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increaseEmigrationImmigrationCarrying capacityDensity-Dependent EffectsDensity-Independent EffectsPopulation DispersionNet productivityOptimum yield The sigmoid growth curveK strategistsR strategists Mortality and Survivorship:Age distributionGeneration timeSurvivorship Mortality curvesDemography Stable populationPopulation pyramidsInterspecific competitionIntraspecific competitionGause Competitive Exclusion Principle:NicheFundamental nicheRealized nicheClimax CommunityCoevolutionMorphological Defenses Chemical DefensesSecondary Chemical Compounds SpeciationAposematic ColorationBatesian MimicryMullerian MimicrySymbiosisCommensalismMutualismSystems EcologyEcotonesBiogeochemical CyclesWater Cycle EvaporationTranspirationPrecipitationRunoffPercolationCarbon Cycle Nitrogen Cycle N2 inorganicNH3N2OLegumes AmmonificationDenitrificationOxygen CyclePhosphorous cycleSuperphosphate Energy Flow in Ecosystems:AutotrophsHetertrophsPrimary ProductivityGross Primary ProductivityNet Primary ProductivityBiomassTrophic LevelsPrimary ConsumersSecondary consumersDecomposersFood chainFood WebEcological PyramidsPyramid of biomassPyramid of NumbersPyramid of energyEcological SuccessionPrimary SuccessionSecondary SuccessionOligotrophic LakesEutrophic LakesClimax communitiesClimax vegetationEthologyInnate BehaviorLearned BehaviorBehavioral EcologyInstinctFAPImprinting Konrad LorenzHenry Harlows Association Learning (Classical Conditioning)Trial and error learningHabituationObservational learningInsightMaturationKinesis TaxisPhototaxisChemotaxisThermotaxisMigrationCommunication in AnimalsVisualAuditoryChemicalReleaser PheromonesPrimer PheromonesKinesthetic Social BehaviorsForaging BehaviorOptimum foraging theoryDominance and pecking ordersTerritorialityReciprocal AltruismBiomeTropical rainforestSavannasDesert Temperate grasslands (Steppes/prairies)Temperate deciduous forestsTaigaTundraGlobal warmingPollutionAcid precipitationOzone holeDestruction of tropicsMatterAtomsProtonsNeutronsElectronsNucleonsAtomic mass and DaltonsAtomic charge = ionsAtomic numberIsotopesElementsCarbon 12Carbon 13Carbon 14RadioactivityHalf-life ElectronsIonsAnionsCationsOrbitals: s and pRedoxOxidationReductionOctet ruleMoleculesCompoundsIonic BondsCovalent BondsHydrogen BondsChemical Reactions:ReactantsProductsFactors that effect chemical reactions:Importance of H2OCharacteristics of WaterHydration shellsNonpolar moleculesHydrophobicHydrophilicPH scaleLogarithmic scaleAcidsBasesBuffer systemOrganic Chemistry CarbohydratesFats (lipids)ProteinsNucleic AcidsCarbon ChemistryHydrolysisDehydration synthesisAnabolic reactionsCatabolic reactionsEnzymes MonosaccharidesStructural isomers Stereoisomers DisaccharidesStarchesPolysaccharides Glycerol Fatty Acid Saturated fatsUnsaturated fatsPhospholipidsSteroidsTerpenesProstaglandinsAntibodiesFibrous ProteinsPeptidesAmino AcidsNonpolar amino acidsPolar Uncharged amino acids Ionizable Aromatic Amino AcidsProtein Structure Primary StructureSecondary StructureAlpha helixBeta sheetTertiary Protein StructureQuaternary structure Denaturation Activation EnergyCatalystsMetabolismAnabolism or synthesisCatabolismChemical equilibriumEnzymesSubstratesActive site Optimum operating temperatures Optimum pH operating conditions Enzymatic inhibitionCompetitive inhibitionNoncompetitive inhibitionAllosteric inhibitorsAllosteric activatorsEnzyme Cofactors: ChemicalBasic Structure of DNADeoxyribonucleic acidRibonucleic acid Phosphodiester bonds Adenine Guanine Cytosine PyrimadineThyamineUracil PurineChromosomes Joachim Hammerling GriffithHershey and ChaseFraenkel-ConratSemiconservativeMesselson and Stahl Replication Origins of replicationNucleotidesHelicaseComplementary strandReplication forksDNA polymerase RNA primer DNA polymerase5' to 3'Lagging strand Discontinuously Okazaki fragmentsDNA ligase Semi-discontinuous Leading strainMismatch repair