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14 Cards in this Set
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Biosphere |
EARTH |
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Ecosystems |
Grasslands, forrests, deserts, and coral reefs are examples. |
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Communities |
Array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem |
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Populations |
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Emergent properties |
Arrangement and interactions of parts as complexities increase |
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Systems biology |
Exploration of a biologival system by analyzing the interactions amoung its parts |
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Eukaryotic cell |
Contains membrane-enclosed organelles. |
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Prokaryotic cell |
Lacks a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles. |
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Gene expression |
Entire process by which information in a gene directs the manufactur of a celluar product |
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Genome |
Entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits |
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Genomics |
Study of whole sets of genes (or other DNA) in one or more species. |
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Proteomics |
Study of sets of protiens and their properties |
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Bioinformatics |
The use of computational tools to store organize, and analyze the huge volume of data that results from high-throughput methods |
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Negative feedback |
Loop in which the response reduces the initial stimulus |
