Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 23 and 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26 and 27
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Carrier for the DNA that is to be cloned.
What is a vector?
100

The unifying theme of biology.

What is evolution?

100

Favors the survival of multiple genotypes that produce different phenotypes, diverse environment:

Disruptive selection

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Reproduce at different times of the day/year

What is temporal isolation?

100

Secreted from the cells to evade host defenses and hold colony together

What is mucilage?

200
Series of clones that contain overlapping pieces of chromosomal DNA.
What is a contig?
200

The use of technology to record, store, and analyze biological information; highly interdisciplinary

What is Bioinformatics?

200

Population reduced dramatically then rebuilds.

Bottleneck

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Each species occupies an ecological niche – the unique set of habitat resources that a species requires, as well as its influence on the environment and other species

What is ecological species concept

200

These organisms require oxygen.

What are obligate aerobes?

300
What are some uses for DNA fingerprinting?
ID different species of bacteria and fungi, forensics, paternity testing
300

Extranuclear DNA is found in the ___________ & ____________ of eukaryotic genomes.

Mitochondria & Chloroplasts

300

Naturally found only in a particular location.

What is endemic?

300

Division of a species into two or more species

What is cladogenesis

300

Group of species, taxon, consisting of the most recent common ancestor and all of its ancestors

What is a monophyletic group or clade?

400

Contain DNA from 2 or more sources

Recombinant DNA

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Transposable elements contain a central region that encodes for __________________, which is an enzyme that facilitates _______________.

Transposase, transposition

400

Study of the geographical distribution of extinct and modern species.

What is biogeography?

400

Hybrids are viable and fertile but following generations have genetic abnormalities:

What is hybrid breakdown?

400

Which domains are prokaryotic?

What is bacteria and archaea

500
What does PCR stand for and briefly explain the steps?
Polymerase Chain Reaction; Heat to denature, cool to anneal primers, heat a bit to renature, repeat
500

Which is larger, proteomes or genomes? Why?

Proteomes; alternative splicing, post-translational covalent modification

500

Similar phenotypes will mate, leading to more homozygotes.

What is assortive mating?

500

The tempo is more sporadic and species in equilibrium for long periods and then short rapid bursts of changes

What is punctuated equilibrium?

500

The highest level of classification is the __________.

What is domain?

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