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Decks in this class (41)

AD Adaptation
What does the almost constant rat...,
What is genetic drift,
What is a gene
40  cards
AD chemical senses
What is katabolism,
What is anabolism,
What are releaser pheromones
9  cards
AD Flatworms
What phylum do flatworms belong to,
Describe free living parasites,
Describe obligate parasites
15  cards
AD Molluscs
Describe a molluscs shell,
The contraction of which 2 muscle...,
What part of a molluscs body is g...
23  cards
AD lophotrochozoa
What is the size range of annelida,
Describe the general body plan of...,
What is metamerism
19  cards
AD Sponges and Cnidaria
Describe sponges,
What is the body symmetry of a sp...,
What is the growth form of a sponge
32  cards
AD Arthropoda and Chelicerata Myriapoda Crustacea
What are some characteristics of ...,
What are arthropods,
Describe the following epicuticle...
7  cards
AD Insects
What are the functions of an inse...,
Gathering capturing of food is un...,
Describe an insect s mouthparts
38  cards
AD Vertebrate beginnings
Describe chordate characteristics,
Describe a notochord,
Describe a dorsal tubular nerve cord
12  cards
AD bony fish
Describe rover predators,
Describe lie and wait predators,
Describe maneuvering specialists ...
8  cards
AD Cartilaginous fish
What are gnathostome jaws,
How did gnathostome jaws evolve,
What are the derived features of ...
8  cards
AD transition to land
Transition to land from the bony ...,
What are the 3 groups of vertebra...,
Describe ray finned fishes
9  cards
AD amphibians
Reptiles vs amphibians,
Describe reproduction in amphibians,
What are the orders of amphibians
14  cards
AD Nematoda
What are the general characterist...,
What structure is useful in ident...,
Describe a nematode s cuticle
11  cards
AD animal senses, warning signals
What can animals communicate,
Most signals probably evolved by ...,
What are some ritualisation of cu...
9  cards
AD birds
Bird vs dinosaur features,
Why is the archaeopteryx important,
Describe the confuciusornithidae
19  cards
AD Population genetics
0  cards
AD Mammals
Describe some mammalian character...,
Mammalian inner ear bones evolved...,
How did the mammalian jaw and mid...
15  cards
COD Osteogenesis imperfecta
What is a dominant negative effect,
Describe collagen,
Describe osteogenesis imperfecta
13  cards
COD respiratory diseases
What are basal cells,
What are ciliated cells,
What are goblet cells
44  cards
COD Genetic diseases
What are the 3 types of mutation,
What is a missense mutation,
What is a nonsense mutation
28  cards
COD Immunology
What are the 4 main immunological...,
Which immune system is the 1st li...,
Innate or adaptive immune system ...
32  cards
COD Epigenetics
What are epigenetic modifications,
What is epigenetics,
What is the definition of dna met...
73  cards
COD infectious diseases
Describe aids,
What viruses is aids caused by,
What was the general clinical epi...
43  cards
COD Matrix biology
Describe the ecm,
Give an example of some molecules...,
Describe collagens
83  cards
COD Cancer
Name some changes in cellular pro...,
Normal cells require external sti...,
In order to maintain homeostasis ...
56  cards
COD Chondrodysplasias
What is skeletal dysplasia osteoc...,
Describe endochondral ossification,
How does the growth plate regulat...
4  cards
COD DMD
What does dmd stand for,
Describe dmd,
How do you identify the dmd gene
3  cards
COD Inflammation
What is inflammation,
What is chronic inflammation,
What are the symptoms of inflamma...
10  cards
B&B innate vs learned behaviour
Has behaviour evolved,
Describe the blackcap warbler mig...,
Is there a gene for migration
14  cards
B&B Adaptation and optimality perspectives
What are the benefits and costs o...,
How do you remotely weigh wild ro...,
Describe the daily foraging routi...
18  cards
B&B Magnetoreception
What is bird ringing,
What is remote sensing,
Size of trackers are dependent on...
21  cards
B&B Thermoreception
Why is sensing of temperature imp...,
What is thermoregulation,
What is homeostasis
32  cards
B&B Vision
How many muscles control the posi...,
In bright light what contracts to...,
In dim light what contracts to wi...
77  cards
B&B Smell and taste
What do sensory systems do,
How do tsetse flies taste,
Describe an insects ns
50  cards
B&B Hearing
What is pitch,
True or falseeach harmonic series...,
How can we distinguish different ...
64  cards
B&B Motor control
Describe low middle and high moto...,
What does the cerebral neocortex ...,
Why can ballistic movements not b...
40  cards
B&B Invertebrate motor control
How many neurons do the following...,
Describe how the nervous system o...,
Describe how the ganglia of an in...
59  cards
B&B Evolution of behaviour
0  cards
B&B Mechanisms of memory
How is memory acquiredand stored,
What is hebb s postulate,
What is ltp
23  cards
B&B Touch
0  cards

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