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who is the darwin of 20th century

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ernst mayr

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who pioneered the currently accepted def of biological species ? and regarded as triple crown of biology

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ernst mayr

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do all living organism grow ? what are the twin characterstics of growth

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yes and increase in number and cells

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in plants and multicellular organism growth is by

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cell division

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contionous growth and only upto certain age can be seen in

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plants and animals

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unicellular organism growth is by

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cell division - invitro

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in higher plants and animals mutually exclusive events are

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growth and reproduction

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if we take body mass increase criteria what comes under

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sand moulds , boulders and mountains do grow

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growth in non living organism is by

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accumulation of material on surface

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do conditions have to be explained when we take growth as a criteria in LIVING

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yes and then w can understand tat it is characerstic of growth

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in multicellular reproduction refers to

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more or less similar to parent

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mode of reproduction fungi , yeast and hydra , planaria , fungi , filamentous algae and protonema of moss

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million asexual spores , budding , regeneration , fragmentation

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in which reproduction is synonymous with growth

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bacteria , unicellular algae or amoeba

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which dont reproduce

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worker bees ,sterile humans ,mules

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all living organism are made by chemicals which are changed to

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biomolecules , conversions are chemical rxn or metabolicn

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how many m rxn inside of all liv org

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thousands ( uni or multi )

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what is metabolism

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sum total of all che rxns

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do non liv metabolism?

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no but can be demonstrated in vitro the rxn is neither liv or non living but surely living reaction.

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what is the complicated feature of all liv org

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sense environment and response

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all organism from ___ to ____ sense

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prokaryotes to complex ukaryotes

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____ affects reproduction in seasonal breeders both plants and animals

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photoperiod

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do all organism handle chemical entering

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yes and aware of surroundings

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who is the only organism aware of himself

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human being - self consciousness

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what are the defining characterstics of liv org

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metabolism , consciousness , cellular orga

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all living phenomena are due to _____ and these result in _____ in higher level
underlying in and emergent properties
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what is biodiversity
no of species known - 1.7 - 1.8 million
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nomnclature is possible when
it is identified correctly
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plants and animals - nomenclature
International code for botanical nomeclature , zoological
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scientif name has two names what are they
genric and specific epithet - carl linnaeus - binomial nomenclature
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biological name written in ____ and printed in ____ and generally in ____
italics , italics , latin
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classification based on
easily observable characters
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scientific basis for categories is
taxa
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based on charcterstics all liv org classified into
taxa and it is called taxonomy
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what are the basis of modern taxonomy
ext , internal stru , stur of cell , dev porocess and ecological info
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what comes under taxonomy
characterisation , identification , classification and nomemclature
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earliest classification was based on
uses
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systematics means , derived from what linnaeus used for his title publication
systematic arrangement of orga , latin and systema naturae
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the scope of systematics included
nomenclature , idnetification and classification
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systematics takes into account of
evolutionary relationship
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in hierarchy each step represent
rank or category - taxonomic category - and all categories taxonomical hierarachy
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group represent ____ , category represent ___ and each rank is unit of classification
category , rank
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taxonomical groups/categores are distinct ______ and not _________
biological entities , morphological aggregates
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one should distinguish species from species by
morphological diff
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solanum includes species , panthera include
tigris , leo , pardus .... nigrum and melongena species
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which has more characters in common than species
genus
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genera are agg of closely related species
hi
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solanum includes
potato , brinjal and tomato
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panthera differ from genus
felis ( cats)
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group pf related genra
family
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family are characterised on basis of _____ and ____
veg and rep of plant species
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what are placed in family solanacea
genre solanum , petunia and datura
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what are placed in family felidae
genus panthera and felis
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family of dogs
canidae
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order ad higher categories based on
aggregate of characters
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what are included in order polymoniales , based on
family solanacea , convolvulacea , floral characters
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what are placed in order carnivora
family felidae and canidae
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what are placed in class mammalia
order carnivora and primata ( gibbon , monkey , gorilla )
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phylum based on
notochord , dorsal hollow neural system
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classes with few sim are assigned to ____ in plants
division
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no of common characters decreasing from
species to kingdom
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man - biological name , genus , family , order , class and phylum
homo sapiens , homo , homonidae , primata, mammalia , chordata
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housefly - biological name , genus , family , order , class and phylum
musca domestica , musicda , diptera , insecta , arthropoda
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mango - biological name , genus , family , order , class and phylum
mangifera indica , anacardacea , sapindales , dicotledonae , angiospermae
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wheat -biological name , genus , family , order , class and phylum
triticum aestivum , poaceae . poales , monocot , angiospermae
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taxonomical studies req correct
identification and no
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_____ rq intensive laboratory and field studies
identification
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_____ prime source of taxon studies
collection of actua speciemen
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herbarium is
collected plant speciem dried pressed and preserved
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herbarial sheets are arranged in
unive acc system of class
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store house or repository for future use
h sheets
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sheets contains
date collector name , eng local biological name , family
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sheets contains and acts a quick refferal system
date collector name , eng local biological name , family ..... herbaria
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botanical garden contain
livings plants for refernece
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royal botanical garden
kew engkand
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ibg , nbri
howrah , lucknow
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museums contains
coll of preserved plants and animals for study and refernce
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pl and an may also preserved as
dry speciemens
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insect box
collecting , killing and pinning
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birds and mammals
stuffed and preserved
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what is key
tax aid used to identify plants and animals based on sim and dismini
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contrating character pair
couplet
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sep taxonomic key req for each category
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keys are -_____ in nature
analytical
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flora provides
index to a plant species found in an area
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manual
info for identification of names of a species found in an arwa
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monograph
info on any taxon
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catalogue
listing of various species
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insitu natural populations
``` Biosphere reserves. Sacred groves. National Parks. National sanctuaries. Bird sanctuaries. Biodiversity parks ```
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exsitu - art
Zoo, aquarium, seed banks, botanical gardens, etc.

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