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Functional group that shows up in lipids, cell communication, nucleotides, and energy molecules
Phosphate
Channel that facilitates water's movement through cell membranes
Aquaporin
A cell with one set of chromosomes
Haploid
Histone
This is represented by a node on a phylogenetic tree
Common ancestor
The process of water forming hydrogen bonds with other molecules
Adhesion
Solution type that can draw water out of a cell by osmosis
Hypertonic
Mendel's concept that genes inheritance is not linked
Independent assortment
Process that makes copies of DNA sequences by heating and cooling them with added molecules
Polymerase chain reaction
This bacterial process enables other life to make proteins
Nitrogen fixation
A molecule made of C, H, O that has double bonds between its carbon atoms
Unsaturated fat (fatty acid)
Structure created by the centrosome to move chromosomes during cell division
Mitotic spindle
Location of electron transport chain in cellular respiration
Inner mitochondrial membrane
Process that creates different RNA transcripts from one gene
Alternative splicing
This process returns water to the atmosphere from plants
Transpiration
Process that breaks polymers
Hydrolysis
Molecule that regulates enzymes at an allosteric site
Noncompetitive inhibitor
Process that creates genetic variation in prophase I of meiosis
Crossing over
Inducible operon
Punctuated equilibrium
Type of bond that joins amino acids together
Peptide bond
Production of ATP during photosynthesis
Photophosphorylation
Induction
Genetic variation created by viruses
Transduction
Organisms whose ecological role is disproportionate to their population size
Keystone species