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| How organisms are named a classified |
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bionomial
(Genus-Specific Epithet) |
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Two-part format of the scientific name (always in Latin)
Genus: First part of a bionomial, where the species belongs
Specific Epithet: Second part of a bionomial unique name for each species with in the species |
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Domain, Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
(Acronym: Dumb Kids Play Cards On Fat Girls Stomachs) |
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| A hypothesis about an evolutionary history of a group of organisms in a branching diagram |
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| Names groups that include a common ancestor and all of its decendants. It would replace the taxonomic system created by Linneaus; Controversial. |
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| Bins are more broad and general. Trees show realtedness and evolutionary hypothesis. |
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| rRNA changes at what speed? |
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| rRNA Changes slowly, shows really old relatedness from millons of years ago |
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| Mitrochrondrial DNA evolves rapidly and can show recent evolutionary relatedness |
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| Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria |
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| True or False: Eukaryotes are Archaea are more closely related to each other than to bacteria. |
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| The movement of genes from one genome to another; complicates efforts ot build the tree of life. |
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| Lynn Margulis (1977) proposed that mitrochondria and chloroplasts(organelles) in eukaryotes came from symbiotic bacteria. |
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| Size of Bacteria and Archaea |
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| >99% of bacteria and archaea are not_______. This makes it difficult to learn about them. |
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Horizontal Gene Transfer (Bacteria and Archaea)
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| Bacteria can contain DNA on plasmids which is transfered during sex, can also pick up DNA directly from their environment |
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Archaea: Extremophiles
Usually grow in these conditions: |
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| Hyper-saline, very high temperatures, and in anoxic environments |
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| Positive Chemotaxis vs Negative Chemotaxis |
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| Positive Chemotaxis when a bacteria moves toward something, Negative Chemotaxis when a bacteria moves away from somthing |
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| Carry our nitrogen fixation |
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| True or False: Fungi are autotrophic. |
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| FALSE. Fungi are heterotrophic. |
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