Oakland University Bio 1200 exam 1
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1. What is the order Atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organism, pop-
in the hierarchy ulation, community, ecosystem, biosphere
of life
2. Population Members of one species that live in the same area
3. Horizontal gene the transfer of genetic material from one organism to
transfer another organism that is not its offspring
4. What is an exam- Antibiotic resistance
ple of horizontal
gene transfer?
5. Genome Complete genetic composition of an organism, carries
info to make proteomes
6. Proteome all the proteins that a cell/ organism makes
7. Taxonomy Grouping/ classification of species
8. Three main do- bacteria, archaea, eukarya
mains
9. bacteria Unicellular prokaryotes that live all over
10. archaea unicellular prokaryotes that live in extreme environments
11. Eukarya unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes with internal com-
partments
12. binomial nomen- Genus is capitalized, whole name is italicized
clature format
13. Ecololgy The study of organisms in their environment
14. Reductionism reducing complex systems to simpler components
15. Classification or- domain, supergroup, kingdom, phylum, class, order, fam-
der ily, genus, species
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16. Vertical descent New species evolve from pre-existing species by the ac-
cumulation of mutations
17. Microevolution Changes in a single gene
18. Macroevolution The formation of new species
19. What did Lamar- Species change over many generations by adapting to
ck believe? new environments (giraffes)
20. What was Lamar- inheritance of acquired characteristics (felt-needs)
ck's theory
called
21. Darwin Evolution occurs due to genetic variation and natural
selection
22. Transitional form an intermediate state between an ancestral form and the
form of its descendants
23. Biogeography the study of the geographical distribution of living organ-
isms and fossils on Earth
24. Endemic Naturally found in only one particular location
25. Convergent evo- two species from different lineages have independently
lution evolved similar characteristics bc they occupy similar en-
vironments
26. Analogous A structure that is a result of convergent evolution (ex:
structure wings of bats/ birds)
27. Alleles Different forms of a gene
28. Homology similarity resulting from common ancestry
29. What are the Anatomical, developmental, molecular
types of homolo-
gy
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