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How many described species are on Earth?

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2.3 million species

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What percentage of species have gone extinct?

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99%

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What are the two general types of science?

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discovery-based and hypothesis-based

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What is discovery-based science?

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aims to observe, explore, and discover

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What is hypothesis-based science?

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begins with a scientific question/problem and has a potential answer or solution that can be tested

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What is a scientific hypothesis?

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it leads to predictions that can be tested by observation or experimentation - can be falsifiable and must be testable

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Who was Henry Bates?

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he hypothesized that mimicry evolved in harmless species as an evolutionary adaptation that reduces their chances of being eaten

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What does the Batesian Mimicry Hypothesis state?

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a species mimics the warning signals of another species without having the characteristics that make it undesirable to their shared predator

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What is a scientific theory and why is it so powerful?

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a theory is broader than a hypothesis and can lead to a new testable hypothesis - it is supported by larger bodies of evidence in comparison

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Why are fields dealing with supernatural phenomena considered either unscientific or pseudoscientific?

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science cannot support or falsify supernatural explanations because they are outside the bounds of science

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What are the (7) characteristics of life?

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Order
Evolutionary adaptation
Response to the environment
Reproduction
Growth and development
Energy processing
Regulation/homeostasis

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Why is the Theory of Evolution important to all biologists?

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Evolution makes sense of everything we know about living organisms

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List the three domains of life

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domain Bacteria
domain Archaea
domain Eukarya

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Starting with domain, list the main taxonomic groups, from the largest (most inclusive) down to species

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domain
kingdom
phylum
class
family
genus
species

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How do you write a genus name?

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Genus names are uppercase and italicized

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How do you write a species name?

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Species names are lowercase and italicized

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What were Darwin’s 2 main points in his book, “Origin of Species”?

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  1. Species showed evidence of “descent with modification” from common ancestors
  2. Natural selection is the mechanism behind “descent with modification”
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When did Darwin publish “Origin of Species”?

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1859

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Describe how natural selection can cause a population to change

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Individuals will survive if they are best suited to their environment - the population will all have beneficial traits from adaptation

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What’s a one-sentence definition of evolution?

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Change in gene frequency in a population of organisms

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Do individuals evolve?

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No, populations evolve. Individuals in a population vary, though.

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Can an individual undergo adaptation?

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Yes, individuals can adapt to their environment if they have enough time to. The possess a mechanisms (sexual reproduction) that can generate variation.

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What is speciation?

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The origin of new species

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What is microevolution?

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Consists of adaptations that evolve within a population, confined to one gene pool.

