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Life And Cells Flashcards

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What is reductionism?

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Reducing complex systems into simpler components to make it easier to learn

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What is the term when you start at a molecular level and work up through the organisation’s?

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Emergent properties

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What is studied alongside reductionism?

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Systems biology

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What is systems biology?

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Exploring a biological system and analyzing the interactions among its parts

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What is the smallest unit that performs all activities required for life?

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The cell

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What are the 5 nucleotides?

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Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Uracil (RNA)

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Define evolution

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A process of biological change in which a species accumulates differences from their ancestors as they adapt to different environments over time

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Define diversity

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When certain heritable changes occurred after the two species diverged from their common ancestor

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9
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Define unity

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When two species share certain heritable traits from their common ancestor

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