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Definition
Therapsids   Early Mammel like reptiles. 260-265 MYA  
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Mammalian Characteristics   Malius, Incus, Stapes Heterodont dentition (teeth of many different forms)  
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Archaeopteryx   1st bird Avian characteristics: asymmetrical feathers, feathered tail, Furcula (wish bone) Reptilian Characteristics: clawed wings, toothed beak, not keeled sternum, 3 fingered hand, more reptilian lungs.  
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oviraptor   maniraptoran theropod protected eggs similarly to most modern birds  
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First Land plants   Ordovician period  
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Age of fish and 1st theropods   Devonian Period  
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Mesozoic era   Age of dinosaurs  
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Age of mammals   Cenozoic era  
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Plate tectonics   the formation of major structures on earth's surface due to movement of the plates of earth's crust.  
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Continental Drift   the movement of the continent on various plates of earth's crust  
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Pangea   "All Land" the supercontinent that resulted from all the land masses coming together 245 MYA (end of paliozoic)  
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Laurasia   Northern land mass 135 MYA  
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Gondwana   Southern Land Mass 135 MYA  
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Endemism   A relative term used to describe an organism found only in one particular region (the size of the region can vary)  
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Permian Mass Extinction   Tremendous increase in volcanic activity large increase in ash, lava and the release of CO2 some 96% of marine species extinct,  
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cretaceous mass extinction   dinos extinct many plant species extinct 50% of marine organisms extinct  
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when do the more mass extinctions happen?   at high temperatures  
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Binomial nomenclature   created by Carolus Linnaes "Two name naming" (genus and a specific epithet) to indicate a particular, unique organism  
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hierarchical levels of classification   Domain →kingdom →phylum →subphylum →class →order →family →genus →species  
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Domains   Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya  
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morphological measurements   measuring differences in parts of bones in different organisms  
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how can parasites show differences in organisms   parasites can be taxon specific down to the species of the host  
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Cladistics   cladistics analysis characteristics that are either shared or not shared among a proposed species.  
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macroevolution   the broad pattern of evolution above the species level  
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microevolution   a change in allele frequencies in a population over generations  
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Prokaroyes   lack membrane bound nucleus 1-10 μm in length DNA occurs in circular loops many have a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan reproduce through binary fission can gain new dna through transformation or conjugation  
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Eukaryotes   have a membrane bound nucleus 10-100μm in length DNA occurs in chromosomes has organelles  
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Transformation   the uptake of foreign DNA from surroundings  
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Fred Griffith   developed some of the control for streptococcus pneumonia  
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conjugation   DNA transferred between 2 prokaryotic cells that are temporarily joined together transfer is always one way  
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Transduction   the process in which viruses carry prokaryotic genes from one host cell to another  
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nitrogen   important in the building of proteins and nucleic acids 78% of atmosphere  
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where is the most nitrogen found?   4 ∙10⁹ ∙10¹² g N2 in atmosphere 9,500 ∙ 10¹² g in soil and organic materials 6,000 ∙ 10¹² g in oceans 3,500 ∙ 10¹² g in land plants  
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Nitrogen fixation   typically completed by rhizobium in the root nodules of legumes. requires energy n2 is converted into NH3, NO3 or amino acids  
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methanogens   archaea that use H2 to reduce CO2 to methane (CH4) commonly occur in marshes and swamps  
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Extreme halophiles   (salt lovers) archaea that live in very saline environments some species need environments 10x as salty as sea water  
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Extreme thermophiles   (temperature lovers) archaea that live in hot thermal pools (60-80 degrees C) often acidophilic some of their proteins are similar to those of eukaryotes  
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Exotoxins   poisonous proteins secreted by prokaryotes ex. clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive bacteria that produces the deadly toxin for botulism  
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endotoxins   toxins that actually make up the outer membrane of particular types of gram-negative bacteria.  
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gram positive bacteria   has a thick peptidoglycan layer and are stained by the gram staining technique. ex. mycoplasma pneumoniae  
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cyanobacteria   (blue green algae) gram negative complete photosynthesis  
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proteobacteria   largest group of bacteria ex. rhizobium, salmonella, E.coli.  
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What do prokaryotes of the domain archaea lack?   peptidoglycan in their cell walls  
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histones   help coordinate the structure of genetic materials present in archaea but not bacteria  
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human use of prokaryotes   sewage treatment - using pseudomonads a type of soil bacteria industrial products pharmaceutical products food industry antibiotic production recombined DNA technology  
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protistans   usually unicellular and never form a true tissue  
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endomembrane system   includes a nuclear membrane endoplasmic reticulum Golgi apparatus  
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Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)   ER with lots of ribosomes attached for protein synthesis  
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smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)   ER without ribosomes involved with carbohydrate metabolism, lipid synthesis, and detoxification reactions.  
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Golgi apparatus   organelle that occurs in stacks of 5-7 membranous sacs. 10-20 in animal cells and several hundred in plant cells provides material for membranes in the cell stores proteins can convert enzymes into their active form  
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Excavata   some species of protistan have an excavated groove on their body some have reduced mitochondria  
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Kingdom diplomonadida   multiple flagella simple cytoskeleton 2 nuclei mitochondria lack DNA and much of the machinery of aerobic cellular respiration  
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Kingdom euglenozoa   some are chemoheterotrophs, photoautotrophs, mixotrophs or parasitic use a flagellum to pull them  
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kingdom euglenoa   examples are t. brucei ( the African sleeping sickness) and T. Cruzi (changas disease)  
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examples of members of SAR   Diatoms Brown Algae dinoflagellates apicomplexans ciliates  
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