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| anteriorly inserted flagella |
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| simple or whiplash flagella |
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| a sulfated polygalactan extracted from the walls of various red algae that is used as a gelling agent |
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| a thick-walled spore that functions in asexual reproduction, frequently serving as a resistant stage that undergoes a period of dormancy... i.e. a "resting" spore that formed from a thicker cell wall and higher carbohydrate concentrations |
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| thallophytes with chlorophyll |
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| derived from brown algae and used in many food products; thickens beer and gives it foam; also used in teeth molds |
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| the blue pigment in cyanobacteria; a type of phycobillin produced by cyanobacteria (except in Chlorophyll a and b producers) |
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| specialized somatic cells and asexual reproductive cells within Volvox |
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| a type of sexual reproduction characterized by two gametes that differ in size, but are identical in morphology |
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| a haploid structure or organ that produces and contains male gametes |
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| male gametes produced within an antheridium |
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| formed after the incomplete cytokinesis in oedogoniales to separate the two daughter cells |
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| a nonflagellated spore that has the genetic potential to produce flagella under appropriate conditions (by the subdivision of a parental cell) |
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| a type of asexual reproductive colony that is a miniature of the adult colony; produced by single cells of the adult colony |
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| a nonflagellated spore that lacks the genetic potential to produce flagella |
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| chloroplasts located at the center of the cell |
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| a cyanotoxin produced in small amounts by cyanobacteria that has been linked to brain destruction |
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| the bases of flagella; located inside the cell |
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| granules located within the chromatoplasm or centroplasm of cyanobacteria |
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| pyrenoid divided vertically in half |
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| Biological species concept |
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| If two algal taxa can be demonstrated to interbreed and have viable offspring, then they belong to the same species. If interbreeeding does not occur, they are regarded as two separate species. |
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| the increase of the concentration of a substance as you go up the food chain |
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| an estimate of the validity of a branch in a phylogenetic tree that is determined by the number of times the branch appears after the data are repeatedly resampled |
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| position of flagella when the basal bodies shift in the counter-clockwise direction |
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| position of flagella when the basal bodies shift in the clockwise direction |
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| structure within the cells of cyanobacteria that contains the enzymes rubisco and carbonic anhydrase used in carbon fixation |
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| type of carotenoid; hydrocarbons with a chain of long double bonds and one or two cyclic endings |
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| yellow and orange pigments soluble in organic solvents and lipids |
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| mucilaginous sulfated polygalactans in the cell walls of red algae that are extracted for use as gelling agents in the food industry |
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| substance that makes up the chlorophytan cell wall |
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| granular and colorless area of cyanobacteria where DNA is located without a nuclear membrane |
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| green pigments soluble in alcohol and organic solvents- 4 types: a,b,c and d |
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| the ability of algae to modify the amounts or proportions of photosynthetic pigments in relation to changes in the environment |
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| peripheral area of cyanobacteria where the pigments for photosynthesis are located; it is blue-green in color |
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| a phylogenetic tree formed through the parsimonious method |
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the grouping and ranking of algae
phyla= -phyta
class= -phyceae
order= -ales
family= -aceae
species= no specific ending |
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| mitosis that occurs with an intact nuclear envelope |
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| morphology of unicellular algae that have cell walls and no flagella |
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| a thick-walled sac or club shaped unicellular life-history phase (found in Ulotrichiales), attached to substrates by a stalk |
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a type of protist colony whose shape and cell number is genetically determined, established early in development, and doesn't change during the life of the organism
ex: an autocolony |
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| algal thallus with a multi-nucleated siphon and no transverse walls |
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| a group of cells held together by mucilage or cell wall material |
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| sexual reproduction between cells which have become joined or "yoked" together, the gametes becoming united through a tube or opening at the point of junction |
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| algae that can grow at any height |
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| cells at the top of the nucule (female reproductive structure) in Charales. In the chara species there are 5, while nutella 10 |
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| algae hidden inside rocks |
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a virus that affects cyanobacteria by injecting their material in the host cell and replicating within
*How BMAA grew in Nostoc |
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| nitrogen granules within the chromatoplasm of cyanobacteria |
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| poisons produced by cyanobacteria |
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| where/how the gametes of Dasycladales form |
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| the most primitive form of flagella in which the basal bodies of the flagella are facing each other |
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| a phylogenetic tree formed through the distance method |
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| heterothallic (self-sterile) gametes that contain only one type of sex cell |
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| a cell or organism with 2 sets of chromosomes; usually one from the mother and one from the father |
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| a minute male plant, smaller than the female, as in the Oedogoniaceae, growing on or near the female sex organ |
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| female sex cell or gamete |
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| asexual reproduction in cyanobacteria characterized by multiple divisions within the cell and new cells breaking through the parental cell wall |
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| the origin of eukaryotic cells through heterotrophic cells, which alread had nuclear envelopes and other organelles, acquired chloroplasts by encorporating cyanobacteria as endosymbionts |
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| algae that lives or grows on rocks |
