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bio 209.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emergent properties | features of a complex thing that cannot be understood by looking at each part of that complex thing separately in isolation |
| phenotype | What an individual acts like or look likes (on their insides or outsides) |
| genotype | The set of alleles that determine a particular trait of an individual is that individual’ |
| ”staysis” (really spelled stasis) | idea of no change, that things, e.g., organisms, pH, etc., stay the same |
| evolution | The proportion of different genotypes changing over time or generations |
| taxon | A named classification level, e.g., Chordata |
| phylogeny | A diagram of how different taxa are related |
| biodiversity | The variation among organisms is remarkable, e.g., number of species and variation even within populations, |
| prokaryote | An organism that consists of cell(s) that all lack a nucleus. the domain its in is Bacteria or Archaea |
| morphospecies | A species defined as members looking pretty similar |
| a biological species, often just called a species | one defined as members being able to interbreed and produce somewhat fertile offspring |
| unicellular | An organism that can lives independently as a single cell |
| protist | A eukaryotic organism that is not a fungus, animal or plant |
| heterotroph | An organism that gets its carbon from another organism |
| absorption | Digesting outside one’s body and having molecules then move into the body |
| abiotic | An organism’s environment includes nonliving |
| biotic | An organism’s environment includes living aspects |
| ecology | The study of interactions of organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment |
| ecosystem | A community along with its abiotic environment |
| pathogen | Something, especially a microorganism, that can cause disease |
| vector | An organism that transmits a pathogen or parasite |
| feral | An animal that normally lives with and is cared for by humans, but now lives outside without human care |
| bioprospecting | Trying to find species from which to extract commercially valuable compounds |
| pollination | The transfer of plant male sex cells to a plant, which may then trigger fertilization and the production of seeds |
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