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1
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phylogeny

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the evolutionary history of a species or group of species

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systematics

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the study of classification used to construct phylogenies

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taxonomy

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the science of naming and classifying organisms

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binomial nomenclature

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every organism has a unique Latin genus and species name

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specific epithet

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the species name that differentiates organisms in the same genus

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hierarchical classification

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Domain>Kingdom>Phylum>Class>Order>Family>Genus>Species

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taxon

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any level within hierarchical classification

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linking classification and phylogeny

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systematists depict evolutionary relationships in branching phylogenetic trees

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phylogenic tree

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a branching diagram that represents evolutionary relationships between species

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branch points

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represents the divergence of two species

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sister taxa

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groups that share an immediate common ancestor

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root

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includes a branch to represent the last common ancestor of all taxa in the tree

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polytomy

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a branch from which more than two groups emerge

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14
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what we can/can’t learn from phylogenetic trees

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-patterns of descent
-do not indicate when species evolved or how much genetic change has occurred
-shouldnt be assumed that a taxon evolved from the one next to it

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morphological and molecular homologies

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organisms with similar morphologies (DNA sequences) are likely to be more closely related

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homology

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similarity due to shared ancestry

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analogy

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similarity due to convergent evolution

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cladistics

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groupings of organisms by common descent

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clades

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a group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants

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monophyletic

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a clade containing an ancestor species and all its descendants

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paraphyletic

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contains ancestor, but not all of its descendants

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polyphyletic

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a group of species with no common ancestor

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from two kingdoms to 3 domains

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used to classify all organisms as plants or animals, now there are 3 domains: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

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sizes and shapes of common bacteria

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spherical-cocci
rod-shaped-bacilli
spiral

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cell surface structures

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cell walls used for protection and prevention of bursting in hypotonic environment

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peptidoglycan

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a network of sugar polymers cross-linked by polypeptides in bacterial cell walls

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Gram stain

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procedure of detecting bacteria species based on cell wall

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Gram-positive

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darker stain, cocci (spherical)- simple walls with thick layer of peptidoglycan

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Gram-negative

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lighter stained rods- more structurally complex

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capsule

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a dense and well defined layer outside prokaryote cells that is a sticky layer of protein

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fimbriae

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hairlike appendages that prokaryotes use to stick to substrate or each other

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pili

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longer and less numerous fimbriae used to pull two cells together to transfer DNA

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motility

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means of transportation of a cell

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bacterial flagellum

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helical filamentous organelle used for motility

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taxis

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36
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internal and genomic organization

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prokaryotic cells usually lack complex compartmentalization
prok. genome has less DNA than euk. genome

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prokaryotic genome

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circular chromosome

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nucleoid

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irregular shaped region in prok. cell where most genetic material is stored

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plasmid

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smaller rings of DNA found in some bacteria species

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prok. reproduction and adaptation

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quick reproduction by binary fission and can divide every 1-3 hours

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endospores

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highly retractive thick walled structures formed in bacteria that can remain viable in harsh conditions for centuries

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rapid reproduction and mutation

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mutation rates are low, yet since reproduction is rapid, mutations can accumulate quickly in a population

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prok. genetic diversity factors

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-rapid reproduction
-mutation
-genetic recombination

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44
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genetic recombination

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through transformation, transduction, and conjugation

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45
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transformation

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prok. cell can take up and incorporate foreign DNA from surrounding environment

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46
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transduction

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the movement of genes between bacteria and bacteriophages ( viruses that infect bacteria)

47
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conjugation

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where genetic material is transferred between bacteria cells

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nutritional and metabolic types of bacteria

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photoautotrophs, chemoautotrophs, photoheterotroph, chemoheterotroph

49
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role of bacteria in chemical cycling

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major role in recycling between living and nonliving components of ecosystem
-chemoheterotrophic prok. function as decomposers
-nitrogen fixation

50
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nitrogen fixation

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some prok. can convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3)

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metabolic cooperation

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the exchange of molecules among cells through permeable junctions formed at sites of cell contact

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obligate anaerobes

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poisoned by oxygen and use fermentation or anaerobic resp

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obligate aerobes

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require oxygen for cellular resp

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facultative anaerobes

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can survive with or without oxygen

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biofilm

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surface-coating colonies where metabolic cooperation occurs

56
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roles of prokaryotes on biosphere

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vital role- produce genetic diversity, fix most of our components of the atmosphere, play part in vital cycle

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chemical recycling

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breaking down corpses, dead vegetation, and waste products

