Maintaining Position Used to cope with movement
-Adhesive discs
-Hooks
-Sinusoidal motion
-Acetabula
-Membrane proteins
-Morphology (claws)
Monoecious (hermaphroditic) male and female reproductive systems in one animal
dioecious Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals.
Need a mate to reproduce
allele effect individuals in a population may have a hard time surviving or reproducing if
population size is too small. individual fitness decreases as population density decreases
, Parasitology Exam 2 Questions And Answers
Phenology the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to
climate and plant and animal life.
Epigenetics the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a
DNA change. Methylation is most common
restriction modification system A system used by bacteria to cleave exogenous DNA at
specific sites using a restriction endonuclease, and protect the sites on its own DNA by
methylation.
Phage Counter strategies Evolution with unusual nucleotides, cloaking, and hijacking to
avoid the immune system of the host.
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
-store small cleaved DNA spacers to act as a memory.
pattern recognition receptors proteins on or in cells that recognize specific compounds
unique to microbes or tissue damage, allowing the cells to sense the presence of invading
microbes or damage