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Bio 130
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/31/2012

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Biology
Definition
Study of life
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Organism
Definition
form of life
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enviroment
Definition
surroundings of an orgnaism
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evolution
Definition
gradual developement
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cells
Definition
basic unit of life
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DNA
Definition
Self replicating material present in almost all living organisms
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gene
Definition
unit of heredity
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Locus
Definition
Specific place on chromosome
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chromosome
Definition
string like struct of nucleic acids
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genome
Definition
Haploid set of chromosomes
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Adaptation
Definition
n. trait that is favorable in enviroment v. when that trait is developed
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Artificial selection
Definition
when humans breed animals or plants for certatin characteristics
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Natural selection
Definition
when animals with favorable traits survive
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Mitosis
Definition
nonsexual reproduction
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Meiosis
Definition
Sexual
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ploidy
Definition
number of sets of chromosomes
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Phenotype
Definition
Physical characteristics
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Genotype
Definition
the genetics behind the phenotype
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allele
Definition
alternative forms of a gene
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homozygous
Definition
same alleles
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Heterozygote
Definition
different allele
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link
Definition
connect between genes of same hromosome
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random assortment
Definition
during meiosis were in heritance is random
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Crossing over
Definition
Link genes undergo recombination
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mutation
Definition
changes in genetic material not caused by recombination
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Wild type
Definition
term for standard or reference type
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incomplete dominance
Definition
when the heterozygous is intermidiate between homozygous
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codominance
Definition
two alleles produce different phenotypes and both appear in heterozygous
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Pleiotropy
Definition
determiniation of of more than one character by a single gene
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epistasis
Definition
interaction between genes in which a present allele determines if another gene will be expressed
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sex-linked
Definition
pattern of inheritaence based on location of gene on sex specific chromosome
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Penetrance
Definition
proportion of organisms with a genotype that showed expected phenotype
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expressivity
Definition
degree with phenotype is expressed int he phenotype
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Strata
Definition
fluid of organelle
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fitness
Definition
contribution of genotypes and phenotypes to future generation
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gene flow
Definition
exchange of genes between populations thru migration
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genetic drift
Definition
changes of frequency generation to generation
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population bottleneck
Definition
a situation where a few number survive in a normally large population
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founder effect
Definition
a small change in allele resulting in another population
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Nonrandom mating
Definition
selection of mates on traits or genes
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assortative mating
Definition
mating of individuals that have more traits in commmon
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Dissasortative mating
Definition
mating with individual with less things in common
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sexual selection
Definition
selection by one sex of characteristics in individuals of opposite sex
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speciation
Definition
splitting a population until they are no longer able to produce offspring
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Allele frequency
Definition
proportion of allele to population
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genotype frequency
Definition
the number of times a genotypes appear in a population
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phenotype frequency
Definition
# of phenotype / population
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Allopatric speciation
Definition
When the enviroment changes so the species also changes until can no longer breed
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Sympatric Speciation
Definition
due to reproductive isolation without physical seperation
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hybridization
Definition
combining two seperate speicies
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Prezygotic isolating mechanism
Definition
barriers to reproduction before ferilization
Term
postzygotic isolation mechanism
Definition
barriers after fertilization
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