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decomposer

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break down dead organisms and create new usable compounds

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symbiosis

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a close, long term relationship between organisms

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mutualism

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both organisms benefit from relationship

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commensalism

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one benefits, other is unaffected

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parasite

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one benefits, another is harmed

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pathogen

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a microorganism that causes disease

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harmful and beneficial effects of bacteria on humans

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some bacteria is beneficial, others are pathogens

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exotoxin

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cause disease even if the prokaryotes that produced it are not present

66
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endotoxin

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are released only when bacteria die and cell wall breaks down

67
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protist

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informal name of the kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes

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unicellularity

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most protists are unicellular, yet some are colonial and multicellular

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structural and functional diversity of protists

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protists have more structure and functional diversity than any other group of eukaryotes due to their biological functions being carried out by individual organelles

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mixotroph

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combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition

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endosymbiosis in eukaryotic evolution

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theory that organelles originated by one organism living inside another, eventually losing its walls and evolving to become one organism

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secondary endosymbiosis

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the evolution of one cell who has already underwent primary symbiosis enters another cell to evolve further

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5 supergroups of eukaryotes

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Excavata, SAR, archaeplastida, unikonta

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SAR clade

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controversial: SAR is believed to be monophyletic and originated by a secondary endosymbiosis event with red alga
-stramenopiles, Alveolates, rhizarians

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Excavata

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characterized by cytoskeleton and may have feeding groove
-includes diplomonads, parabasalids, euglenozoans

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Stramenopiles

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most have a “hairy” flagellum paired with a “smooth” flagellum

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chromAlveolata

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developed as a result of secondary endosymbiosis event. contain alveoli structure

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Rhizaria

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threadlike and needlelike pseudopodia

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Archaeplastida

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red algae, green algae, and land plants

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Unikonta

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animals, fungi, and some protists, broken into two groups: amoebozoans, and opisthokonts (animals fungi etc.)

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euglenozoans

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within Excavata: a spiral or crystalline rod of unknown inside their flagella.
-kinetoplastids and euglenids

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kinetoplastids

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within eugelenozoa: have a single mitochondrion with an organized mass of DNA called a kinetoplast

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trypanosome

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a kinetoplastid that causes sleeping sickness in humans

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euglenids

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within euglenozoan: have 1 or 2 flagella that emerge from a pocket at one end of the cell

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Alveolates

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membrane bound sacs (alveolata) just under plasma membrane with unknown function
-includes dinoflagellates, apicomplexans, and ciliates

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dinoflagellates

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within Alveolates: diverse aquatic plankton. 2 flagella make them spin in the water, cause of toxic red tides

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apicomplexans

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within Alveolates: parasites of animals and disease causing. contain non-photosynthetic plastid called the apicoplast. specialized apex for penetrating a host

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plasmodium life cycle

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a species of apicomplexan, causes malaria, requires both humans and mosquitos to complete life cycle

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malaria

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deadly disease with ongoing vaccine efforts to target this pathogen

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apicoplast

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non-photosynthetic plastid in apicomplexans

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ciliates

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within Alveolates: possess both large micronuclei and small micronuclei (used in conjugation-a sexual process that produces genetic variation)

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diatoms

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in stramenopile: unicellular algae with unique two-part glass like wall of hydrated silica.

93
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golden algae

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in stramenopile: yellow and brown carotenoids give golden color, cells are biflagellate with both on one end, unicellular but also colonial

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brown algae

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in stramenopile: largest and most complex algae, multicellular, includes many “seaweed” species

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thallus

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full body of the algal seaweed

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holdfast

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anchors into substrate

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stipe

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stem of seaweed

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blades

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leaflike ends of seaweed

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red algae

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within archaeplastida: contains red pigments to absorb light at lower depths

100
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green algae

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within archaeplastida: green color comes from chlorophyll

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DHFR-TS gene fusion

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102
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amoebazoans

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amoeba that have lobe or tube shaped psuedopodia (rather than threadlike)

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opisthokonts

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104
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roles of protists in ecological relationship

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symbiotic protists

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photosynthetic protists

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plant evolution and diversity

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108
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evidence for land plants evolving from green algae

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a heterotrophic protist had a Cyanobacteria endosymbiont. green algae contains same pigments as land plants unlike other algae

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rosette complexes

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110
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peroxisome enzymes

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111
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structure of flagellated sperm

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112
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formation of phragmoplast

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113
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adaptations enabling the move to land

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114
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sporopllenin

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