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Evolution By Natural Selection
The empirical observation of adap...,
What 3 things does natural select...,
Define natural selection
10
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The Green Revolution
What did the evolution of photosy...,
Where did photosynthesis evolve,
Which clade of organisms first ev...
64
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How Many Genes Does It Take To Build A Cell
How big is an escherichia coli cell,
How big is a valonia ventricosa cell,
How big is a blue whale s dorsal ...
19
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Cell Theory And The Nature Of Life
What are the three tenets of the ...,
What are the ramifications of all...,
The central questions of cell the...
49
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The RNA World
The rna world,
Originally a,
When was the rna world
24
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Dawn Of The Proteins
Why did proteins evolve,
Describe the small amino acids,
List the small amino acids
101
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Systems And Networks In Biology
Why in light of the gene centric ...,
What is a non equilibrium dynamic...,
What are the components of a non ...
40
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RNA Makes Protein
Why do we need proteins,
What two sections does mrna contain,
Describe orfs
67
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Desire For DNA
Why do we need dna,
Problems with rna as a storage mo...,
What is the rate of cytosine deam...
88
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Modern Synthesis
What does the jumps mutation theo...,
Who were the biometricians,
Who were the mendelians
21
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Adaptation, Life History And Behaviour
What is the lack clutch size obse...,
What does the lack clutch size me...,
Reproductive value is another ter...
34
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Containment: From Lipids To Membranes
Why do we think cell membranes ex...,
Amphipathic,
What is the hydrophobic effect
107
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Life Requires A Continual Energy Flux
Life is not a thing but a,
The total entropy of a system and...,
Entropy
47
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Charging The Cellular Batteries
What is the atp battery charged with,
What does the atp battery discharge,
Why is atp useful as an energy ca...
62
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The Microbial World And The Tree Of Life
Robert hook micrographia,
Ruska 1931,
Von ardenne 1937
83
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Population Genetics Of Adaptation I
How does speciation come about,
Speciation aka,
What is natural selection
42
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Population Genetics Of Adaptation II
What does population genetics let...,
Example of adaptive evolution,
What is the central dogma of mode...
21
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Photosynthesis: Energy And Carbon Capture
Describe lithoautotrophs,
List some lithoautotrophs,
Where are abundant sources of red...
56
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Cooperation I
What is evolution,
Social evolution is concerned wit...,
What is social evolution
13
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The Prokaryotes I
Describe bacterial genomes,
List the exceptions to the bacter...,
Describe burkholderia cenocepacia
107
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The Prokaryotes II
A species should be,
Monophyletic,
Phylogenetic tree
78
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The Social Microbe
What is luca,
Where does the inference for luca...,
Luca hypotheses
78
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The Anti-Social Microbe
Describe viruses as a pathologica...,
Describe bacteria as a pathologic...,
Describe protists as a pathologic...
95
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The Viruses
What is a virus,
Viruses are metabolically,
What do viruses rely on their hos...
148
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Speciation i
What are the different species de...,
What type of entity is a species,
Species are produced from a
69
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Speciation II
What are the evolutionary forces ...,
Modes of speciation,
What types of empirical evidence ...
54
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The Origins Of Multicellularity
True multicellularity means,
Unicellular,
Lots of one type of cell
26
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Introduction to Fungi
Opisthokonts,
How many species of fungi are bio...,
Are fungi usually haploid or diploid
92
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Selfish Genetic Elements
Heg,
Describe heg in yeast,
Spread of selfish genes depends upon
6
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Origins of Life and The Single Cell Planet
Oldest rock,
Describe castonites,
Describe zircon 93
36
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Ecology as an Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Biome,
Carrying capacity,
The sir model of pathological spread
15
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How to Feed the World in 2050
Character based classification of...,
Evolution based classification,
Animal body plans
13
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Rise of the Animals
The cambrian explosion,
Lagerstatten,
Why doesn t burrowing fit into th...
18
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Extinction and Evolution: A Song of Ice and Fire
What is the relationship between ...,
Describe the signor lipps effect,
Describe major glaciations
60
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Co-operation III
Why does co operation evolve,
Describe direct benefits,
Describe enforced direct benefits
16
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Carbohydrates for energy, structure, and signals
What are carbohydrates essential for,
Define carbohydrates,
List some monosaccharides
70
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Metabolism: the cellular factory
Describe metabolism,
To build a cell metabolism must d...,
How is energy and electrons used ...
19
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Enzymes and the principles of catalysis
Describe atp hydrolysis,
Triose phosphate isomerase tpi un...,
Tpi
32
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Regulation - keeping the system in balance
Why must the cell factory be regu...,
Describe regulation by gene expre...,
Give an example of regulation by ...
27
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Small is beautiful: challenges and consequences of life at the molecular level
Describe unicellular life,
Describe cardinal temperatures,
Describe membrane gelling
71
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The social microbe II – interactions of microbes and macrobes
List some microbial interactions,
Describe commensal,
Describe symbiosis
70
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Eukaryotic Microbes – Innovations in Biology
Protista were divided into,
Evolutionary relationships are re...,
Describe phylogenetic resolution ...
86
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