BIO201- Key Words

Review for Midterm 1: Lectures 1-8

Here is a sample of key words that you should be familiar with for the
upcoming exam (this is not an exhaustive list).

scientific method, hypothesis testing, controls, correlation
minimizing bias, sampling error, statistical significance
primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, anecdotal evidence
biological classification, binomial nomenclature
biological species concept, speciation
properties of life
prokaryotes, binary fission,
eukaryotes: animals, plants, fungi, protists
viruses
theory and certainty
theories in biology
Darwin, Wallace, Lamarck, Malthus
ladder of life, evolutionary tree of life
fossil record, biogeography
variation = genetic variation
mutations
genes, alleles, gene flow, genetic drift
bottleneck effect, founder effect
non random mating, exaggerated traits
genetic code
evolution, evidence for evolution
acquired characteristics, natural selection, artificial selection
resistance to drugs, herbicides, and insecticides
directional, stabilizing, and diversifying selection
competition, predation, symbiosis, mutualism, parasitism
anatomy, embryology, molecular biology
homologous and analogous traits
convergent evolution
co-evolution
vestigial traits
adaptation
fitness
tuberculosis. sickle cell anemia, malaria
homozygous, heterozygous
evolutionary medicine
hypothesis testing in medicine
asking the question why
novel/new host-parasite association
infectious diseases
virulence
bacterial diseases and antibiotic resistance
vaccination
antigens, antibodies
active/passive immunity
cholera
horizontal transfer
1918 influenza, H5N1
avian flu, swine flu
hybridization of viruses
Ebola virus, Zika virus
myxoma virus
antigenic shift/ drift
host-to-host transmission
vector transmission

When studying biological concepts, link them to the examples that we

discussed in class, especially the human examples. Understanding
how biology affects your lives in so many different ways should make
it easier for you to understand the topics that were covered in
lectures.