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Taxonomy
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Classifying and naming organisms
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Organizing
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Taxon
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Level within the Linnaean system of classification
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phylogeny
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Evolutionary history of related species
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cladistics
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Organizing species by evolutionary relationships from when they diverge from their ancestral line
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Derived character
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Trait that differs in structure or function
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pathogene
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Agent that causes disease
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Capsid
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Protein shell that surrounds
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Epidemic
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Rapid outbreak of disease
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Prophage
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DNA of a bacteriophage inserted into a host cells DNA
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Vaccine
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Substance that stimulates an immune response
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Retrovirus
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contains RNA uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA
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Plasmid
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Circular piece of genetic material that can replicate separately from DNA
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flagellum
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Whiplike structure found outside of a cell that is used for movement
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Conjugation
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Prokaryote transfers part of its chromosomes to another prokaryote
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Endospore
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Prokaryotic cell with a thick protective cell wall surrounding the DNA
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Bioremediation
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Process by which humans use living things to break down pollutants
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Toxin
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Poison released by an organism
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Antibiotic
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Kills or slows the development of bacteria
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