01:119:101 Lecture 7: Ecology
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Ecology the branch of biology that studies the interactions of organisms with one another and with nonliving parts of their environment interdependence organisms in a biological community live and interact with other organisms. Mutation a change in the dna of a gene. Natural selection process in which organisms with favorable genes are more likely to survive to reproduce. Ex. the idea of ____ ______ was first presented by. Organism any living thing; something that meets all criteria of life. Ex. so far, we have not found proof of any living ________ on another planet. Ph a relative measure of the hydrogen ion concentration within a solution; Absorption process by which substances are taken into the cell or an organism. Assimilation incorporation of materials into the body of an organism. circulation process by which materials are distributed (moved) throughout the organism. Differentiation process by which cells become specialized for specific functions.