Phylogenetic tree Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Science - Answer-recognizing patterns in the natural world and understanding the mechanisms that give rise to those patterns The Diversity of Life - Answer-Patterns How plants and animals work - Answer-Mechanisms Evolution - Answer-the change in allele frequencies in a population over time Four Mechanisms of Evolution - Answer-Selection, Genetic Drift, Mutation, and Migration Selection - Answer-changes in allele frequencies due to organisms with advantageous alleles reproducing more succe...

The scientific discipline of naming and classifying organisms - Answer-taxonomy Two part format of a scientific name (Genus species) - Answer-binomial grouping of species into increasingly inclusive categories - Answer-hierarchical classification The named unit at any level of the hierarchy - Answer-taxon The evolutionary history of a species or group of species - Answer-phylogeny A discipline focused on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships - Answersystemat...

Microbiology : The study of small organisms Hippocrates was known as ___? : the father of western medicine What did Hippocrates believe? : diseases were not caused by supernatural reason Leeuwenhoek was known as __? : the father of microbiology What did Pasteur discover and invent? : discovered fermentation, invented pasteurization, vaccines What did Koch create and develop? : created a method for connecting pathogens with a specific disease and developed vaccines 2 | P a g e Carl...

1. Which of the following properties of HIV makes it difficult to trace the source of the virus from one person to the next? a. The transmission of the virus involves very few (often just one) viral particles. b. HIV evolves very slowly within the host. c. The host can have a genetically diverse population of viruses. d. Molecular phylogenies of viruses cannot be constructed. e. None of the above Answer: c Textbook Reference: 22.0 Phylogenetic trees in the courtroom Page: 464 Bloom’s ...

2 types of lateral meristems: - Cork cambium vascular cambium 2 ways to increase allele diversity/allele frequency distribution: - 1.) gene flow 2.) mutation 3 criteria for designating species: Boys Make Pasta - biological, morphological, phylogenetic Adventitious Root Systems - Roots that emerge from the stem just above ground to help support plants in shallow soils Allopatric Speciation - Separated by some physical barrier Annuals - Angiosperm plants that die off at the end of each yea...

What is the science of describing, categorizing and naming organisms? A. systematics B. taxonomy C. cladistics D. phenetics correct answers B. Taxonomy What is the primary reason protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains? A. protists are made of cells but bacteria are not B. bacteria are unicellular but protists are multicellular C. bacteria lack a nucleus but protists have a nucleus D. protists are photosynthetic but bacteria are not E. protists eat bacteria correct...

Bio 117 Exam 1 | Questions & 100% Correct Answers (Verified) | Latest Update | Grade A+ Evolution Correct Answer: A change in a population overtime *change = usually a slight modification of traits Vestigial Trait Correct Answer: A trait or characteristic that does not function well or at all How can vestigial traits be used to show change in organisms over time? Correct Answer: They are a trait present in ancestors but no longer useful in living organism. Examples: tail bones in hu...

UTA Microbiology Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed Microbiology The study of small organisms Hippocrates was known as ___? the father of western medicine What did Hippocrates believe? diseases were not caused by supernatural reason Leeuwenhoek was known as __? the father of microbiology What did Pasteur discover and invent? discovered fermentation, invented pasteurization, vaccines What did Koch create and develop? created a method for connecting pathogens with a specific disease and d...

TAMU Biology 113 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Taxonomy - Answer- naming and classifying organisms systematics - Answer- study of biological diversity on earth Taxonomy is part of this. most general to most specific domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species - Answer- Taxonomic hierchy of classification Genus + species - Answer- scientific name (scientific nomenclature) Ex. Lupinus texensis upper case (scientific name) - Answer- Genus lower case (sci...

TAMU Biology 113 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Taxonomy - Answer- naming and classifying organisms systematics - Answer- study of biological diversity on earth Taxonomy is part of this. most general to most specific domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species - Answer- Taxonomic hierchy of classification Genus + species - Answer- scientific name (scientific nomenclature) Ex. Lupinus texensis upper case (scientific name) - Answer- Genus lower case (sci...