Study Guides for Biology at University of Guelph (U OF G)

The systematic study of complex interactions in biological systems. Viewed as less mechanistic (i. e. what factor was the most important) Stimulation o

Extinctions, altered functioning of ecosystems, reduced availability of resources, soil erosion. Humans "may" have been responsible for mega-fauna exti

Bones of the saber tooth cat, bison, ground sloth and horses are placed on a histogram. Human bones showed up in sample as other skeletons disappeared.

Osmotic adaptation: salinity (osmotic and ionic strength problems, adaptation to high salt (halophilic bacteria, fish, solute systems of marine inverte

The cell: robert hooke is credited with naming of the cell, antonie van leeuwenhoek discovered unicellular (cid:1684)animals(cid:1685) when examining a

Ecology: attempts to explain the distribution, abundance and diversity of life, concerned with interactions between organism and their external environ

The difference in average beak size between adult offspring of the medium ground finches that survived drought on daphne major and the population avera

Cannot de ne life but only characterize it. Living things contain nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Living things are composed of cell

Political philosophy"s bias in favor of a political subject who is white, male and property owner. Charles mills: racial liberalism: drawing on marxism

Plant reproduction: reproduction, sexual, flower anatomy, pollination and fertilization, asexual, climate change/global warming, adaptation to climate