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| algae that lives or grows on plants |
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| algae that lives or grows on animals |
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| an organism whose cells contain complex structures (membrane- bound organelles) |
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| when every possible phylogenetic tree is analyzed and the number or taxa is less than 12 |
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| asexual reproductive in cyanobacteria with successive divisions outside one end of the cell (as a bud) |
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| a red colored spot found in Volvocales, made of lipids and carotenoids, involoved in the perception of light |
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| theory that during Earth's younger years, CO2 concentrations were high, atmospheric pressure was high, and the concentrations of methan were high. At the first glaciation period, cyanobacteria formed, which converted CO2 to O2. With the presence of cyanobacteria, CO2 decreased, O2 increased, atmospheric pressure decreased, while sunlight, greenhouse gases, and volcanic activity increased, leading to the diversity of Earth. |
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| the joining of male and female gametes to produce a zygote |
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| a thread of cells; one or more rows of cells in liear arrangement |
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| asexual reproduction that involves breaking of filaments by the dying of a necridium to produce a hormogonium which in turn produces another filament outside the cell |
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| the most primitive form of cytokinesis in which the cell divides by infurrowing on itself |
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| the process by which diploid or haploid cells undergo cell division to form mature gametes |
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| meiosis occurring during the production of gametes |
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| a haploid multicellular structure, or phase, containing a single set of chromosomes that will produce a gamete |
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| in cyanobacteria cells, cylindrical structures whose protein walls are permeable only to gases and increase the bouyancy of the cells |
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| the loss of nucleotides that code to make a certain gene, leadin to the loss of a structure or function |
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| redundant genes due to the addition of a nucleotide |
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| the alteration of a genetic code by the movement of nucleotides |
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| the application of techniques for the study of an organism's entire genome, though research may focus on nuclear, plastid, or mitochondrial DNA sequence information |
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| an informal name for a group of eukaryotic algae capable of producing flagella, which have plastids whose envelope is composed of two membranes and which contain phycobilin pigments in phycobilisomes |
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| Charales male reproductive structures, usually orange in color |
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| a starchlike storage product in cyanobacteria |
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| both male and female gametes; male gonidia (androgonidia) form sperm packets (sperm gametes) and female gonidia become oogonia, the female gametes |
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| one of the lamellar stacks of chlorophyll-containing material in plant chloroplasts |
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| calcified female structure in charales found as a fossil |
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| HAB (Harmful Algal Blooms) |
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| an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms via production of natural toxins, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means |
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| a cell or organism with only one set of chromosomes |
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| Any of several polysaccharides that are more complex than a sugar and less complex than cellulose, found in plant cell walls |
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| cyclin peptide polymers found in some cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae that inhibit protein phosphatases |
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| in cyanobacteria, a thick-walled, weakly pigmented cell within the trichome that is of different size than the other vegetative cells, and has a plug of mucilage at each end of the cell, and is the site of nitrogen fixation |
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| sexual reproduction of clearly distinct gametes (heteromorphic gametes) |
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| morphologically different algae, i.e. the male and female gametes are of different size and or morphology |
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| in Ulvophycean algae, having two kinds of plastids- green chloroplasts and colorless, starch storing amyloplasts (leucoplasts) |
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| a self sterile organism, requiring two different clones for sexual reproduction; self-incompatible |
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| having a filamentous body consisting of both an erect and a flat prostrate (attached) stem |
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| a trial and error approach to tree phylogeny when the number of taxa is more than twelve |
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| strongly alkaline proteins found in eukaryotic cell nuclei, which package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes |
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| a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described; the individual believed to have begun a species |
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| a self-fertile organism that requires on one clone for sexual reproduction; self-compatible |
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| in filamentous cyanobacteria, a few-celled, usually motile filament that functions in asexual reproduction, dispersal and on some cases, colonization of a host |
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| chains found within the aqueous matrix of a plant or alga |
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| chains buried withing the membrane of a structure (thylakoid membrane for algae) |
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| a thick-walled, resting zygote that may germinate in favorable conditiong following a required period of dormancy |
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| ITS (internal transcribed spacer) |
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| section of rRNA that is highly variable and therefore the least constant throughout a species |
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| the process of determining the class or family to which a newly discovered alga belongs |
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| the space or section of a filament or of a thallus between nodes or joints, which often bear branches |
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| A turning inward or inside out, as in embryogenesis of sponges; also, reversal in order of genes or reversal of a chromosome segment |
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| sexual reproduction involving gametes who are not morphologically distinguishable... i.e. identical gametes |
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| flagella of equal length on an organism and usually of the same morphology |
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| sexual reproduction in which there are at least two multi-cellular stages that are morphologically similar |
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| the area that unites the two semi-cells of Desmidales |
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| a section of ribosomal RNA that is the least variable anf therefore the most constant throughout a species |
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| sexual reproduction in which two cells of the same filament become interconnected by a passage way (tube) around the cross wall permitting the union of the cell contents of the acting gametangia to unite and form a zoospore |