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What is macroevolution?
The cumulative effect of many speciation and extinction events over millions of years
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What is the biological species concept?
It emphasizes reproductive isolation and that populations of a species have the potential to interbreed in nature and produce viable, fertile offspring; they do not breed successfully with other populations
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What is gene flow?
The mating between two members of the same population
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Why does gene flow matter?
It holds the phenotype of a population together
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Why is reproductive isolation important?
It allows organisms to be different enough that they become a distinct species - also increases diversity
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Why might Galapagos Tortoises from different islands show some differences?
Different eating habits - low, arid islands vs. high, lush islands
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Why are the bones in our arms the same bones as those in a chicken?
We share a common ancestor that had the same bones in their arms
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How does the Theory of Evolution explain the unity of life (shared characteristics of life)?
All life on Earth evolved from a single common ancestor, so all species are united in that way
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Why do all mammals (whales, humans, bats, etc.) have fur at some point in their lives?
All mammals had shared a common ancestor that had fur at some point in their life
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What are 5 pre-zygotic isolating mechanisms?
1. temporal 2. behavioral 3. mechanical 4. gametic 5. reproductive
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What is temporal isolation?
Species that breed at different times of the day, different seasons, or different years cannot mix their gametes
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What is behavioral isolation?
Courtship rituals and other behaviors unique to a species are effective barriers
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What is mechanical isolation?
Morphological differences can prevent successful mating
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What is gametic isolation?
Sperm of one species may not be able to fertilize the eggs of another species
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What are 3 post-zygotic barriers?
1. reduced hybrid viability 2. reduced hybrid fertility 3. hybrid breakdown
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What is reduced hybrid viability?
Genes of the different parent species may interact and impair the hybrid’s development
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What is reduced hybrid fertility?
Even if hybrids are vigorous, they may be sterile (ex. mule)
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What is hybrid breakdown?
Hybrids may seem viable but their offspring (second generation of hybrids) are not - mostly found in plants (for example: cotton)
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How does allopatric speciation work?
Gene flow is reduced when a population is divided into geographically isolated subpopulations
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Does allopatric speciation require natural selection?
No, but it may cause natural selection to arise in isolated populations
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What happens if two isolated populations come back together and have NOT evolved reproductive isolation?
Interbreeding is prevented if speciation occurs
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What is a population?
Organisms of the same species living in a particular area
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T or F: Speciation may involve 1 gene or many
True
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What is phylogeny?
The evolutionary history of a species/group of related species
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What two things did Linnaeus give us?
1. two-part names 2. hierarchical classification
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What is a taxon?
A group of one or more of an organism
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Can phylogenetic trees (our hypotheses) change?
Yes
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What's a clade? What's a monophyletic group?
They are the same thing, a group of species that includes an ancestral species and ALL its descendents
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What is convergent evolution?
When two organisms look/behave the same, even though they are distantly related
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What do convergent evolution and common ancestry have in common?
Both produce organisms with similarities
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What does a systematist do?
Studies evolutionary relationships and classifies organisms
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What is a grade?
A group of organisms based on similarity via convergent evolution (not common ancestry) is called a grade
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What are the 7 descriptive characteristics of viruses?
1. acellular 2. no metabolism - cannot grow 3. depend on host cells to reproduce 4. collected nucleic acids from various sources 5. can infect almost all forms of life 6. are species-specific AND tissue-specific 7. origin is uncertain
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What sensory extension instrument verified the existence of viruses?
electron microscope
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Why were viruses hard to visualize?
They don't have fossils and the method they use to copy themselves in the host cell
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What are three hypotheses for the origins of viruses?
1. devolved from free-living cells 2. nucleic acid molecule "escaped" from cells 3. began as self-replicating molecules
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What two things does every virion have?
nucleic acid and a protein capsid
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What are the four shapes of viruses?
1. filamentous 2. icosahedral 3. enveloped 4. head and tail
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What’s a bacteriophage?
Bacteriophages infect bacteria
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What are the parts of a bacteriophage?
a DNA genome, head, tail, and tail fibers
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What are the three main parts of an icosahedral virus, like adenovirus?
DNA, capsid, glycoproteins
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What is a viral envelope good for?
Protects genetic material when traveling between host cells
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What are glycoproteins good for?
Help the virus enter host cells
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What are the 4 core classifications for viruses?
1. DNA or RNA 2. Single or double-stranded 3. Circular or linear 4. Non-segmented or segmented
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An individual virus particle is called a ____________
virion
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What are the 4 phases of a viral infection?
1. attachment 2. entry 3. replication and assembly 4. egress (release)
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What are 3 main ways viruses replicate?
1. transcribe mRNA 2. mRNA makes viral proteins 3. DNA incorporates into host genome
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Explain the lytic cycle
virus hijacks a host cell, uses its components to manufacture more of the virus, destroys and exits the cell, and then goes on to infect other cells
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Explain the lysogenic cycle
a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
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Who discovered the CISPR system?
Doudna and Carpentier
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What is an endogenous retrovirus?
A viral infection that has used reverse transcriptase to write its sequence into the host’s DNA IN THE SEX CELLS so that the viral DNA is now hereditary
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List 4 methods of virus vaccine production
1. attenuated "live" virus 2. "killed" virus 3. molecular subunits 4. mRNA
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