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The unifying them of biology is _____
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Evolution
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The genome of every living species is the product of over ____ billion years of evolution
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3.5
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All species evolved from an.....
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Interrelated group of ancestors
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Prokaryotic genomes are of interest because
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-Bacteria causes diseases
-They can apply knowledge to more complex organisms -Origin of first eukaryotic cell probably involved the union between an archaeal and bacterial cell |
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The entire genome of many prokaryotes have been ______ and _______
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Sequenced and analyzed
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Prokaryotic chromosomes are usually several ______ to a ____ million bp
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Several hundred, a few million
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Most prokaryotic genomes contain a single _______
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Chromosome
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Some prokaryotes are known to have different _______
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Chromosomes
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Bacterial chromosomes are usually ________
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Circular
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Some prokaryotes have ________ chromosomes
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Linear
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Some prokaryotes have both _____ and _______ chromosomes
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Linear and circular
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Total _______ of genes correlated within genome size
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Number
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Prokaryotic genomes are _____ complex
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Less
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Prokaryotic genomes lack _____, ______,_______, _________
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1) centromeres
2)telmomeres 3)single origin of replication, 4) relatively little repetitive DNA |
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Prokaryotic genomes often have ________
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Plasmids which are typically small
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