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Protists |
unicellular groups of eurkaryotes that are not plants, animal or fungi. Most are unicellular. Some are colonial or multi-cellular. (p. 575) |
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Mixotrophs |
Protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition. (p. 576) |
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Diatoms |
Single-cell protists, important to the photosynthetic organisms in the aquatic community. |
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Holdfast |
Root-like anchor in algae |
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Amoebas |
Formerly defined as protists. Feed and move by means of psuedopodia. (p. 589) |
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Producers |
An organism that uses energy from light to convert carbon dioxide to organic compounds. |
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Secondary Endosymbiosis |
A process in eukaryotic evolution in which a heterotrophic eukaryotic cell engulfed a photosynthetic eukaryotic cell, which survived in a symbiotic relationship inside the heterotrophic cell. |
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Alternation of generations |
The alternation of multicellular hapliod and diploid forms. Applies only to life cycles in which both haploid and diploid stages are multicellular. Also evolved in plants. |
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Plasmodium |
Genus Includes the parasitic apicomplexan that causes malaria. |