Building blocks of life

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Decks in this class (17)

overview of cells
Define life,
How did cells first appear,
Endosymbiosis
36  cards
common descent and phylogeny
What is the categorisation of org...,
What is comon descent,
What is luca
6  cards
cell signalling
Why do cells need to respond to t...,
When did cell signals become a thing,
What do most cell communicate thr...
46  cards
Multicellularity
What are the origins of multicell...,
Why go multicellular,
Most important factor of multicel...
5  cards
DNA
Who waas the pioneer of nucleaic ...,
What did fredrick meischner do,
What did pheobus levene do
54  cards
cell fate and responding to signals
What leads to cell death,
What does the death signal lead to,
What does no death signal lead to
23  cards
tissues and cellular environment
What must cell infrastructures be...,
Describe tissues,
Whats a cytoskeleton
64  cards
Gene regulation
How do bacteria regulate their genes,
What is gene regulation,
What does the set of genes being ...
34  cards
photosynthesis
What kind of reaction is photosyn...,
What causes the production of ele...,
What was the great oxidation event
56  cards
genome structure
What is a genome,
What is a viruses genome like,
Prokaryote genomes
36  cards
mitochondria: energy
Describe the structure of a mitoc...,
Whats special about the inner mem...,
What does the mitochondria matrix...
43  cards
Genetics of sex
What is sex defined as,
What makes human unique,
What is recombination
55  cards
mitochrondria: cell death
What is apoptosis,
What is necrosis,
What is necrosis assocated with
38  cards
genetic manipulation
What issues are there with geneti...,
Why isdna hard to purify,
What is the process for isolating...
59  cards
Methods in cell biology
What is the issue of using cells ...,
What happens to cells removed fro...,
How can you keep isolated tissue ...
58  cards
transport into and around the cell
What is the function of a membrane,
Functions of membranes,
What is the membrane structure
79  cards
life at extremes
How are cells dynamic,
Define robustness,
How does fever during infection h...
55  cards

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