Biodiversity From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Coral reefs are amongst the most diverse ecosystems on earth. Rainforests are an example of biodiversity on the planet and typically possess a great deal of species diversity. This is the Gambia River in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life.[1] It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems. This can refer to genetic variation‚ ecosystem variation‚ or species variation
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Exam Review – January 2013 Diversity Unit - List taxonomic ranks in order. What is the significance of this order? Domain‚ Kingdom‚ Phylum‚ Class‚ Order‚ Family‚ Genus‚ Species. Classification of species: kingdoms contain many different types of organisms‚ each taxon contains progressively fewer types of organisms‚ taxon “species” is narrowest category‚ containing only one type of organism. As you go from kingdom to species‚ organisms share more and more in common. - Explain and give an example
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The past‚ present‚ and future of pesticide use and bans TABLE OF CONTENTS PESTICIDE BANS .................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................2 THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION........................................................
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also serve as natural hosts for certain diseases that affect humans (zoonoses). The disease agents or parasites that cause these zoonotic diseases can be contracted from wildlife directly by bites or contamination‚ or indirectly through the bite of arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes‚ ticks‚ fleas‚ and mites that have previously fed on an infected animal. These zoonotic diseases are primarily diseases acquired within a specific locality‚ and secondarily‚ diseases of occupation and avocation. Biologists
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Chapter 25 Process of fossilization · Moving water can suspend sediment – inorganic particles · Moving water fills into still body of water o Sediment flats to the bottom o Forms a layer o More layers form with different compositions on the bottom of the lake or ocean · Living things in the ocean die and get buried in the sediments in the ocean · A lot of weight and pressure pushing down · The organic material is replaced by rocks – mineralization resulting
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Current Research in Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 1‚ No. 3 (2013): 98-103 Research Article Open Access ISSN: 2320-2246 Study of Citronella leaf based herbal mosquito repellents using natural binders Nandini Rani‚ Aakanksha Wany‚ Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi and Dev Mani Pandey* Department of Biotechnology‚ Birla Institute of Technology‚ Mesra‚ Jharkhand- 835215‚ India * Corresponding author: Dev Mani Pandey‚ email: dmpandey@bitmesra.ac.in Received: 15 April 2013 Accepted: 27 April
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Peptide synthesis – chemistry and modifications Peptides and proteins exhibit the largest structural and functional variation of all classes of biologically active macromolecules. Biological functions as diverse as sexual maturation and reproduction‚ enzyme inhibition‚ blood pressure regulation‚ glucose metabolism‚ thermal control‚ analgesia and learning and memory are now thought to be regulated by peptides. Peptide synthesis chemistry Synthetic peptides are valuable tools in analysis of
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1994 AP Biology SECTION I Time – 1 hour and 30 minutes Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. 1. Which of the following is the most abundant carbon-containing compound in the atmosphere of the Earth? (A) Carbon monoxide (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Carbon tetrachloride (D) Ethane (E) Ozone 2. During hibernation
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A microorganism (from the Greek: μικρός‚ mikros‚ "small" and ὀργανισμός‚ organismós‚ "organism") is a microscopic organism‚ which may be a single cell[1] or multicellular organism. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology‚ a subject that began with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms in 1675‚ using a microscope of his own design. Microorganisms are very diverse and include all the bacteria and archaea and almost all the protozoa. They also include some members of the
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8536d_ch01_001-023 8/1/02 4:25 PM Page 1 mac79 Mac 79:45_BW:Goldsby et al. / Immunology 5e: Overview of the Immune System chapter 1 T defense system that has evolved to protect animals from invading pathogenic microorganisms and cancer. It is able to generate an enormous variety of cells and molecules capable of specifically recognizing and eliminating an apparently limitless variety of foreign invaders. These cells and molecules act together
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