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Bio Final (Exam 3)

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clade   species that share a common ancestor by as indicated by the possession of shared derived characteristics  
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homology   existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different species  
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cladistics   a taxonomic technique used for creating hierarchies of organisms that represent true phylogeny and evolutionary relationships. only shared characteristics are considered informative about evolutionary relationships  
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derived characteristics   similarity inherited from the most recent common ancestor of the entire group  
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ancestral characteristics   similarity from before the most common ancestor of the group  
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homoplasy   shared character state that has not been inherited from a common ancestor (convergent evolution)  
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cladogram   visual representation of a hypothesis of evolutionary history  
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paraphyletic   a common ancestor with some of its descendants  
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monophyletic   a common ancestor and all of its descendants  
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polyphyletic   doesn't include the most recent common ancestor of all the organisms  
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parsimony   the theory with the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct  
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phylogeny   evolutionary history of an organism, including which species are closely related  
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ontogeny   origin and development of an organism from embryo to adult  
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synapomorphy   derived character that is shared by clade members  
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symplesiomorphy   alternate term for ancestral trait  
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ingroup   the species whose evolutionary history is being studied  
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outgroup   species which diverged before the common ancestor of the rest of the species in the clade  
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biological species concept   species are those that can interbreed  
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phylogenetic species concept   smallest set of organism that share an ancestor and can be distinguished from other such sets  
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taxonomy   science of classifying living things  
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binomial nomenclature   the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species  
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domain   the highest level of organization  
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7 properties of life   made of cells require energy grow and reproduce adapted to their environment ordered complexity respond to stimuli maintain homeostasis  
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relative dating of fossils   compare the local strata of rock, with deeper indicating older  
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absolute dating of fossils   use the half-life of various isotopes to pin down the exact age of fossils  
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Miller-Urey experiment   found that the early atmosphere of Earth could give rise to organic compounds  
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order of classification   Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species  
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memory trick for the orders of classification   Dear king Phillip comes over for great sex  
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endosymbiosis   mitochondria and chloroplasts used to be free bacteria which were engulfed by early prokaryotes.  
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cyanobacteria   photosynthetic bacteria  
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bacterial shapes   bacillus, coccus and spirillum  
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bacillus   rod shaped  
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coccus   sphere shaped  
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spirillum   helical shaped  
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flagellum   long, thread like structures which protrude from the surface of a cell and are used in locomotion  
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peptidoglycan   component of bacteria's cell wall, consisting of carbohydrate polymers  
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horizontal gene transfer   passage of genes between species or within a generation  
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nucleoid region   area of a prokaryotic cell where the DNA is contained  
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gram positive bacteria   large amounts of peptidoglycan and are turned purple by gram-staining  
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gram negative bacteria   small amounts of peptidoglycan and turned pink by gram-staining  
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prokaryotes   cells lacking a membrane bound nucleus and organelles  
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eukaryotes   cells with a membrane bound nucleus and organelles  
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organelles   areas within a cell that perform a specific function  
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extinction   death of all individuals within a species  
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endemic hotspot   a location in which many endemic species occur  
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endemic species   a species which only occurs in one place  
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biodiversity   a measure of how many different species occur in an area  
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introduced species   a species brought to an area where it doesn't occur naturally  
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keystone species   one which exerts an oversized influence on the ecosystem  
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autotroph (producer)   makes it own energy  
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hetertroph (consumer)   gets energy from other organisms  
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ways that people screw up the environment   pollution over-exploitation habitat destruction introduction of non-native species  
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