Categorías: Todo - biodiversity - extinction - photosynthesis - adaptations

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My Biological Life Map

The natural world is facing significant challenges due to various human activities, leading to biodiversity loss and extinction. Habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change are among the primary culprits.

My Biological Life Map

Cells

Cell divisions

Meiosis

Meiosis I

Interphase - DNA doubles

Prophase I - chromatids condense to become smaller and make it easier to move; form tetrad structure (four chromatids) and perform crossing-over (exchange of genetic material); centrosomes move to opposite poles of the cell and send out spindles fibres that attach to the chromosomes, the membrane of the nucleus breaks down

Metaphase I - mitotic spindle fibres line up the tetrads in the middle of the cell, independent assortment occurs (alleles of two or more different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another)

Anaphase I - tetrads are separated and homologous chromosomes are guided to opposite poles of the cell

Telophase I - cleavage furrow (in animal cells) forms in the middle of the cell; cytokinesis (Cyto - cytoplasm, kinesis - movement) separates cell's cytoplasm to make two unique daughter cells


Meiosis II (similar to Meiosis I)

Prophase II - same as Prophase I, no interphase and crossing over

Metaphase II - sister chromatids attach to the spindle and line up at the middle of the cell

Anaphase II - sister chromatids separate

Telophase II - same as Telophase I, but chromosomes become uncondensed (become longer again); results in 4 haploid cells

Errors

Non-disjunction disorders

Homologous chromosomes/sister chromatids don't separate during meiosis (Anaphase I/II)


This results in cells that either have too many (trisomy, meaning three) or too few gametes (monosomy, meaning one).

Down Syndrome

Commonly known as trisomy 21


This makes a person prone to heart defects, respiratory problems and leukemia. Common phenotypes include short stature, stubby fingers and toes, and a large tongue, making speech difficult.

Klinefelter's Syndrome

Two X and one Y chromosome (XXY)


A person will exhibit feminine body characteristics and people with Klinefelter syndrome are usually sterile.

Turner's Syndrome

Missing Y chromosome


People with Turner Syndrome will not mature sexually at puberty, be sterile, and have short stature. They may also have a broad neck and chest.

germ cell

Germ cells are the cells that undergo meiosis to produce gametes like sperm and egg cells.


Gametes are sex cells only used for reproduction.

Hap - one

ploid - set of chromosomes

two cell divisions

four haploid cells

half

Mitosis

Mitosis

Prophase -

Metaphase -

Anaphase -

Telophase -

somatic cell

Somatic cells are any cells in the body that are not sperm or egg cells.

diploid cell

Di - two

ploid - sets of chromosomes

one cell division

two diploid cells

same

chromosomes

parent cell

Eukaryotic


Have cell wall

Autotrophs: Plantae (moss and ferns)

Heterotrophs: Fungi (yeast, mold, and mushrooms)


No cell wall

Multicellular and Heterotrophs: Animalia (insects, birds, fish and humans)

Unicellular and Autotrophs & Heterotrophs: Protista (protozoa, algae and slime moulds)


Size: 10-100 μm in diameter

Prokaryotic


Eubacteria (such as Streptococcus and E-coli) and Archaebacteria (thermophiles, acidophiles, and methanogens) are prokaryotic.


Size: 1-5μm in diameter


The collective mass of prokaryotes is 10x more than that of eukaryotes.


Thrive in environments that are too hot, cold, salty, acidic, alkaline for any eukaryote: in a nutshell, they love extreme environments.


Not all prokaryotes (such as bacteria) are harmful: most bacteria are benign or beneficial.

Kingdoms
Bacteria
sucessful
Asexually
Structure

DNA

DNA is made up of deoxyribose sugar, phosphates and nucleotides, aka nitrogenous bases (made of adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine).


Adenine pairs with Thymine (AT)

Guanine pairs with Cytosine (GC)

genes

The unit of heredity, a section of DNA sequence that codes for a single protein.

genome

The entire set of genes within an organism

alleles

Dominant: allele of a gene that hides or suppresses the expression of another allele, in heterozygous cases


Recessive: an allele that is hidden by a dominant allele; does not show in heterozygous condition, only in homozygous


Homozygous - having identical genes (one from each parent)

Heterozygous - having two different genes for a particular characteristic


True-breeding/purebred: homozygous for a trait

Hybrids: heterozygous for a trait

two genes

same position

homologous chromosomes

trait

Term that describes the variant of the allele

sex-linked

genotypes

The genetic makeup of an organism's alleles


An example of co-dominance is the ABO system of human blood types, which involves three alleles: IA, IB (co-dominant) and i (recessive).


This makes four possible phenotypes (aka blood types) possible: A, B, AB and O.

