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Bio Ch 1
Term | Definition |
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Evolution | The process of change |
Biology | The study of life |
Emergent properties | Due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases |
Eukaryotic cell | Contains membrane enclosed organelles |
Prokaryotic cell | are unicellular organisms that lack organelles or other internal membrane-bound structures . |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes |
Genes | (in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
Gene expression | the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene. |
Genomics | the branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes. |
Bioinformatics | the science of collecting and analyzing complex biological data such as genetic codes. |
Genome | the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism. |
Bacteria | a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease |
Archaea | Another type of bacteria |
Natural selection | the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring |