of infection in a person (genetic material of HIV mutates/changes rapidly) |
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| What is human growth hormone (GH)? How is it made/what is it made by? |
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| protein that helps control growth...made by small gland in brain (pituitary) |
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| Kids with GH deficiency don't... |
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| Biologists use what to produce GH? Then what do they insert into this to manufacture GH? |
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| bacteria...human DNA (genetic material) is inserted in bacteria to manufacture human GH (serious side effects..) |
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| Y/N: All organisms share the same genetic material (DNA). |
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| organisms of the past have given rise to present ones (various definitions) |
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| Who is Jean Baptiste? What did she propose? |
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| French Biologist...proposed change in organisms through time. |
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| Who is Charles Darwin? What did he develop? |
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| British naturalist...developed current theory of evolution (observed during 5 year voyage) |
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| What is natural selection? |
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| the survival and reproduction of organisms best suited for the environment |
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| a group of specific organisms that naturally reproduce with one another |
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| characteristics that increase the chances that an organism will survive and reproduce in its environment |
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| What happens when organisms with favorable variations become so different from members of the group? |
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| they can't reproduce together and become a new species. |
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| Lamarack and Darwin proposed ________ theories to explain ________ observation. |
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| the method of answering questions and explaining natural phenomena |
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