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BIO 311D - Exam 2 Review. Speciation: 1. Biological Series Concept - a group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed in nature and produce viable, fertile offspring, but do not produce viable, fertile offspring with members of other such groups → reproductive isolation 2. Speciation - species arise when individuals in a population become isolated from one another 2.1. Genetic drift 2.2. Natural selection 2.3. Recombination

BIO 311D - Exam 3 Review. VocabBIO 311D - Exam 3 Review Sections 32.1 and 34.5 Being an Animal; Being Terrestrial • Tissues: any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products. • Cleavage: succession of mitotic cell divisions without cell growth between divisions • Blastula: hollow ball • Gastrulation: layers of embryonic tissues that will develop into adult body parts are produced and results in a gastr...

BIO 311D - FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2. MEIOSIS Prophase I – 4DNA, 2n - Homologous chromosomes here have already been replicated - Homologous chromosomes line up along their lengths and are connected by synaptonemal complex (protein complex) o Synapsis - Homologous chromosomes = a duplicated pair from mom similar in length and gene position to a duplicated pair from dad o They pair up during meiosis I

BIO 311D – Final Exam Review. 28 FC- short answer, fill in the blank, matching, true and false, 2 labeling question – 11 possible (4 chambers of cows stomach, label human digestive system, label human heart, label human respiratory, human kidney, draw a neuron and label, human endocrine system, moss life cycle, fern life cycle, label a flowering plant, and draw a flower and label) only 2 of 11 labeling questions Chapter 13: compare meiosis and mitosis, chromosome change Meiosis – Se...

BIO 311D - Final Exam Study Guide. Handout 16 – competing plant & animal defense systems Body structures for anti-predator defenses: Plants – thorns, sticky microscopic hairs on leaves irritating to insects, toxic oils (poison ivy) Animals – structures (hard shell), behavior, coloration (camouflage or warning coloration such as coral snakes or bees = protective or warning coloration & mimics that are harmless but resemble a harmful animal) How long can mimics continue their char...

BIO 311D - Exam 2 Review. 1. Populations Population definition: a group of interbreeding individuals -group of individuals of the same species that lives and reproduces from year to year in a particular location (lecture) Population size is dependent on growth factors ● Exponential growth ○ Resources are plentiful ○ Influenced by birth rate and death rate ○ Proportional to the size of the population

BIO 311C – Final Exam Review: Biochemistry. CH 1. THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY 1. What is biological hierarchy? Know the levels and examples. Nothing else. Amy’s Mom Made Carla’s Cat Try On Orange Skirts on the Pink Couch Earlier Before Brunch (love it!!!!) → Atoms (C, H, O, N, S, etc.) and Molecules (Water, amino acid, sugars) → Macromolecules (Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, etc) → Cell parts (Membrane, nucleus, mitochondria) → Cells (Uni/multicellular) → Ti...

BIO 311C - Exam 3 Study Guide: Biochemistry. INTRODUCTION TO METABOLISM (30%): 1. Define metabolism, anabolism, and catabolism, and give examples for each. a. Metabolism → refers to all the biochemical reactions going on in the cell (meta = change) i. Combining anabolism and catabolism is metabolism b. Anabolism → synthesis process (+) (ana = synthesis) i. Individual monomers combine together to make a polymer (energy consuming, energy is required to synthesize larger molecul...

BIO 311C- Exam 1 Study Guide. Introduction/themes in biology: Explain what characterizes life, i.e. what are the different properties of life? Growth & development, evolution, response to environment, energy processing, reproduction, order, regulation What is an emergent property? Be prepared to give examples. A property that only complete systems have, and individual parts of the system do not. Compare reductionism to systems biology and suggest advantages and disadvantages of each

BIO 311C – EXAM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS. Part A. Multiple Choice Questions Read each question carefully and completely before you select the best answer for questions 1-21 and fill in the appropriate blank in the scantron form with a #2 pencil. Each question is worth 2 points. Answer all the 21 questions. The best 20 questions will be considered for a maximum of 40 points. 1) Which of the following molecule may have been the first macromolecule to store genetic information and catalyze reactio...