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Evolution
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Descent with modificationl the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were from different the present day one
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Biology
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The scientific study of life
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Emergent Properties
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New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierachy of life, owing to the arrangment and the interactions of parts as complexity increases
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Systems Biology
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An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems
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Eukaryotic cell
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A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles(protists, plants, fungi, and animals)
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Prokayotic Cell
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A type of cell lacking a mebrane-enclosed nucleus and a membrane-enclosed organelles (bacteria and archae)
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DNA
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Double-helix stand w a sugar bases adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine able to be replicated and determine inherited structure of a proteins
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Gene
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A discrete unit of heredity information consisting of specific neuclotide sequence in DNA or RNA or some viruses
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Genome
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The genetic material of an organism or virus, the compelte complement of an organisms or virus genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequences
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Bioinformatics
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The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and intergate biological information from large data sets
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Negative Feedback
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A primary mechanism of homeostasis whereby a change in physiological variable triggers a response that counteracts the intial change
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Positive Feedback
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A physiological control mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers mechanisms that amplify the change
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Bacteria
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Oen fo the two prokayotic domains
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Archae
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One of the two prokaytoic domains
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Eukarya
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The domain that includes all eukaryotic organims
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