Classification And Conservation Flashcards
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3 domains of organisms
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Eucarya ie animals, fungi, plants
Archaea
Bacteria
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Species
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Many homologous features in common are reliable to reproduce and produce sexually viable offspring.
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Eukaryotes
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Cells with true nucleus
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Prokaryotes
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Cells without the true nucleus
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Reasons for conservation
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- the decrease in habitats and species because of our interactions with the environment
- because once it’s extinct, that’s it
- once a habitat is lost, other organisms within that habitat will also be lost.
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Zoos
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Well managed attractions which try and house animals in compounds rather then caging.
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Zoos(scientific research)
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Various studies from disease control through behaviour studies to physiological and anatomical investigations.
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Captive breeding programmes
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- animals are protected form the poachers.
* encouraged to breed to increase the numb. Of individuals.
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Mechanisms used by zoos to increase outbreeding
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- Individuals cannot mate with the same partner
- DNA finger printing to identify new breeding partners.
- swap individuals between zoos.
- release back into the wild.
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Education
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Don’t buy illegal products
Education of people distant from animals