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| a biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype |
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| stable, self-supporting associations between fungi and cyanobacteria |
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| Oedogoniales' life cycle characterized by zygotic meiosis and similar sized male and female filaments |
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| Under maximum parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that requires the smallest number of evolutionary changes. |
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| Â cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms |
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| zone of active cell division in a plant usually at the stem or root |
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| A spindle separating a chromosome with arms of relatively equal length |
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| A microchip implant is an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of a dog, cat, horse, or other animal |
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| Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport. |
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| s the use of the structure of molecules to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. The result of a molecular phylogenetic analysis is expressed in a phylogenetic tree. |
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| flagellated vegetative cells (Chlamydomonas) |
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| an individual with both male and female reproductive parts |
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| a clade containing one ancestor, all its descendants, and only its descendants. |
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| (also multinucleated, coenocytic) cells have more than one nucleus per cell, which is the result of nuclear division not being followed by cytokinesis. |
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| composed of more than one cell layer |
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| The fungal component of a lichen, commonly an ascomycete |
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| Pertaining to species of plants in which male members are markedly smaller than females, such as in some algal species of Oedogonium that have antheridia produced in special dwarf filaments. |
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| A dead cell: a cell in the trichome of the Oscillatoriales which dries, becomes filled with mucilage, and so forms a weak link, providing for fragmentation. |
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| a toxin that acts specifically on nerve cells[1] (neurons), usually by interacting with membrane proteins such as ion channels. |
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| is the enzyme used by some organisms to fix atmospheric nitrogen gas (N2). It is the only known family of enzymes which accomplishes this process. |
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| part of thallus that bears branches |
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| the system of naming algae, on a first to identify basis |
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| a clade containing or coming from more than one ancestor |
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| female sex organs in charales |
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| photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and algae the produces oxygen |
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| the study of the diversification of life on the planet Earth, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. |
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| It is a form of anisogamy (heterogamy) in which the female gamete (e.g. egg cell) is significantly larger than the male gamete and is non-motile. |
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| A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops into an egg |
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| the nuclear envelope breaks down and then re-forms around the two sets of separated chromosomes. |
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| is a specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function, and is usually separately enclosed within its own lipid bilayer. |
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| repetitive variation around a central point (im guessing in algae this refers to the flagella) |
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| Pertaining to a colony of cells that aggregates in a gelatinous matrix, as is characteristic of blue-green algae. |
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| an organelle formed from a centriole, and a short cylindrical array of microtubules that is straight across from one another |
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| the functional parts of an organ in the body; also, a form of body in which true tissues are produced |
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| cells or chloroplasts lining the outside of the wall |
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| form of asexual reproduction found in females, where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by a male. |
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| is a structural heteropolysaccharide contained in the primary cell walls of terrestrial plants; used as gelling agent in food |
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| a polymer that forms a mesh-like crystal lattice layer outside the plasma membrane of bacteria, forming the cell wall. |
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| spores from phialides on fungi |
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| a kind of behavioral response (positive or negative) that occurs when a whole organism moves in response to the stimulus light. |
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| a plant cell specific structure that forms during late cytokinesis and basically forms the mitotic spindle between the daughter nuclei |
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help absorb light for photosynthesis, the light range or spectrum is different for every organism
ex. red algae absorb more blue and reflect red |
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| light harvesting antennae of photosystem II in cyanobacteria, red algae and glaucophytes. |
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| the symbiotic algal or bacterial constituent of a lichen. |
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| The cell walls of many seaweeds contain phycocolloids (algal colloids) that can be extracted by hot water; gelatinous chemical produced by seaweeds |
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| is a pigment that absorbs red and orange light from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family in cyanobacteria |
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| is a red protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, present in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads that absorbs blue green pigment and reflect red yellow |
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| a microtubule structure observed during cytokinesis in members of the Chlorophyceae, the largest class of green algae. |
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| phylogenetic reconstruction |
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| reconstructing and changing around the tree of life from the knowledge of the phylogenetic relations among species |
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| phylogenetic species concept |
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| The view that a species should be defined only by its diagnosibility; i.e. that it consists of a population with a unique set of features |
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| refer to some type of analysis involving genome data and evolutionary reconstructions, especially phylogenetics. |
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| the history of organismal lineages as they change through time and the idea that all organisms are connected through genes |
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| an extremely common terpenoid, found in all plants esterified to Chlorophyll to confer lipid solubility |
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| the autotrophic component of the plankton community; microscopic plants that live in the ocean |
