Ethnobotany
A period turnaround or reversal in the direction or events of time and space
What is pacha kuti?
The term for the split stages in the sexual cycle of plants
What is alternation of generations?
The two types of cell division
What are mitosis and meiosis?
These can be dominant or recessive
What are alleles?
These are the four plants featured in 'The Botany of Desire'
What are apples, tulips, cannabis, and potatoes?
This plant has often been called the 'medicine cabinet of the desert' due to its wide range of beneficial medical effects
What is creosote?
The seven main taxonomic categories in the classification of plants
What are kingdom, division, class, order, family, genus, species
This is the organelle responsible for the production of energy in eukaryotes
What is the mitochondrion?
Organisms who have two identical alleles for a gene are known as this, whereas those who have two different alleles are known as this
What are homozygous and heterozygous?
The term for a fertilized ovule
What is a zygote?
The term for the slippery substances that many desert plants produce, which is effective at regulating blood sugar
What is polysaccharide mucilaginous gum?
The three terms for the different configurations of male and female reproductive organs in flowering plants
What are monoecious, dioecious, and hermaphroditic/bisexual?
The three factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis
What are the amount/ intensity of light, temperature, and CO2 concentration?
Flesh color in tomatoes (such as RrYy) is the result of this process
What are multiple alleles?
The two primary vascular tissues in plants
What are phloem and xylem?
The organization responsible for promoting native food consumption and restoring the traditional foodways and culture of the Tohono O'Odham nation
What is TOCA?
The four main groups of plants
What are bryophytes/mosses, pteridophytes/ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms?
This organelle, consisting of two distinct regions, is where proteins are assembled and some components of the cell membrane are modified
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
These are the three major developments in the history of plant breeding
What is artificial selection, hybridization, and genetic modification/engineering?
The name of this medicinal plant from the Andes translates as 'slobber-mouth plant' in the native language
What is the Jaborandi?
One of the three types of Andean tubers mentioned in class
What are oca, ulluco, and maca?
The technical terms for the two stages in the alternation of generations
What is the (diploid) sporophyte and the (haploid) gametophyte?
Large molecules, such as sugars, are able to pass through cell membranes by way of special protein channels in this process
What is facilitated diffusion?
The genetic bottleneck effect can be described as this
What is a reduction in genetic diversity as a result of narrow selection pressures?
This thin sheet of dividing cells in the stem of a plant is responsible for widening, also known as secondary or lateral growth
What is the vascular cambium?