Punnett Squares

Punnett Square - a tool used to predict possible genotypic and phenotypic ratios of offspring of two individuals (when the genotype of the parental generation is known)


P generation - parental generation

F1 generation - first filial generation (offspring of P)

F2 generation - second filial generation (offspring of F1)

Monohybrid crosses

Genetic cross involving a single pair of genes (one trait)

phenotypes

Physical appearance as a result of genotypes

Biological Life

Biodiversity

human activites

Such as:

Extinction
Organisms
Plants

Structure


Roots - absorbs water and nutrients, serves as a reservoir of leftover food, keeps the plant anchored in the ground

Stems - contain structures that transport fluids, stores nutrients, support function, home to meristems cells

Leaves - primary function: photosynthesis in order to exchange gases with the atmosphere, absorbs sunlight


Tissue Functions


Dermal - make up the outermost layer and help prevent damage and water loss

Vascular - transportation of material throughout the plant: xylem carries water and dissolved minerals, from the roots to the leaves; phloem carries up glucose made from photosynthesis combined with water from the leaves throughout the plant

Ground - storage, support, and metabolism

Meristematic - producing new cells

Adaptations

Adaptations are inherited features or characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. (long-term response)

Tropism

Tropism is a plant's response to an environmental stimulus. It can cause a plant to grow toward or away from a stimulus. (short-term response)

humans

Systems

Digestive

Mouth - teeth chew food, tongue positions and taste food

Pharynx - passageway for food and air, participates in swallowing

Esophagus - moves food from the pharynx to the stomach

Stomach - stores and mixes food, begins chemical digestion of protein by enzymes and acid, regulates delivery to the small intestine

Large Intestine - absorbs nutrients, stores waste material

Small Intestine - digest proteins, fats and carbohydrates, absorbs most of the nutrients, secretes digestive hormones and enzymes

Rectum - passageway for feces

Anus - expels undigested material

Salivary glands - saliva moistens food, amylase digests starch

Liver - produces bile, performs various functions associated with processing and storing nutrients

Gall bladder - stores and concentrates bile

Pancreas - secretes digestive enzymes into small intestine

Macromolecules

Carbohydrates: glucose monomer; the primary source of energy & structure for chitin and cellulose

Proteins: amino acids monomers; structural support of hair and nails, controls the movement of material going in/out of cells

Lipids: hydrocarbon monomers; long-term energy storage & main structural components of cell membranes

Nucleic acid: polymer of similar monomers called nucleotides; composite molecules made up of sugar, phosphate and nitrogenous base

Circulatory

Blood - delivers oxygen, nutrients and hormones to cells

Blood vessels

Respiratory

Nasal cavity - where hairs and mucus trap large inhaled particles

Pharynx - aka the throat, it serves both the respiratory and digestive systems by receiving air from the nasal cavity, and air, food and water from the oral cavity

Larynx - acts as a passageway for air between the pharynx above and the trachea below

Trachea - aka windpipe, lined with mucus-producing cells which traps airborne particles and microorganisms

Bronchi - they branch off of the trachea and carry air directly into the left and right lungs

Bronchioles - smaller airways than the bronchi, they terminate in grape-like clusters known as alveoli

Alveoli - surrounded by a network of thin-walled capillaries, and they perform gas exchange by diffusion, which takes place between the capillaries and a vile alveoli walls (specifically O2 and CO2)

Evolution

Any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations is considered evolution.

Evidence

  1. Fossil record - less than 1% of the species in the fossil record are alive today, meaning organisms alive today are very different (meaning much time has passed) than organisms that lived long ago = evolution occurred
  2. Anatomy - evolutionary theory predicts that related organisms will share similarities that are derived from common ancestors: similar characteristics due to relatednesses are known as homologies (divergent evolution); when there are similar functions and external form for a characteristic but the internal structure and development is different, these are called analogies (convergent evolution); vestigial features are non-functional or mostly non-functional structures that are homologous to functional structures in closely related species; similarities between embryos of groups of organisms provide evidence of relatedness and evolution
  3. Biography - similar species may live far apart in the world
  4. Artificial selection - we have shown that we can have large effects in organisms through selective breeding for desired traits (ie. plants, dog breeds, etc)
  5. Genetic evidence - recent genetic information shows that there is evidence of evolution
Phylogenic Tree

The study of evolutionary relationships between and among species.

Scientists can compare living species with extinct organisms through phylogenetic analysis.


Root = ancestral lineage

Tips of branches = descendants

Therefore root --> tips = moving forward in time


We also talk about LUCA, last universial common/cellular ancestor (not the first living organism but the farthest we can trace back to).

clades

A clade is a grouping that includes a common ancestor and all living/extinct descendants of that ancestor.

species

A population of individuals that are able to breed freely under natural conditions and produce viable offspring

Structural diversity

Species diversity

Taxonomy

The science of identifying and classifying all organisms. Named after Carl Linnaeus who formalized this system.

Organisms are classified using dichotomous keys and binomial nomenclature.


Taxa = arrangement, nomos = law


In order from least specific to most specific, the taxa (ranks) are:


Humans can be classified this way:

Protista

Binomial nomenclature

Format: Genus species

Language: Latin (and sometimes Greek)