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Evolution - Evolution is the process of change that has transformed life on Earth
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid: a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from
nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
Biology - The scientific study of life
Emergent properties - New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to
the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
Systems Biology - An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole
biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts.
Eukaryotic Cell - A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles.
Organisms with eukaryotic cells (protists, plants, fungi, and animals) are called eukaryotes.
Prokaryotic Cell - A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed
organelles. Organisms with prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) are called prokaryotes.
Gene - A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or
RNA, in some viruses).
Gene expression - The process by which information encoded in DNA directs the synthesis of proteins
or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead function as RNAs.
Genome - The genetic material of an organism or virus; the complete complement of an organism's or
virus's genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequences.
Biosphere - The entire portion of Earth inhabited by life; the sum of all the planet's ecosystems.
, Ecosystems - All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; one
or more communities and the physical environment around them
Community - All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different
species living close enough together for potential interaction.
Population - A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and interbreed,
producing fertile offspring.
Organism - a creature such as a plant, animal or a single-celled life form, or something that has
interdependent parts and that is being compared to a living creature
Organs - A specialized center of body function composed of several different types of tissues.
Organ Systems - A group of organs that work together in performing vital body functions.
Tissues - An integrated group of cells with a common structure, function, or both.
Organelles - Any of several membrane-enclosed structures with specialized functions, suspended in the
cytosol of eukaryotic cells.
Cell - The part of a neuron that houses the nucleus and most other organelles.
Molecule - Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.
Negative Feedback - A form of regulation in which accumulation of an end product of a process slows
the process; in physiology, a primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a variable triggers
a response that counteracts the initial change.
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