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19 Cards in this Set
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Ecology |
Study of relationships of organisms to their environment and to other organisms |
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Zoology |
Study of animals |
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Genetics |
Study of mechanisms of transmission of traits from parents of offspring |
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Organic evolution |
A change in the sum of all genes in a population |
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Hetetrophs |
Have to ingest other organism to get energy |
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Autotrophs |
Organism that uses photosynthesis or other carbon fixing activities |
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Producers |
Responsible for production of organic compounds |
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Commensals |
Living within or on an individual of another species without harm |
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Camouflage coloration |
Color patterns help hide an animal |
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Aposematic coloration |
Brightly colored patterns/warning to predators |
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Food web |
All chains combining |
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Systematics |
interrelationships among animals groups |
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Phylogenetics |
Evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms |
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Nomenclature |
Naming of organisms in the fashion that reflects their evolutionary relationships |
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Mitosis |
Nuclear division |
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Cytokinesis |
Cytoplasmic division |
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Replication |
DNA copies DNA |
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Transcription |
The formation of RNA molecule from DNA |
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Translation |
Production of a protein based on the code in messenger RNA |
