Chapter 1- 2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: THEMES IN THE STUDY OF LIFE OBJECTIVES Exploring Life on Its Many Levels 1. Briefly describe the unifying themes that characterize the biological sciences. 1. The cell an organism’s basic unit of structure and function 2. Heritable information: the inheritance of biological information in the form of DNA which is encoded in the nucleotide sequence of DNA. 3. Emergent properties: emerge as a result of interaction among components at the
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Types of species 1. Endemic species Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location‚ such as an island‚ nation‚ country or other defined zone‚ or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. they are only found in certain locations‚ they require special conservation efforts Animal examples: Lemurs of Madagascar‚ tortoises of the Galapagos‚ polar bears‚ koalas‚ kangaroos. Plant examples:
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The Ted Talk video entitled “Animations of Unseeable Biology” describes the process of DNA replication. As the speaker Drew Berry explains‚ this process is repeatedly occurring and is performed mechanically. He provides us an animation of how a chromosome is replicated and split with the help of microtubules. Microtubules are straight tubes that are made up of proteins and it resides within a cell. This hollow tube allows the mitosis phase to occur. The copying of DNA is transported across the microtubules
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Advanced Cell Biology II Step 1: How will you identify the “vital” cellular protein that the virus targets for degradation? (Hint: think proteomics). (3 pts.) First‚ since we know the viral RNA sequence and its targeting protein‚ we can investigate it in bioinformatics database‚ and can acquire some clues or hints about the target proteins. From the bioinformatics database‚ we might be able to find its structure‚ similarity with other proteins‚ functions‚ and binding domains. In other words
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have the technology and equipment to. 2. Robert Hooke is credited with the discovery of the basic building block of living organisms. 3. Robert Brown is credited with the discovery of the cell nucleus. 4. Schleiden and Schwann’s contribution to biology was proposing that cells are the basic structural unit for plants and animals. 5. Before Virchow‚ one idea was that living things could arise from non-living and from dead matter‚ a process called ‘spontaneous generation’. 6. Person B is more
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CREAGOR Cells Respond to stimuli Energy use Adapt Grow and develop Organized Reproduce CREAGOR Cells Respond to stimuli Energy use Adapt Grow and develop Organized Reproduce Midterm Study Guide Survey of Life 1. All living things share the following characteristics: a. All living things are composed of one or more cells b. Organisms are organized c. Organisms use and create energy for growth d. Organisms grow and develop by cell division e.
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Section 5.1 Assignment: Parts of Ecosystems 1. A. Take out the graphic organizer you made in the Guided Practice 5.1B 1: Biotic and Abiotic Factors. Make sure you have labelled the appropriate parts with the terms abiotic and biotic‚ and you have included at least four examples of each. You will hand this graphic organizer in with your section assignment. (2 marks) B. Choose one abiotic factor from your list. Imagine what would happen if you changed that one abiotic factor. Describe one
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Tweeting and chirping are a bird watcher ’s favorite sounds‚ and in Indian Bird Sanctuaries these sounds reverberate copiously. Owing to its varied topography‚ climate and long coastline‚ India provides a home to several species of birds. The nation attracts scores of migratory birds as well. Out of the 8650 species of birds ’ known in the world‚ India boasts of being a home to as many as 1200 species. Popular bird species in Indian bird sanctuaries include Racquet Tailed Drogas‚ Sun Birds‚ Kingfishers
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AP Biology Name: Chapter 51 Guided Reading 1. How do behavioral ecologists define behavior? Behavioral ecologists define behavior as everything an animal does and how it does it 2. What is the focus of: a. Proximate questions of behavior? Focuses on the environmental stimuli‚ if any‚ that trigger a particular behavioral act‚ as well as the genetic‚ physiological‚ and anatomical mechanisms underlying it. b. Ultimate questions of behavior? Focuses on the evolutionary significance
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extremely high and low energies as well as large and small length scales. Still until recently we knew very little about one of the most complex on everyday�s length and energy scales systems � life. Now we are at the dawn of efflorescence in molecular biology‚ which provides an excellent basis for application of modern physics‚ biochemistry and computational techniques. Revelations of molecular structure become extremely crucial‚ as they provide insights into the way molecules work. My interest in the
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