Genetics
What is homozygous state?
feature that freed reptiles from dependence on water for reproduction
What is amniotic egg?
an organism that has critical role in an ecosystem's health while not being the most abundant
What is keystone species?
Fossil record, Homologous structures, Vestigial structures, Biogeography, Molecular Biology
What is evidence of evolution?
the plant vascular tissues
What are the phloem and xylem?
The genetic makeup of an organism
What is genotype?
A characteristic of all chordates
What is having a notochord somewhere in life cycle?
a natural water reserve under the surface
What is an aquifer?
the study of what changes allele frequencies in populations through time
What is population genetics?
Nonvascular seedless plants are known as
What are bryophytes?
What is chromosomal theory of inheritance?
This fossil vertebrate gave scientist evolutionary evidence of the transition of aquatic to terrestrial animals.
What is Tiktaalik?
Bedrock of community that are the primary producers
What are foundation species?
the movement of genes into or out of a population
What is gene flow? (or migration)
structure of DNA
What is double helix?
Enzyme that is used to create mRNA from DNA?
What is RNA polymerase?
What is nematocyte?
set of populations inhabiting a particular area
What is a community?
Hypothesis about relationships among taxonomic groups
What is a phylogeny or phylogenetic tree?
Meselson and Stahl’s experiment demonstrated replication is this
What is semiconservative?
Genetic idea that information flows one direction from DNA to RNA to proteins
What is Central Dogma of Molecular Biology?
What are arthropods?
The property of forests that helps remove carbon from atmosphere reducing greenhouse gas effects
What is a carbon sink? or Carbon sequestration?
transfer of genetic material between unrelated species
What is horizontal gene transfer?
Enzyme that protects the ends of DNA strands in replication
What is Telomerase?