Biology 1002B Study Guide - Photosynthesis, Exergonic Reaction, Endergonic Reaction
8 Dec 2013
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Genome size: total number of genes in an organism. Gene (copy) number: number of copies of a gene resulting from gene duplication. Increase in the size of organisms over the course of evolution. The number of genes that code encode for proteins. The number of parts or units in an organism (segment, organs, tissues) The number of cell types possessed by an organism. The number of gene, gene networks, or cell to cell interactions required to form the parts of an organism. The number of interactions between parts of an organism, reflecting increasing functional complexity over course of evolution. Note: most common measure of complexity i number of differnet types of cells possessed by an organism. Isolated system: a system that doesn"t exchange matter or energy with surroundings. Open system: exchanges both matter and energy with surroundings. First law of thermodynamics: energy can neither be created nor destroyed but it can be transformed.
