Topic 3: Protists Flashcards

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1
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What is a derived trait?

A

“money you earn yourself”

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What is an ancestral trait?

A

“money you inherit”

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3
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What is primary endosymbiosis?

A

phagocytosis of a prokaryote to a larger cell

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What happens during primary endosymbiosis?

A

anaerobic Archaean engulfs an aerobic alpha protobacterium -> ALL eukaryotes which have mitochondria
OR
heterotrophic eukaryote engulfs an autotrophic cyanobacterium -> photosynthetic eukaryotes which have MITOCHONDRIA & CHLOROPLASTS

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