Final Flashcards
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Bacteriaphages
Viruses that infect bacterria
Kingdoms
Bacteria Archae Protists plants animals Fungi
Virus structure
small
have a capsid (protective covering
some are surrounded by an envelope
has nucleic acid in the inside
What is a virulent?
virus with which only destroys the cell doesn’t have a dormant stage
What are the 5 steps in lytic viral reproduction?
Attachment Penetration Replication and synthesis Assembly release
What is lysogenic conversion?
It is when when bacterial cells containing certain temperate viruses may exhibit new properties (pg. 506)
Viroid
smaller than a virus and is a naked strand of RNA that infects
What is a prion?
infectous agent that consist only of protein
What are plasmids and what do tey code for?
small fragments of DNA
they can code for catabolic enzymes, genetic enzymes. and for resistance to antibiotics
What are endospores?
bacteria form them
they are dormant, extremely durable cells
What is another name for a decomposer?
saprophyte
What has to happen for a population to be at genetic equilibrium?
the allele and genotype frequencies do not change from generation to generation
hat is ene pools?
all the alleles for all the loci present in the population
How do bacteria reproduce?
asexually ususally by binary fission (process in which one cell divides into 2 similar cells)
sometimes by budding or fragmentation
What is a foraminifera?
marine protist that produces a shell that encloses an amoeboid body
What is dinoflagellates?
a unicellular protist with two flagella
important part of plankton
What are fungal cell walls composed of?
complex carbs
chitin
polymer made of subunits of nitrogen-containing sugar
Why are ascomycetes sometimes referred to as sac fungi?
their sexual spores are produced in microscopic sacs called asci
What 2 organisms make up lichen?
fungus
photoautotroph
What is the male structure called in haploid gametophytes? Female?
antheridia
archegonia
What do scientist claim plants needed to become land plants?
needed to be anatomical, physiological, and needed reproductive adaptations
needed waxy cuticle and stomata
Monocot
flowering plant
monocot seeds contain a single cotyledon
Dicot
flowering plant
dicot seeds contain two cotyledons
pictures on pg. 590
what does the ectoderm give rise to?
skin and nervous systemm