enzymesThymine dimmerExcision repair enzymes Deletions Substitution Insertion Mutagens CarcinogensCellular respiration-Oxidative respirationFermentationNucleusChromosomesNucleosomesChromatinChromatidsEndoplasmic ReticulumRough ER Smooth ERGolgi BodyLysosomesMitochondriaChloroplastsMicrotubules/Micro filamentsCilia Flagella Cell Walls:Vacuoles: large storage spaces found in plantsPerizisomes: single membrane structures thatCell membranesChannel proteinsTransport proteinsReceptor ProteinsRecognition ProteinsElectron Transfer proteinsDiploidyMotilityEctodermEndodermMesodermBody symmetryRadial BilateralCephalizationCoelomPsuedocoelomates:Acoelomates:SegmentationKingdom Animalia:Phylum Porifera Phylum CnidariaPhylum PlatyhelminthesPhylum NematodaPhylum MolluscaPhylum AnnelidaPhylum ArthropodaTissues levelEpithelial TissueConnective TissueMuscle tissueNervous TissuesNuclear divisionCytokinesisMitosisMeiosisChromatinChromatidsHomologous chromosomesNuclear envelope. CentrosomesCentriolesInterphaseProphaseMitotic spindleKinetochores MetaphaseMetaphase plateAnaphaseTelophaseCleavage furrowCell plateDaughter cellsS phaseMitosis MeiosisZygote. Genetic variation Prophase 1Independent assortmentEvolutionMicroevolutionMacroevolution or phylogenyLamarck's theoriesEvidence for evolutionPaleontologyBiogeographyEmbryologyHomologous structuresAnalogous structuresMolecular BiologyNatural selectionDirectional selectionStabilizing selectionDisruptive selectionSexual SelectionArtificial selectionG metaphase ISpeciationAllopactric or geographical evolutionSympatric SpeciationPolymorphismPolyploidyHybridizationAdaptive radiationHabitat isolationTemporal isolationBehavioral isolationMechanical isolationGametic isolationHybrid inviabilityHybrid sterilityHybrid breakdownDivergent evolutionConvergent evolutionParallel evolutionCoevolutionMacroevolutionPhyletic GradualismPunctuated equilibriumSkinMucous membranesPhagocytesNuetophilesMonocytesProtein complimentsInterferonsInflammatory responseHistaminesVasodilation:Immune responseLymphocytesB cellsAntibodiesPlasma cellsMemory cellsT cellsAntibioticsVaccinesPassive immunityVirusesBacteriaProtistsFungiPlantsAnimalsCapsidLysesVirulent virusesTemperate virusesPrionsHelical virusesBacteriophages T2VaccinationHIV/AIDSArchebacteriaEubacteriaProkaryotesPeptidoglycansPhotoautotrophsChemoautotrophsMethanogensThermophiles/acidophiles HalophilesEubacteriaEndosporesCocciBacilliSpirilliGram positiveGram negativeCyanobacteriaChemosynthtic bacteriaNitrogen Fixing BacteriaMeiosis I Meiosis II Barr bodyProphase ISynapsisTetradsMetaphase IAnaphase ITelophase IProphase IIMetaphase IIAnaphase IITelephase IIParents and ProgenyGenetics problem solvingProbalility rulesGeneAlleleLocusHomolgous pairsDominantRecessiveHeterozygousPhenotypeGenotypeLaw of SegregationLaw of Independent AssortmentMonohybrid crossDihybrid crossP generationF1 generationF2 generationIncomplete DominanceCodominanceComplete DominanceIncomplete DominanceMultiple AllelesAntigensAntibodiesProtistsChlorophytaClamydomonas/Chlorella RhodophytaPhaeophytaBacillariophytaDinoflagellataDinoflagellatesEuglenophytaEuglenoidsProtozoaRhizopodaFormaniforaZoomastiginaSporozoaCiliophoraAcarasiomycotaMyzomycataOomycotaHyphaePlasmogamyDikaryonKaryogamySporangiosporesAscomycotaBasidomycotaDeuteromycotaMycorrhizae ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**.
Common topics in this essay:
Hybridization Adaptive,
Substrates Active,
Walls Vacuoles,
Helicase Complementary,
Semi-discontinuous Leading,
Dispersion Net,
Growth Biotic,
Dynamics Population,
Assortment Monohybrid,
Biology Natural,
amino acids,
primary productivity,
homologous structures analogous,
chemical reactions,
mitosis meiosis,
chromatin chromatids,
incomplete dominance,
anaphase telophase,
population dynamics,
structures analogous structures,
analogous structures,
structures analogous,
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