BIOL 1070- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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What do we know: zebra mussel (dreissena polymorpha) native to eastern eurasia (black sea & Europe in late 1700s/early 1800s: since been second invasion by related mussel (quagga mussel) Bring in the experts: dr. david zanatta (professor at central michigan university) studies freshwater mussels from variety of perspectives (conservation biology & genetics & evolution, dr. todd morris (government researcher with fisheries & oceans canda) Levels of biological organization: system used to classify species reflects nested hierarchy, moving up hierarchy = more general & include more lower-level groups, hierarchy includes, domains, kingdoms, phyla (sing. Species: at each level there is variability (diff among entities, biodiversity = variability at the levels of the hierarchy, differences within species (b/ween individuals) allow for evolution & biodiversity. Diversity among species: diversity refers to # of species in taxonomic group or in geographical area, some taxonomic groups/geographic area very diverse whiles others are not.