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| cells divided into two mirror-image semi-cells, joined by a narrow isthmus; wall contain pores for the secretion of mucus |
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| describes primitive or generalized characteristics that arose early in the evolutionary history of a taxonomic group |
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| flagellum bearing hair-like appendages |
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| describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms |
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| incorporation of a free living prokaryote into a host eukaryotic cell, with subsequent information into an organelle |
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| a unicellular marine organism |
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| group of organisms that lack a cell nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles |
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| an infectious disease by a type of green alga that lacks chlorophyll |
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| In filamentous algae, a break in the filament with 1 or both ends projecting from the sheath, giving the appearance of branching. |
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| a form of algal body composed of interwoven, continuous filaments; superficially resembles parenchyma (a form of body in which true tissues are produced) |
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| centers of carbon dioxide fixation within the chloroplasts of algae and hornworts. They are not membrane-bound organelles, but specialized areas of the plastid that contain high levels of rubisco |
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| Radiating from or converging to a common center. |
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| large subunit rubisco- useful to identify more recent divergence events at species levels |
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| increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system that tints the water red or brown |
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| Resembling or forming a net or network |
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| a structure in plants, fungi and some other organisms (e.g. some sponges) that functions like a root in support or absorption. |
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| a biologically important type of molecule that consists of a long chain of nucleotide units. |
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| a movement of an object in a circular motion |
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| rrna that allows us to research the divergence of species over millions of years (ssu is less variable with some high varying sections) |
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| Desmids with a homogeneous cell wall that lacks pores; are not differentiated into two semi-cells |
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| Conjugation (sexual reproduction involving nonflagellate gametes) involving two filaments that allign laterally and form conjugation tubes between adjacent cells in a ladder-like arrangement |
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| occurs when the product of primary endosymbiosis is itself engulfed and retained by another free living eukaryote |
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| in desmids, the nucleus divides and near the isthmus two new semi-cells are formed. semi cells are basically half cells. |
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| relating to green algae that are tubular, multinucleate and not divided into cells by cross walls |
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| refers to the hypothesis that the Earth's surface became nearly or entirely frozen over at least once during three periods between 650 and 750 million years ago. |
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| a capsule of sperm deposited and later picked up by a female |
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| features of spore-producing multicellular sporophytes and gamete-producing multicellular gametophytes. Diagramatically, sporic meiosis looks like the complex halves of and are merged into one. |
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| Production or formation of spores. Reproduction by means of spores |
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in certain plants and algae, the spore-bearing generation that is diploid and reproduces by spores: the sporophyte generation begins with the fertilized egg and ends with meiosis
distinguished from gametophyte |
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| produced in green plants as an energy store |
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| A cell that has a ring of flagella or cilia near one end that looks like a crown |
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| specialized type of horizontal above-ground shoot, a colonizing organ that arises from an axillary bud near the base of the plant |
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| are layered structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding and cementation of sedimentary grains by biofilms of microorganisms, especially cyanobacteria |
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| Growing on or near the earth's surface |
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| occur in DNA when a pattern of two or more nucleotides is repeated and the repetitions are directly adjacent to each other |
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| the practice and science of classification |
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| a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected |
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| a chemical group consisting of four pyrrole rings joined either in a straight chain (as in phycobilins) or in a ring |
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| involving the engulfment of a secondary endosymbiont |
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| a polyphyletic group of non-mobile organisms traditionally described as "relatively simple plants" with undifferentiated bodies (thalli). |
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| meaning a green shoot or twig, is an undifferentiated vegetative tissue of some non-mobile organisms, many of which were previously known as the thallophytes. |
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| liking areas of hot temperatures- thermophile |
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| a membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. |
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| process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus. |
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| the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the uptake, genomic incorporation, and expression of foreign genetic material |
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| are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and certain protists. (hair) |
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| If a filament has true branching the intercellular fluids will flow freely throughout all the branches of the filament. |
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| being widely present; present everywhere at once |
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| Having a central mark or depression resembling a navel |
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| having or consisting of one cell |
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| composed of a single row of cells |
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| are yellow pigments from the carotenoid group |
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| marked with zones; belted, striped, or ringed |
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| a motile asexual spore that uses a flagellum for locomotion |
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| the initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by means of sexual reproduction. A zygote is synthesized from the union of two gametes, and constitutes the first stage in a unique organism's development |
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| If meiosis occurs in the diploid zygote, then the product of meiosis will be a free-living plant which is haploid. This type of life cycle is said to be zygotic, or haplontic, indicating that the free-living plant is haploid. |
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