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[2] class Chilopoda [1]
The centipede group of animals.
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[2] class Diplopoda [1]
The millipede group of animals.
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[2] class I MHC molecules [1]
A collection of cell surface glycoproteins encoded by a family of genes called the major histocompatibility complex. In humans, these glycoproteins are also known as the HLA, human leukocyte antigens. Class I MHC molecules are found on all nucleated cells.
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[2] class II MHC molecules [1]
A collection of cell surface glycoproteins encoded by a family of genes called the major histocompatibility complex. In humans, these glycoproteins are also known as the HLA, human leukocyte antigens. Class II MHC molecules are restricted to a few specialized cell types.
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[2] classical conditioning [1]
A type of associative learning; the association of a normally irrelevant stimulus with a fixed behavioral response.
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[2] cleavage [1]
The process of cytokinesis in animal cells, characterized by pinching of the plasma membrane; specifically, the succession of rapid cell divisions without growth during early embryonic development that converts the zygote into a ball of cells.
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[2] cleavage furrow [1]
The first sign of cleavage in an animal cell; a shallow groove in the cell surface near the old metaphase plate.
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[2] climate [1]
The prevailing weather conditions at a locality.
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[2] cline [1]
Graded variation in some traits of individuals that parallels a gradient in the environment.
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[2] clitoris [1]
An organ in the female that engorges with blood and becomes erect during sexual arousal.
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[2] cloaca [1]
A common opening for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts in all vertebrates except most mammals.
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[2] clonal selection [1]
The mechanism that determines specificity and accounts for antigen memory in the immune system; occurs because an antigen introduced into the body selectively activates only a tiny fraction of inactive lymphocytes, which proliferate to form a clone of effector cells specific for the stimulating antigen.
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[2] clone [1]
(1) A lineage of genetically identical individuals or cells. (2) In popular usage, a single individual organism that is genetically identical to another individual. (3) As a verb, to make one or more genetic replicas of an individual or cell. See also gene cloning.
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[2] cloning [1]
Using a somatic cell from a multicellular organism to make one or more genetically identical individuals.
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[2] cloning vector [1]
An agent used to transfer DNA in genetic engineering. A plasmid that moves recombinant DNA from a test tube back into a cell is an example of a cloning vector, as is a virus that transfers recombinant DNA by infection.
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[2] closed circulatory system [1]
Circulatory systems in which blood is confined to vessels and is kept separate from the interstitial fluid.
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[2] club fungus [1]
The common name for members of the phylum Basidiomycota. The name comes from the clublike shape of the basidium.
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[2] clumped [1]
Describing a dispersion pattern in which individuals are aggregate in patches.
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[2] cnidocyte [1]
A specialized cell for which the phylum Cnidaria is named; consists of a capsule containing a fine coiled thread, which, when discharged, functions in defense and prey capture.
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[2] cochlea [1]
The complex, coiled organ of hearing that contains the organ of Corti.
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[2] codominance [1]
A phenotypic situation in which the two alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways.
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[2] codon [1]
A three-nucleotide sequence of DNA or mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or termination signal; the basic unit of the genetic code.
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[2] coefficient of relatedness [1]
The probability that a particular gene present in one individual will also be inherited from a common parent or ancestor in a second individual.
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[2] coelom [1]
A body cavity completely lined with mesoderm.
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[2] coelomate [1]
An animal whose body cavity is completely lined by mesoderm, the layers of which connect dorsally and ventrally to form mesenteries.
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[2] coenocytic [1]
Referring to a multinucleated condition resulting from the repeated division of nuclei without cytoplasmic division.
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[2] coenzyme [1]
An organic molecule serving as a cofactor. Most vitamins function as coenzymes in important metabolic reactions.
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[2] coevolution [1]
The mutual influence on the evolution of two different species interacting with each other and reciprocally influencing each other's adaptations.
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[2] cofactor [1]
Any nonprotein molecule or ion that is required for the proper functioning of an enzyme. Cofactors can be permanently bound to the active site or may bind loosely with the substrate during catalysis.
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[2] cognition [1]
The ability of an animal's nervous system to perceive, store, process, and use information obtained by its sensory receptors.
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[2] cognitive ethology [1]
The scientific study of cognition; the study of the connection between data processing by nervous systems and animal behavior.
