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Evolution of Microbes Flashcards

1
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What do all living organisms, without exception, possess

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Ribosomes

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2
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What are ribosomal RNA’s

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building blocks of ribosomes involved in translating mRNA to proteins

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3
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What is phylogenetics

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The evolutionary relationships between organisms

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4
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what is the eocyte hypothesis?

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There are only 2 domains - bacteria and archaea - with eukaryotes embedded in archaea

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5
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what makes up the prokaryotes

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Archaea and bacteria

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6
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what is larger, eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

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eukaryotes

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7
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What are the differences in the structures of prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

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Prokaryotes: Haploid, Nucleoid and no organelles
Eukaryotes: Diploid, nucleus and organelles

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What is LUCA?

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Last Universal Common Ancestor

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9
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When is LUCA estimated to have appeared

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4.5 billion years ago

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10
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what is meant by anoxic?

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No O2 in atmosphere

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11
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What are cyanobacteria

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The first organisms on earth to conduct oxygenic photosynthesis

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12
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what is endosymbiosis

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one organism lives inside an other one to form a single organism

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13
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What resulted in the origin of eukaryotes

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endosymbiosis of bacteria in archaea

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14
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what is the org. of organelles in eukaryotes

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bacteria

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15
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What has a greater metabolic diversity, Eukaryotes or bacteria and archaea

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bacteria and archaea

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16
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How do eukaryotes metabolise

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oxygen respiration with glucose

17
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how do bacteria and archaea metabolise?

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Methganogenesis
autotrophic ammonia oxidation
sulphate reaction with acetate

18
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How do organisms face environmental changes and avoid extinction

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adapt

19
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What is adaption?

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genomic and phenotypic changes

20
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what are the 2 mechanisms of evolution

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Horizontal gene transfer

mutation

21
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how do microbes reproduce

A

horizontal gene transfer

22
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What is horizontal gene transfer

A

exchange of genetic material from one organism to another that is not its offspring

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