BIOL 1070- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1070
• Professor: Steven Crawford

Document Summary

Har gobind khorana: born jan 1922, phd organic chemistry, nucleotides in dna spell out a code that determines which amino acids to produce, work was prerequisite for evolution of genetic engineering. Scientific method: hypothesis = possible explanation of cause-effect, predictions generated by hypothesis, test of predictions, assign probability (confidence, any process changes the probability of something being true that process is true. Angelic hierarchy: first sphere o choirs, seraphim, cherubim, thrones, second, dominions, virtues, powers, third, principalities, archangels, angels. Nested taxonomic hierarchy: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Inquiry case 1: unit 1; key points, ecological effects of zebra mussels, peer review scientific literature, diversity of native freshwater mussels in ontario, parasitic life history of unionid mussels, diverse ecological investigations on native of non-native mussels. Assigned readings (online and lecture: ecological and genetic studies of dreisssena polymorpha a new mollusc in the great lakes from 1989. Zebra mussels invade north america: in lots of rivers.