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[2] cognitive map [1]
A representation within the nervous system of spatial relations among objects in an animal's environment.
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[2] cohesion [1]
The binding together of like molecules, often by hydrogen bonds.
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[2] cohesion species concept [1]
The idea that specific evolutionary adaptations and discrete complexes of genes define species.
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[2] cohort [1]
A group of individuals of the same age, from birth until all are dead.
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[2] coitus [1]
The insertion of a penis into a vagina, also called sexual intercourse.
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[2] coleoptile [1]
The covering of the young shoot of the embryo of a grass seed.
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[2] coleorhiza [1]
The covering of the young root of the embryo of a grass seed.
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[2] collagen [1]
A glycoprotein in the extracellular matrix of animal cells that forms strong fibers, found extensively in connective tissue and bone; the most abundant protein in the animal kingdom.
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[2] collagenous fibers [1]
Tough fibers of the extracellular matrix. They are made of collagen that are nonelastic and do not tear easily when pulled lengthwise.
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[2] collecting duct [1]
The location in the kidney where filtrate from renal tubules is collected; the filtrate is now called urine.
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[2] collenchyma cell [1]
A flexible plant cell type that occurs in strands or cylinders that support young parts of the plant without restraining growth.
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[2] colloblasts [1]
Adhesive structures on the tentacles of ctenophores.
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[2] colon [1]
The tubular portion of the vertebrate alimentary tract between the small intestine and the anus; functions mainly in water absorption and the formation of feces.
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[2] columnar [1]
The column shape of one type of epithelial cell.
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[2] commensalism [1]
A symbiotic relationship in which the symbiont benefits but the host is neither helped nor harmed.
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[2] community [1]
All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for potential interaction.
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[2] community ecology [1]
The study of how interactions between species affect community structure and organization.
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[2] companion cell [1]
A type of plant cell that is connected to a sieve-tube cell by many plasmodesmata and whose nucleus and ribosomes may serve one or more adjacent sieve-tube cells.
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[2] competition [1]
Active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply.
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[2] competitive exclusion principle [1]
The concept that when populations of two similar species compete for the same limited resources, one population will use the resources more efficiently and have a reproductive advantage that will eventually lead to the elimination of the other population.
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[2] competitive inhibitor [1]
A substance that reduces the activity of an enzyme by entering the active site in place of the substrate whose structure it mimics.
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[2] complement [1]
A set of about 20 serum proteins that carry out a cascade of steps leading to the lysis of microbes.
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[2] complement fixation [1]
An immune response in which antigen-antibody complexes activate complement proteins.
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[2] complement system [1]
A group of at least 20 blood proteins that cooperate with other defense mechanisms; may amplify the inflammatory response, enhance phagocytosis, or directly lyse pathogens; activated by the onset of the immune response or by surface antigens on microorganisms or other foreign cells.
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[2] complementary DNA (cDNA) [1]
A DNA molecule made in vitro using mRNA as a template and the enzyme reverse transcriptase. A cDNA molecule therefore corresponds to a gene, but lacks the introns present in the DNA of the genome.
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[2] complete digestive tract [1]
A digestive tube that runs between a mouth and an anus; also called alimentary canal. An incomplete digestive tract has only one opening.
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[2] complete dominance [1]
A type of inheritance in which the phenotypes of the heterozygote and dominant homozygote are indistinguishable.
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[2] complete flower [1]
A flower that has sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.
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[2] complete metamorphosis [1]
The transformation of a larva into an adult that looks very different, and often functions very differently in its environment, than the larva.
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[2] compound [1]
A substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio.
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[2] compound eye [1]
A type of multifaceted eye in insects and crustaceans consisting of up to several thousand light-detecting, focusing ommatidia; especially good at detecting movement.
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[2] compressor [1]
A small molecule that cooperates with a repressor protein to switch an operon off.
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[2] concentration gradient [1]
An increase or decrease in the density of a chemical substance in an area. Cells often maintain concentration gradients of ions across their membranes. When a gradient exists, the ions or other chemical substances involved tend to move from where they are more concentrated to where they are less concentrated.
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[2] conception [1]
The fertilization of the egg by a sperm cell.
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[2] condensation reaction [1]
A reaction in which two molecules become covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a small molecule, usually water; also called dehydration reaction.
