Karteikarten
Cfe Higher Biology Key Words
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- 1Allopatric Speciationspeciation in which gene flow is prevented by a geographical barrier
- 2ATPmolecule used for energy transfer in cells
- 3ATP synthasemembrane-bound enzyme that synthesises ATP
- 4HeartAtrium; receiving blood entering a chamber vertebrate heart
Ventricle; chamber of a vertebrate heart that distributes blood
- 5Back-crosscrossing an F1 hybrid organism with a parental type to maintain characteristics of a new breed
- 6Bacteriaa domain of life
- 7Beef extractcomplex growth medium for microorganism
- 8Behavioural Barrierbarrier to gene flow caused by behavioural differences between individuals
- 9Biodiversityvariety and relative abundance of species
- 10Bioinformaticsuse of computers and statistics in analysis of sequence data
- 11Biological Controlmethod of controlling pests using natural predators, parasites or disease
- 12Speciesgroup of similar organisms interbreeding to produce fertile offspring
- 13Biological Yieldtotal dry mass increase
- 14Bottleneck Effectinability of a species to evolve due to lack of genetic diversity
- 15Calvin Cyclecarbon fixation stage of photosynthesis
- 16Catabolicmetabolic activity that releases energy in breakdown reactions
- 17Chlorophyllgreen pigment molecule in plants that absorbs red and blue light for photosynthesis
- 18Chloroplastorganelle in which the chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur
- 19Chromosomestructure that contains the genetic material of an organism encoded into DNA
- 20Citric Acid Cyclesecond stage of aerobic respiration, occurring in the matrix of mitochondria
- 21Codonsequence of three bases on mRNA that specifies an amino acid
- 22Compartmentsmall membrane-bound region of a cell
- 23Competitionstruggle for existence between two organisms
- 24Competitive inhibitionthe slowing of reaction rate due to the presence of a substance resembling the substrate
- 25Conformeranimal whose internal environment is dependant on its environment
- 26Consequential dormancydormancy that occurs in response to the onset of adverse conditions
- 27Cooperative Huntinghunting behaviour in which individuals work together to catch prey
- 28Cross-breedingbreeding organisms of different genotypes together
- 29Cultivarvariety of cultivated crop
- 30Cytosine (C)base that pairs with guanine (G)
- 31Death phasephase of microorganism growth in which death rate of cells exceeds rate of cell division
- 32Dehydrogenaseenzyme which removes hydrogen from its substrate; important in the citric acid cycle
- 33Deletion (genes)chromosome mutation in which a sequence of genes is lost from a chromosome
- 34Differentiationchanges to cells involving switching on certain genes and switching off other
- 35Directional selectionnatural selection that tends to favour an extreme value of a varied characteristics
- 36Disruptive selectionnatural selection that favours two different values of a varied characteristic
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