BIO 182 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Selection, Guppy, Noncoding Dna

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Prokaryotes: lack membrane bound organelles, unicellular (very few exceptions, lack a membrane bound nucleus, generally contain simple genomes. Eukaryotes: membrane bound organelles, membrane bound nucleus, unicellular or multicellular organisms, more complex genomes. Plasma membrane composed of fatty acid chains. Gram negative thin single peptidoglycan layer. Gram positive thick multi peptidoglycan layer. Probably most closely related to first life on earth: archaea (used to be classified as bacteria) Cell membrane of branched hydrocarbon (fatty acid) chains this is what makes them different from bacteria. Extremophiles thrive in extreme conditions: eukaryotic kingdomw. Wide variety of methods to obtain nutrients. Educated guesses because we can"t actually witness large scale evolution: evolution has been observed in many experiments. Elena and lenski experiment e. coli was used since it reproduces so rapidly. Even when species become extinct there are still other species similar to them that live on.

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