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[2] conduction [1]
The direct transfer of thermal motion (heat) between molecules of objects in direct contact with each other.
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[2] cone cell [1]
One of two types of photoreceptors in the vertebrate eye; detects color during the day.
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[2] conformer [1]
A characterization of an animal in regard to environmental variables. The animal is a conformer if it allows some conditions within its body to vary with certain external changes.
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[2] conidium [1]
A naked, asexual spore produced at the ends of hyphae in ascomycetes.
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[2] conifer [1]
A gymnosperm whose reproductive structure is the cone. Conifers include pines, firs, redwoods, and other large trees.
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[2] Coniferophyta [1]
The largest of the four gymnosperm phyla, the reproductive structure is the cone. Conifers include pines, firs, redwoods, and other large trees.
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[2] conjugation [1]
In bacteria, the direct transfer of DNA between two cells that are temporarily joined.
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[2] conjunctiva [1]
A mucous membrane that helps keep the eye moist; lines the inner surface of the eyelid and covers the front of the eyeball, except the cornea.
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[2] connective tissue [1]
Animal tissue that functions mainly to bind and support other tissues, having a sparse population of cells scattered through an extracellular matrix.
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[2] conodonts [1]
The group of ancient vertebrates that date back as far as 510 million years.
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[2] conservation biology [1]
A goal-oriented science that seeks to counter the biodiversity crisis, the current rapid decrease in Earth's variety of life.
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[2] consumers [1]
Organisms that obtain their food by eating plants or by eating animals that have eaten plants.
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[2] contraception [1]
The prevention of pregnancy.
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[2] contractile vacuole [1]
A membranous sac that helps move excess water out of the cell.
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[2] control elements [1]
Segments of noncoding DNA that help regulate transcription of a gene by binding proteins called transcription factors.
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[2] convection [1]
The mass movement of warmed air or liquid to or from the surface of a body or object.
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[2] convergent evolution [1]
The independent development of similarity between species as a result of their having similar ecological roles and selection pressures.
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[2] convergent extension [1]
A mechanism of cell crawling in which the cells of a tissue layer rearrange themselves in such a way that the sheet of cells becomes narrower while it becomes longer.
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[2] cooperativity [1]
An interaction of the constituent subunits of a protein whereby a conformational change in one subunit is transmitted to all the others.
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[2] copepods [1]
A group of small crustaceans that are important members of marine and freshwater plankton communities.
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[2] coral reefs [1]
Warm water, tropical, ecosystems dominated by the hard skeletal structures secreted primarily by the resident cnidarians.
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[2] cork cambium [1]
A cylinder of meristematic tissue in plants that produces cork cells to replace the epidermis during secondary growth.
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[2] cornea [1]
The transparent frontal portion of the sclera, which admits light into the vertebrate eye.
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[2] corpus callosum [1]
The thick band of nerve fibers that connect the right and left cerebral hemispheres in placental mammals, enabling the hemispheres to process information together.
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[2] corpus luteum [1]
A secreting tissue in the ovary that forms from the collapsed follicle after ovulation and produces progesterone.
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[2] cortex [1]
The region of the root between the stele and epidermis filled with ground tissue.
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[2] cortical granules [1]
Vesicles that begin just under the egg plasma membrane prior to their involvement in the cortical reaction.
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[2] cortical nephrons [1]
Nephrons located almost entirely in the renal cortex. These nephrons have a reduced loop of Henle.
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[2] cortical reaction [1]
A series of changes in the cortex of the egg cytoplasm during fertilization.
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[2] corticosteroids [1]
A family of steroids synthesized by and released from the adrenal cortex.
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[2] cotransport [1]
The coupling of the "downhill" diffusion of one substance to the "uphill" transport of another against its own concentration gradient.
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[2] cotyledons [1]
The one (monocot) or two (dicot) seed leaves of an angiosperm embryo.
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[2] countercurrent exchange [1]
The opposite flow of adjacent fluids that maximizes transfer rates; for example, blood in the gills flows in the opposite direction in which water passes over the gills, maximizing oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide loss.
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[2] countercurrent heat exchanger [1]
A special arrangement of blood vessels that helps trap heat in the body core and is important in reducing heat loss in many endotherms.
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