Fungi Web quest Amanitas Amanita (various species) Family: Amanitaceae (amanitas) in the phylum Basidiomycota (club fungi) Description: There are about 600 species in the genus Amanita worldwide. Each amanita starts as an egg-shaped button that can resemble a small puffball. These breaks open as the mushroom grows. Fully developed amanitas are gilled mushrooms with parasol-shaped
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It is known that chronically diseased airways are associated with an increased number of species‚ often with a shift away from the Bacteroidetes phylum‚ which dominates the healthy lung microbiome‚ towards Proteobacteria‚ the phylum that contains many familiar lung-associated gram-negative bacilli25. Although‚ there are few studies on microbiome and lung cancer12‚26‚27‚ evidence is starting to show differences in the bacterial communities
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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ANKOLA APICULTURE Man had started the use of animal products since time immemorial even at the cost of animal’s life. Honey has been under use in human civilization since prehistoric period as mentioned in our religious literatures like Vedas‚ Purans‚ Ramayan‚ Maharabharat and Charak Sanghita. Some foreign travellers like Fahiyan and Whenson had also discussed the use of honey as medicine. People were very much dependent upon honey for medicines and essential nutritive elements of the diet
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that relate to a shark as well such as fins‚ gills‚ and bones. Additionally‚ the marine scientist proceeds to dissect the marine organism and notices that the organism has a backbone‚ which leads the marine scientist to put the organism under the phylum vertebrate chordata. Thus‚ the marine scientist looks at internal characteristics as well. Afterwards‚ the marine scientist begins to examine the skeleton and then makes a discovery noting that the skeleton is made up of cartilage‚ and cartilage is
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Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephants). Their taxonomic hierarchy is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Elaphas Species: maximus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Loxodonta Species: africana Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Loxodonta Species: cyclotis
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the status of this little known species. A population around the village of Ankinajao is already believed to have become extinct due to lots of logging‚ and its total range is now probably no more than 5‚000 square kilometres. Kingdom Animalia‚ Phylum Chordata‚ Class Mammalia‚ Order Primates‚ Family Indriidae‚ Genus Avahi Pig-footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus Description Thought to now be extinct‚ the pig-footed bandicoot was a small‚ ground-dwelling marsupial. It had a short‚ stiff
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from the phylum arthopoda. Arthropods include more than 850‚000 species and form by far the largest phylum in the animal kingdom‚ exceeding in number all the other Phyla combined. The characteristic tough exoskeleton and jointed limbs are superimposed in a segmental body plan that reflects the evolution of arthropods from ancestors of the annelid worm. Insects‚ arachnids‚ myriapods and crustaceans are the major groups in this phylum (Nichols). Insects are the largest of this phylum and make
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Tapeworms are the dominant member of the class Cestoidea. They are ribbon-like‚ segmented creatures living in the intestines of their vertebrate hosts. There are a dozen orders in this class‚ most living in fish but two that use humans as hosts. Tapeworms cling to the intestinal wall of their hosts with suckers‚ hooks‚ or other adhesive devices. Having no mouth or gut‚ they receive their nourishment through their skin. Further‚ they have no type of sensory organs. White or yellowish in color‚ species
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The discovery of the Comb jelly which was the first animal fossil was a shocking and unexpected event to most scientists in the world. Scientists had a specific view about evolution. They thought that organisms evolve from a simple state to a more complex state. But that was not the case for the comb jelly which unlike what scientist thought was a very complex specie. It was so complex that it had a nervous system and tissues. But that was not the only misconception that they had to face. Another
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