BIOL 1001 : Biology 1001 Quiz 1 Notes
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Mastering biology access code expired wait for an email. Learning team contract submitted to moodle by one person due on monday. We study the basis of life to try to understand why things happen the way they do. Characteristics of life: reproduce, made up of cells, utilize energy, must evolve, responds to stimuli, grow, age, homeostasis, movement, adapt to environment. Viruses alive: viruses are not alive, exist in a gray area between the living and nonliving, viruses must replicate within a cell (invades a host cell & replicates it. Dna: genetic information that is incased by a protein cell for protection. Active agents of evolution and often exchange genetic information with their hosts. The genomes of a virus may contain dna or rna. Central dogma: dna is going to make rna & rna is going to make protein. Once a virus gains entry into a cell its next step is to release it genetic material.
