BIOL 141 Chapter all: Chapter Reviews

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Chapter 1: biology and the tree of life. There is no single, well-accepted definition of life. Instead, biologists point to 5 characteristics that organisms share. Three of the greatest unifying ideas in biology are the cell theory, the theory of evolution, and the chromosome theory of inheritance. The cell theory identified the fundamental structural unit common to all life. The theory of evolution states that all organisms are related by common ancestry. Natural selection is a well-tested explanation for why species change through time and why they are so well adapted to their habitats. The chromosome theory of inheritance states that genes are located on chromosomes. A chromosome consists of a molecule of dna the hereditary material. Genes, located on chromosomes, consist of specific segments of. Dna that code for products in the cell. The flow of information from dna to rna to protein is called the central dogma. Organisms are highly diverse in how they acquire and use energy.

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