Ecology
This letter represents the maximum number of individuals in a population their habitat can sustain.
What is K (carrying capacity)?
This common chemical modification targets cellular proteins to be degraded.
What is ubiquitination?
A chemist who made crucial contributions to the discovery of DNA and RNA structure, but whose work went uncredited.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This herbaceous plant with a rosette-like growth pattern is commonly found in labs (botanical name).
What is Arabidopsis?
Tissues or organs that are retained in an organism despite losing some or all of their ancestral function.
What are vestigial structures?
This common surveying technique involves capturing and tagging members of a population.
What is mark recapture?
This polymer is the most abundant on earth. It's also the primary component of the cell wall in plants and algae.
What is cellulose?
These non-coding sequences of DNA are found on the ends of our chromosomes and play a role in cell senescence.
What are telomeres?
This enzyme found in chloroplasts often mistakes O2 for CO2
What is Rubisco?
The branch of biology concerning fungal organisms
What is mycology?
The part of a fundamental niche that an organism occupies as a result of limiting factors present in its habitat.
What is a realized niche?
What are microfilaments?
A DNA sequence that can change its position within a genome, sometimes creating or reversing mutations and altering the cell's genetic identity and genome size.
What are transposable elements?
This division of plants represents about 80% of all living plant species on Earth.
What are angiosperms?
A two-component organism consisting of cyanobacteria and fungal filaments in a mutualistic relationship.
What is lichen?
Temporary changes in environmental conditions that cause pronounced changes in an ecosystem.
What are disturbances?
What are vesicles?
The umbrella term for DNA modifications that create a change in phenotype without a change in genotype.
What is epigenetics?
Phytochrome proteins in plants can detect red light. Another class of light receptors is responsible for detecting blue light (and sometimes magnetic fields!).
What is cryptochrome?
The sole membrane protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allows for host cell entry.
What is Spike?
A inter-species relationship where one receives benefits from the other, which remains unharmed. Like clownfish and sea anemones.
What is commensalism?
This cell type is responsible for production and secretion of antibodies.
What are B cells?
This tumor suppressor helps regulate the cell cycle and is known as the "Guardian of the Genome."
What is p53?
As a defense mechanism, plants in the Euphorbia genus can secrete a sticky white sap that irritates the skin. One ingredient in this substance is also found in balloons.
What is latex?
What is sympatric speciation?